''Gayniggers from Outer Space'' is a 1992 Danish English-language

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, directed by Danish

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Morten Lindberg. The film is a parody of the

and

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genres.

Plot

The film follows a group of intergalactic

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men from the planet Anus, who discover the presence of female creatures on planet

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. Using

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s, they proceed to eliminate all females from Earth, eliciting gratitude from the previously oppressed male population. Before leaving the planet, they leave behind a "Gay Ambassador" to educate the Earthlings about their new way of life.

Cast

* Coco P. Dalbert as ArmInAss * Sammy Saloman as Capt. B. Dick * Gerald F. Hail as D. Ildo * Gbatokai Dakinah as Sgt. Shaved Balls * Konrad Fields as Mr. Schwul * Johnny Conny Tony Thomas as The Gay Ambassador

Reception

The film was first screened at the NatFilm Festival in Copenhagen on 23 February 1993, and was screened at the Stockholm Queer Film Festival in 2006. In the 2019 book '' It Came from Something Awful'', Dale Beran described the film as a "queer-interest B movie in the hyper-transgressive tradition of

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" that appealed to an audience of "nerdy white boys" who liked the concept of

. The film was used in a recruiting campaign by the internet troll group Gay Nigger Association of America in the 2000s, who took their name from the film. In 2024 an

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relating to the movie gained popularity, where people would convince others to search the phrase "what space movie came out in 1992" or "space movie 1992." This would return results of the movie's

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pages. The shock value of the title is the main purpose of the meme, not the contents of the movie.

Production

The film begins in

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and later turns to color, in a way similar to ''

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''. According to director Morten Lindberg, this was a "dramatic

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" to illustrate "the world being freed from vicious women".

References

External links

* * : The movie was featured by the Stockholm Queer Film Festival 2006. * : ''Gayniggers from Outer Space'' disrupt a Harris County, Texas, courthouse. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gayniggers From Outer Space 1992 films">The movie is featured by the Stockholm Queer Film Festival 2006--> * : The movie was featured by the Stockholm Queer Film Festival 2006. * : ''Gayniggers from Outer Space'' disrupt a Harris County, Texas, courthouse. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gayniggers From Outer Space 1992 films
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