Talk:Brett Ratner

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Contents 1 Vague sentence 2 Cuban? 3 Screen Appearances 4 gay sex

[edit] Vague sentence

"He was also linked to young actress, Lindsay Lohan."

First, a punctuation point: s.b. no comma after "actress".

Second, what does "linked to" mean that makes it different from "dated" as in the previous sentence? Third, there's no citation.

And fourth, does anyone besides me doubt the encyclopedic value of who he, or anyone, dates? -- Tenebrae 02:04, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

If you start discriminating against the reporting of which relationships one constitutes as being "encyclopedic", you just run into a really huge area of arbitrarity.

It's been reported all over the place he either dated or "mentored" Lindsay Lohan, let it be posted.

[edit] Cuban?

The article asserts that:Brett Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marcia Ratner, a Cuban-born Jewish socialite. This, however, does not mean that he is of Spanish or Mestizo descent. Many Jewish people migrated to Cuba, especially when it was the center of a large gaming industry in the 1940s and 1950s. Some Latinized their names, and others retained their Germanic Jewish surname.72.73.214.37 18:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC)Lestrade

Isn't it nice when you can find a single source that answers all the questions? I wish all research was this easy: [1] "My grandparents now live with me in L.A. They're originally from Eastern Europe and ended up in Cuba as they couldn't get into the States, before finally moving to Miami. My whole family is Cuban-Jewish -- very passionate, hard-working, highly educated people. I feel that Cuban blood running in my veins and I love Cuban food." Mad Jack 20:13, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I guess he must mean imaginary Cuban blood...unless his father is actually Cuban. Is "Ratner" his mother's name?

[edit] Screen Appearances

None of these seem to have any importance to the details of his life. It might as well be a trivia section, in which case it is against the wikipedia rules. L.cash.m (talk) 07:23, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] gay sex

the paragraph about oral sex is not very relevant (trivia). it cited an interview [2] where ratner might have been joking around. as worded, it implied he is gay; if he is, it is certainly not citeable (he dates women). could i get justification why it was reverted? should it be removed or reworded? Substatique (talk) 21:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)