'Queer Eye' for the Straight Girl

TownHall.com ^ | July 20, 2003 | Brent Bozell

[nwrep]

Bump for Bozell. Well written.

[thegreatbeast]

This is barbrastreisand!
Because there are 3 or 4 gay channels now. Watch IFC, Sundance or HBO and they have an unhealthy percentage of gay-oriented shows. IFC and Sundance seem to have gone all-gay all the time.

[narses]

Ping.

[foreverfree]

bump

[Republic]

BRAVO for BOZELL!!!

[sam_paine]

My favorite lib-dasher at a bar is, "Yeah, I'm homophobic....not that there's anything wrong with that...." That get's 'em upset, then I explain my civilian concept of "Don't ask, don't friggin flaunt it you freak."

Seriously, though, what's the problem with such a show? If it's not gay guys trying to get gay sex, then it's the best gift to humanity that gay guys could give...makeover a heterosexual so he gets noticed by women. Good for them all.

[kstewskis]

I find a bit of irony here.

Why do the gays scream "minority," i.e. they are what, 10% (or is it 15% now) of the population?

But then, a network decides to "cater" to this "minority." Business wise, this doesn't make much sense.

Either it's a stupid move financially, or (what I think) there are more gays out there. It's the loudest darned "10%" (or whatever) there is.

[dogbyte12]

3 million people watching a television show on cable is a massive audience. If just 2% of people are gay, and just half of them watch this show. That is 3 million viewers. It is called narrow casting.

[rs79bm]

Who gives a rats ass if they create a gay and lesbian channel. All you need to do is turn on Cinemax at 10:30 and you'll see you already have a gay and lesbian channel.

[evolved_rage]

The premise of the show is for a "Fab Five" of gay men to "transform a style-deficient and culture-deprived straight man from drab to fab"

We saw the ad for the show. After my spouse and I finished wretching, we thought the proto-fag staight man looked gay in his new clothes. At least when they dress that way, you know whose hand not to shake rather than relying on the sense of touch and a limp hankshake to announce a sodomites nature. After years in SF, it still makes my skin crawl to hear a grown man titter during a business meeting like a 12 year old mall rat.

[Houmatt]

Seriously, though, what's the problem with such a show? If it's not gay guys trying to get gay sex, then it's the best gift to humanity that gay guys could give...makeover a heterosexual so he gets noticed by women.

It's a guy who willingly subjects himself to endless come-ons and an emasculation courtesy of five homosexuals so he can get noticed by women.

A woman that is not willing to let a man be a man is not a woman I want to know.

[kstewskis]

Ah, I see. It had to make financial sense somehow.

[WOSG]

you forgot showtime ... we had that channel free for a few months and they had that queer soap opera (shudder) ...
didnt sign up for showtime.

[WOSG]

Try 3% of the population.
But a much larger portion of the arts community, hence the overemphasis in such circles.
They can only garner decent ratings by gulling man-hating women to watch these shows.

[snowstorm12]

The interior designer suggests the guy's apartment looks like the home of a psychopath: "without you here to represent yourself, I would have looked at this and called the police." Another calls it "a crack den."

ROFL! OMG I gotta see this show.

[WOSG]

no no no... this is not for gays. Read Bozell. They'd simply *die* on those ratings... This is for straight women, who've been so propogandized by our whacky culture they think 'gay' = 'cool' and actually would prefer an effeminite male companion. Imagine that, no brewskis, sports channels, and leaving the seat up - instead perfume and color coordination. what a campy steroetypical piece of dreck.

This is a made-for-Oprah'd-women show. More reason to stay far away.

[kstewskis]

no no no... this is not for gays. Read Bozell. They'd simply *die* on those ratings... This is for straight women, who've been so propogandized by our whacky culture they think 'gay' = 'cool' and actually would prefer an effeminite male companion. Imagine that, no brewskis, sports channels, and leaving the seat up - instead perfume and color coordination. what a campy steroetypical piece of dreck.

Eww. Sounds like they are pushing the "meterosexual" or whatever that "emasculated-don't-like-to-get-their-hands-dirty" type of "male" that supposedly women go crazy for.

Not this straight lady. Give me a real man anyday. Go ahead, leave the seat up (just have good aim please!), I'll share a good beer with you (if it's domestic, make sure it's a good microbrew), and you can even leave the game on if you want.

This is a made-for-Oprah'd-women show. More reason to stay far away.

Or switch onto Fox News....lol...

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

we thought the proto-fag staight man looked gay in his new clothes.

Exactly. The gay men create what they find attractive. They know nothing about what women want.

[livius]

Agreed! I'm also a straight woman, and I think the "metrosexual" sounds like one of the worst concepts ever to come down the pike. Who wants a guy who goes shopping with you and wants to have a joint visit to the cosmetic surgeon?

I have gay male friends, and they are fun to shop and gossip with (just us girls) - but I sure wouldn't want other men in my life to be like them.

Men and women are - well, different. Even in cultures where men devote more time to their clothing and grooming (such as Spanish, Italian and Latin American cultures), they are still 100% male and, believe me, there's no confusion at all about that!