Episode 243 • • 1:27:39 - 1:31:21
243: Big Soda
Vince Vaughn Movie Trailer, Anderson Cooper Gay Slur Controversy
A controversy involving a Vince Vaughn movie trailer leads to a discussion on the evolving use of the word "gay" as a pejorative. Anderson Cooper's criticism of the trailer is analyzed alongside the historical shift in the word's meaning from "happy" to a specific sexual orientation and its subsequent use as a general slang term by younger generations.