Tabloid Mumbai Mirror's headline '50 Shades Of Gay' for reporting designer Manish Malhotra's 50th birthday bash sparked outrage on Twitter with the newspaper facing criticism for being 'distasteful'
Mumbai tabloid trashed for 'tacky' headline on Manish Malhotra bash
Tabloid Mumbai Mirror's headline '50 Shades Of Gay' for reporting designer Manish Malhotra's 50th birthday bash sparked outrage on Twitter with the newspaper facing criticism for being 'distasteful'.
The strapline of the story read, "Gaity, fun, high spirits and haute fashion marked Bollywood's favourite designer Manish Malhotra's landmark 50th birthday bash on Monday."
Though few users pointed the usage of word 'gay' for 'happy' in its archaic sense, several considered the headline 'tacky'.
HERE ARE SOME TWITTER REACTIONS:
What can one say?! Could have had a better headline @MumbaiMirror pic.twitter.com/QmooVeaRFJ
— vimleshpurohit (@TheTeeFactory) December 7, 2016
"50 shades of gay" headline for @ManishMalhotra birthday @MumbaiMirror & i am asked why don't i read newspaper. Stupidity gives me headache
— Krishna (@bedbooksandtv) December 7, 2016
Wow @MumbaiMirror, such a creative headline. Really? *smh* pic.twitter.com/At5WgLCf8h
— Priya Sometimes (@PriyaSometimes) December 7, 2016
the subtitle gives me the feeling that "gay" in this context was meant as "happy"
— Riah Kapoor (@xxRiah) December 7, 2016
but if a double-meaning joke is intended
thats disgusting https://t.co/60gGgw3IEb
@MumbaiMirror what is this nonsensical headline - I can see a smirking sub editor behind that font pic.twitter.com/I55t7dsDt4
— Pearl Shah (@PearlShah) December 7, 2016
This is so not in good taste! Terrible headline... pic.twitter.com/xdewqJ8ZTS
— Neil Sanghavi ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0087®ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0087³ (@NeilSanghavi) December 7, 2016
@NeilSanghavi ha ha! What? I don't even...
— Ashwin Mushran (@ashwinmushran) December 7, 2016
@ashwinmushran exactly like stooping low to another level!
— Neil Sanghavi ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0087®ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0087³ (@NeilSanghavi) December 7, 2016
@NeilSanghavi @ashwinmushran ya but in this case they meant happy. See the blurb
— Rahul Nanda (@rahulnanda86) December 7, 2016
@rahulnanda86 Yeah man. But it's tacky. No one uses Gay as happy nowadays! That was in the 1950s @NeilSanghavi
— Ashwin Mushran (@ashwinmushran) December 7, 2016
@sheikhimaan well it's got to be some homophobic jealous soul...
— Neil Sanghavi ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0087®ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0087³ (@NeilSanghavi) December 7, 2016
@NeilSanghavi they meant happy but it was a subtle sly too
— Achari Nimboo (@Retweet_Addict) December 7, 2016
@Retweet_Addict well the word means happy but their intentions were not good :)
— Neil Sanghavi ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0087®ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0087³ (@NeilSanghavi) December 7, 2016
@PearlShah I am shocked that in this day and age they have homophobic reporters
— Neil Sanghavi ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0087®ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0087³ (@NeilSanghavi) December 7, 2016
@NeilSanghavi more like sub editors and ultimately it's on the editor. Quite sad in this day and age.
— Pearl Shah (@PearlShah) December 7, 2016
@NeilSanghavi in the morning I was like did I read this right
— harsha ramachandra (@taprichai) December 7, 2016
@NeilSanghavi @NakuulMehta that's such a rude headline ðÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂu00c2u0098¡. How was that headline even passed?!?!
— Kanan Bengali (@Kanangoesboom) December 7, 2016
@NeilSanghavi @NakuulMehta haha this level omg...
— NakuulMehta_lovers (@nakulmehta_fc) December 7, 2016
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