In a stunning and unprecedented display of good taste, fans of Tyler Perry have threatened to boycott the cross-dressing schmaltz-peddler’s latest film, The Marriage Counselor, over his decision to cast Kim Kardashian, the patron saint of sham weddings. It seems many of Perry’s fans are good Christian folk, and object to him feeding yet more fame to a vile succubus whose giant vulgar ass the devil put on Earth to lead good black athletes unto temptation. Either that or they’re just jealous.

Some comments from his website:

“Mr. Perry as much as we the middle class black folks love u!!! I have made my mind up on your next movie. Me and my wife and children will NOT be supporting you on this one. You are way to classy to have this un-talented lady name Kim Kardashian in your film, She only uses our black brothers for money,sex!!!!! What kind of role model is she and again sir WHY??? All the black actresses out there needing work and you choose this negitive person how sad.”

Dear Mr. Perry: I am a HUGE fan (and believe me when I say that). I, like many of your other fans am so disappointed that you chose Kim Kardashian to be in one of your movies. There are so many talents out there just waiting for an opportunity that needs the work (and money) desperately! Kim needs neither. The only thing she’s known for is s*x and being money hungry. She has absolutely no substance or character to herself.”

Seriously? You had to censor “sex?” I suppose you can never be too careful. Meanwhile, this was by far my favorite comment:

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Kim Kardashian and Carmen Electra recently sat down for a CNN article called “Electra, Kardashian’s fitness and comedy tips.”  Because, as you can see, Kim Kardashian is a muscular comedian.

Q: What made you want to do “Disaster Movie”?
Kardashian: This is my first movie and I’ve just heard that Jason and Aaron are the most amazing directors to work with.

Translation: Free food.

Q: What tips do you have for people pursuing a life in front of the camera?
Kardashian: Just stay close to your family, because they’re the real-est people ever and they will help you not change and not fall into the trap of Hollywood and the lifestyle, because it’s really not that serious and not that important for what’s really going on in your life. … Your real life happens when you meet the one and start a family and are just with your family.

Kardashian later added, “It also helps to film yourself getting boned.  So I’ve heard.”

After the jump I’ve got video of Carmen Electra putting clothes on (sort of) just long enough to introduce a new clip from Disaster Movie, in which she wrestles Kim Kardashian and does other stuff that hilariously references pop culture.  Now, I know that when you’re a 36-year-old former Playmate with little acting experience, you’re probably not getting offered the best roles.   You probably want to cash in in the next few years while people still care about seeing you naked.  But Carmen, being in a Seltzer-Friedberg joint is just embarrassing.  It’s degrading, it’s harmful to your career, and in the end, probably doesn’t make you that much money. 

I have a much better idea: we get you, me, a video camera, and 10 midgets to come on your face while I film it.  We’ll call it Carmen Electra’s Midget Bukakke Boogaloo and sell DVDs on late night television between Girls Gone Wild spots.  We’ll split the profits 70-30 (after all, my reputation is on the line here). I’m telling you babe, this is your retirement plan. 

The Sundance Film Festival is going on in Utah right now, but being that I actually have to work for a living, I’m not there. Plus, Mormons fear me, because I exude what scientists refer to as “raw sex appeal”.

Anyway, some of the stories we’ve been following:

Paris Hilton and so forth doesn’t have anything to do with anything," he [Sundance founder Robert Redford] said. [Canadian Press]

Perhaps, but she was there promoting The Hottie and the Nottie (perhaps the worst idea since Meet the Spartans or Major Movie Star) and generally embarrassing anyone who cares about movies by being a trashy stupid whore.  And speaking of trashy stupid whores, Kim Kardashian was there with boyfriend Reggie Bush – more support for the thesis I’m working on: Black Guys Like Chicks with Huge Asses. 

In other douchebag news, Adrian Grenier was in town to promote Adventures of Power, a movie about air drumming, and play drums for his band the Honey Brothers at the after party.

At 3:15 a.m. they were finally ready to play, but Mr. Grenier could not find — I am not making this up — his drumsticks. [NYT]

See folks? I’d love to report the Entourage guys aren’t as stupid as they seem, but… God doesn’t want me to.  You know you’re stupid when a New York Times reporter has to promise that he’s actually telling the truth before he reports something you did.

Industry News: No one’s buying anything.

There has been no big bolt of theatrical lightning this year, no “Little Miss Sunshine” or “Once.” There are movies that will find both audience and distribution one way or another — “Sunshine Cleaning,” starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, seems perfectly confected — but others that rode in on a wave of hype have been just sitting there. After the premiere of “What Just Happened?,” directed by Barry Levinson and starring Bruce Willis and Robert De Niro, people said nice things. But the answer to the question posed by the film? Not so much.

“There was this huge run-up with all of this talk, partly because there is so much new money producing films, but when you got here, there was really not much to buy,” said one film executive who did not want to be seen as soiling Sundance’s reputation for commercial and artistic excellence. “There are a lot of bad movies here, movies that should not have been made. And the few ones that could be turned into something in the market are going to have to head into the sweat lodge and wait it out. No one is throwing the kind of money around they were last year.” [NYT]

There you have it, folks.  It’s tough times out there for everyone.  Ps, a bunch of Hollywood people in a sweat lodge?  I’m gonna go out on a limb and say nothing super gay happens. 

UPDATE: Looks like Fox Searchlight bought Choke for $5 million. That’s actually good news.  I’m speechless.

So today Liz Smith of Variety has an article about Quentin Tarantino wanting to do a remake of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Okay, you might be thinking, that sounds right up his alley.  And it’s true, Tarantino remaking a sexploitation flick from the 60s could be pretty cool (so long as it’s not Talk More, Pussycat! Torture Me with Your Inane Yammering! like about 40 minutes of Death Proof was).  But wait, there’s a twist here: 

Tarantino wants his version to be even raunchier, natch. His first casting choices are Kim Kardashian, Eva Mendes and — oh, please! — Britney Spears.

Um, what?  Tell me Liz Smith is just a schizophrenic street person, because if Kim Kardashian and Britney Spears are in the same movie the world might just implode with outrageousness. My guess is ol’ Q was just coked out of his face again talking a mile a minute and someone interpreted him literally.  I made that mistake once when he complimented my scarf at a charity gala.  I was so excited I wore it to school the next day and EVERYONE LAUGHED AT ME, QUENTIN!  MY LIFE IS OVER AND IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT!