Chrysler steering clear of flap over ‘gay’ joke in Vince Vaughn movie

Have you heard about the new Ron Howard-directed movie, The Dilemma , starring Vaughn? It’s received lots of press, because people have denounced the film’s trailer, in which Vaughn says, “Electric cars are gay.” Universal has pulled the trailer and re-cut it. What hasn’t been mentioned is that after the joke, Vaughn endorses macho Dodge muscle cars. Has Chrysler, which makes Dodge, avoided a possible PR problem? Chrysler spokeswoman Dianna Gutierrez told  USA Today tha…

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