Fuck this piece of crap right in the EAR. Arrrgh

[beandelphiki]

So this whole Queer Eye for the Straight Guy thing seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Everyone and their dog is watching this show.

I've been informed that the show is Not That Bad, really. And I shouldn't worry about it reinforcing stereotypes about gay men, or anything like that. It's a funny show, really! I should watch it! I'll like it!


Surfing across lj, I'm seeing the commentary:


One of the negatives for me is that I think the Fab 5 can sometimes be a little too cutting in their post-Make Better evaluations (when they watch the week's subject on closed circuit TV to see how much of the Make Better pointers the guy remembers for whatever special event prompted the Make Better in the first place). Color Me Inconsistent, but I'm comfortable with them being catty to their fairy godsons to their faces in a way I'm decidedly not wrt them doing it behind their backs. Case in point: In last night's show with Andrew L., Thom (Interior Design) commented, "Oh well, I guess you're not as dumb as you look."


Yeah I've heard a lot of people say they aren't going to watch because of the stereotype thing. But honestly, I think the show empowers gay men. It implies (indirectly of course) that they are better at being men than straight men are.

...I mean honestly, the ideas some of these straight guys have! They clearly need to have the "don't be stupid" riot act read to them and the Fab Five are just the ones to do it.

[emphasis mine]


Oh, yes. Sounds like a show I'd absolutely LOVE! It's clearly not reinforcing any, y'know....stereotypes or shit like THAT!


As a general rule, I like to reserve judgment until I can see things for myself. And I'm usually pretty good at being objective up until that point. But I have no way to see QE-SG right now (no TV) and in the meantime, most of the things I'm hearing about this damn show make me blisteringly pissed.

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[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Mm. I didn't like it upon hearing the name, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy".

Now if they truly wanted to be subversive, they could have reversed it, eh?

*is promptly shot*

any gay influence on TV is a good thing, but I don't buy it.

I don't buy it either. When this show was discussed in gaystr8alliance, someone was commenting that gays are going through a sort of "initiation" period on television similar to the one blacks went through in...the 70's? I think.

I also don't like that the only "gay influence" that is ever "positive" on TV is upper middle class white dudes.

Well...I leap to defend QAF here! They're not all upper middle class. Several of them are just...middle class.

Haha, okay, kidding. Definitely, I agree with people when they say they'd like to see a little more diversity. I mean, I also agree with people say, "one or two shows can't represent everyone," but there's a reason some people call QAF "Queer as White Folk."

Aaaand I'm shutting up.

[unintentional.livejournal.com]

Regardless, I'm not too hip to any of the TV that's on nowadays. I stick to the Disney Channel and Comedy Central, and that's that.