Posted on 01/24/2006 4:39:32 PM PST by freepatriot32
NEW YORK - Is "American Idol" homophobic? The Fox talent show elicited a response from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD) after judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson made what the gay rights group deemed questionable comments on last week's premiere episode.
On Tuesday's show, seen by a Nielsen-chart topping 35.5 million viewers, Cowell told one male contestant to "wear a dress" and Jackson asked another, "are you a girl?"
"The real offense here was in the producer's decision to add insult to injury by turning a contestant's gender expression into the butt of a joke," said Damon Ramine, a spokesman for GLAAD, in a statement posted on the group's Web site.
Ramine updated the situation Monday with another statement: "We've spoken with Fox and have entered into what we hope will be a productive, ongoing conversation about the show's representation and discussion of sexual orientation and gender expression."
A spokesman for "American Idol" said Monday that Fox had no comment.
The popular Fox show, now in its fifth season, airs Tuesdays, 8 p.m. EST.
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'Cause I told her!
I watch it to make fun of people who think they should be famous!
I don't know about that. There's some serious competition out there, based on the ads I've seen. There's a show, which I have yet to watch, called Skating with Celbrities, but the celebrities are Todd Bridges, Debra Gibson and a bunch of people I've never heard of. There's the Bachelor, some ballroom dancing show, and a bunch of other dreck.
We used to joke years ago that we watched talk shows to make us feel superior.
Same with American Idol....
LOL!
The Bachelor is painful to watch... but I still flip through for about three minutes per week.
I do about the same for all of the reality shows....
Yikes...
FReepmail me and little jeremiah if you want on/off the ping list.
Just like we are told by the left wingers and freaks...if you don't like it change the channel.
My gay hair guy said the same thing to me today about that show.
But his words were more disgusted (yeah, really!) towards that contestant, like ******* ***!
At least he's honest! LOL
I watched for the first time last night. Incredibly hilarious. It's like a human freak show. One of the things that makes it so funny is that the freaks actually think they are normal.
To double your laughter watch while freeping the American Idol 2006 - Live Thread.
"The real offense here was in the producer's decision to add insult to injury by turning a contestant's gender expression into the butt of a joke
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