In entertainment news (or is that ‘news entertainment’?), Australia is to be subjected to the very pinnacle of American bourgeois decadance, a television reality program called “Queer Eye For The Straight Guy”, according to CNN.
The show, which features five gay men who “transform the wardrobe, home and overall style of a straight guy” is set to do more for the stereotype generation business than anything before.
I can hardly wait.
Unfortunately, Leni Reifenstahl, who would have been the ideal person to direct the Aussie QEFTSG, is dead.
as i am not gay i guess i can’t really say – but what’s so bad about queer eye for the straight guy? sincerely – the 5 guys are all very distinct and only one of them is even remotely “flamboyant” and even then – he’s more funny than anything else…i think in a lot of ways it would help breakd stereotypes that gay men are effeminate or flamboyant …but like i said, what would i know since i’m not gay – but i’d really like to know more about why you feel that way
Our Dept. of Cultural Imperialism is being mightly slack if you folks haven’t seen it already.
Of course you can read the chilling story of what some Americans think of it:
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/09/10/build/local/35-anti.inc
Or what Joe USA thinks of it:
http://www.edifyingspectacle.org/sexuality/blog/archives/lesbian_gay_bisexual/queer_eye_for_the_straigh.php
(scroll down a tad).
I especially like:
“As an African American female, I love this show. Being especially sensitive to stereotypes, I believe that there is a broad spectrum of personality types featured.”