Universal resolves its dilemma
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After facing heat over its trailer for Ron Howard’s ‘The Dilemma,’ Universal released a new promo for the film Saturday morning. There are number of different scenes in this new spot, most prominently, of course, a revamped opening. Instead of the ‘electric cars are gay’ line that caused a fracas, the new trailer begins with Vince Vaughn telling Kevin James that ‘great moments are born from great opportunities,’ a reference James quips back comes from ‘Miracle.’
The exchange has even less to do with the rest of the trailer -- which eventually gets around to explaining that the movie is about a man torn over whether to tell his best friend his wife cheated on him -- than the opening scene from the previous trailer. Still, critics of the first version will be satisfied; the new trailer is certainly less offensive. Whether it’s any funnier is another question.
-- Steven Zeitchik
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