the awesome/terrifying freedom

interesting commentary in 'the advocate' about 'boy meets boy' and 'queer eye.'

i must say that i disagree, to a point. i agree that 'boy meets boy' sums up as a cruel joke on a homo, and i agree that 'straight eye' casts gay men's only social function as that of servitude and supporting character to the straights.

but cuh. mon. he would rather not have these shows on the air because of they add luster to the 'bright sheen of homophobia?'

i think hutton hayes' real problem is that, thanks to reality television, we're getting gay people on tv that are actually played by gay people. and guess what? they don't act the same way as straight people playing (angelic, sanitized, overly image-conscious, self-hating gay programming executive produced) gay characters used to act. it's a shame isn't it? can't we go back to the days of matt on 'melrose,' whose main function is to scream from the background 'LOOK AT HOW FUCKING NORMAL I AM! WOW! HEY GUYS! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I'M NOT EVEN MOLESTING A KID! JESUS CHRIST, I DON'T EVEN HAVE A GODDAMNED LISP! YA'LL ARE SO FUCKING WRONG ABOUT GAY PEOPLE. okay. that's all. um. does anyone want to kiss me? oh we can't really show that? okay. well. i'll just be standing here by the peanut bowl. um. thanks.'