Universal Studios shuts down "Bill And Ted" show after accusations of homophobia most heinous

Disappointing all who love legitimate theater, Universal Studios Hollywood has closed “Bill And Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure,” its annual, adult-themed revue in which the time-warping characters revisit ancient pop culture references and, according to the reports that led to it being shut down, some of history’s most famous stereotypes. It all began with a write-up in Vice, where Jamie Lee Curtis Taete (who had his own recent brush with becoming unstuck in time recently by attending Corey Feldman’s birthday party) chronicled how the “super homophobic (and also racist and terrible)” show revolved around a Wizard Of Oz-inspired storyline that saw Bill and Ted recruiting Superman to help them overcome four evil witches, as well as a hellish, Friedberg/Selzer’s Inferno level of celebrity spoofs.
Unfortunately for them, but fortunately for people who hate the elitist comedy of “jokes,” Superman is sprinkled with “fairy dust, turning him gay,” causing him to immediately rip off his shirt, make limp-wristed advances on Bill and Ted, speak in a voice that “sounds like a homophobic uncle doing a drunken impression of Richard Simmons, complete with lisps and frequent use of the word ‘faaaaaaabulous!’,” and, eventually, steal away to have sex with George Takei on the Starship Enterprise. This is all very funny, because gay men are mincing, indiscriminate nymphomaniacs and there was a Star Trek movie out this year.
Taete’s review—which also noted gags about Kim Jong-un being unable to pronounce the letters “L” and “R,” Ron Burgundy making a joke about Van Nuys being “filled with lots of unemployed people who barely speak English,” a Nicki Minaj caricature apparently based entirely on a gang member the writers once saw on Miami Vice, and a joke about Wreck-It Ralph “wrecking” an unconscious Minaj’s ass—was soon picked up by other media outlets, prompting Universal to issue a statement saying it would “review and refine the show’s content.”