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Ask the Flying Monkey! (July 1, 2008)Q: What in the world was up with the recent GLAAD Media Awards? Who exactly was the host? There seemed to be several. Why was everyone so shockingly inarticulate, and what was that bit when one winner picked up Ugly Betty's Becki Newton like a sack of potatoes? What was Sharon Stone thinking with that hair — not to mention that dress? Was she going for the desiccated pharaoh look? How in the hell did Candis Cayne's low-cut dress stay on? Oh, and I like Janet Jackson's music okay and everything, but giving her the Vanguard Award, supposedly the most important award of the evening? Because she dances well and "pushed sexual limits"? WTF? By that measure, why not give Paris Hilton a Vanguard Award too for her sex tape, and Britney for going pantyless? – Oscar, San Francisco, CA First, let the Flying Monkey validate your reality: that was one trippy awards ceremony! Then again, the Monkey lives to watch celebrities who get paid five million dollars a movie or a hundred thousand dollars an episode get completely flummoxed by the reading of a simple cue card. He loved it! (He also suspects that, unlike the Oscars and Emmys, this ceremony was unrehearsed.) On the plus side, it's great to see the GLAAD Media Awards go sort-of big-time, with a broadcast on Bravo and everything. It was great to see all the gay-inclusive (and gay-ambiguous) advertising. And the Monkey also thought the bit between Kathy Griffin and her mother was priceless. It was so funny and charming you'd swear it was scripted, except that the scripted bits at awards ceremonies are never funny or charming, so you know it was absolutely real.
Maggie Griffin and Kathy Griffin Now in answer to your specific questions: You weren't actually watching the GLAAD Media Awards ceremony — you were watching four separate ceremonies: one in New York (hosted by Graham Norton), one in Florida (hosted by Jade Esteban Estrada), one in San Francisco (hosted by Candis Cayne), and one in Los Angeles (hosted by Kathy Griffin). Then they were stitched together for a television broadcast. Like Frankenstein. Cayne was clearly using some sort of adhesive tape, but the Monkey admits his heart was in his mouth every time she leaned over. Still, as Cayne says, she worked hard for that body — she might as well show it off!
Sharon Stone, Janet Jackson, Candis Cayne The Monkey can only assume that Janet Jackson got the award because, yes, she is genuinely gay-supportive, but also because every other more gay-supportive celebrity in Hollywood had some other commitment the night(s) of the event..
Beckin Newton, Archie D'Amico As for Sharon Stone's hair, the Monkey is speechless. But he definitely had the urge to groom her! One more thing: Cindy Crawford is too skinny. Is it asking too much that, along with her GLAAD Media Award, someone had given her a sandwich? Have a question about gay male entertainment? Ask the Monkey!
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Dante's Cove,
for me, is the equivalent of a Skinemax movie to a straight guy. The mystical/supernatural plots are nonsensical and the acting generally laughable, but there's some undeniably nice eye candy, albeit soft-core. The first season storyline actually had some potential, and there were a couple of genuinely creepy moments. Once the location changed to Hawaii for Season 2, however, the producers (who seem to suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder) apparently tossed the dark atmosphere aside as quickly as they drop characters and cast members.
The writers now seem to be forcing themselves to shoehorn a few lines of doublespeak about drug-enhanced magical powers into each script, with the majority of the screentime devoted to getting the cast naked and rubbing up against each other in varying combinations. That being said, I have to give props to Thea Gill (from Queer As Folk) for her completely over-the-top performance in the final episode of the most recent season (Season 3, I believe.) She fully commited to scenery-chewing evilness, which I found endlessly entertaining.
Oh, and compared to The Lair, Dante's Cove is Shakespeare.
Dante's Cove
First you say it's "Unwatchable," then to prove your point--
HA!
The Real Reason People Like Dante's Cove
It is the same reason why people go to circuit party events, or the original white party events, or to underwear night at your local gay bar. It is not for stunning conversation about existentialism. It is to ogle the himbos, to not think too much, to flirt, to tease, and to hook-up. No it's not rocket science. It's shutting off that part of your brain and engaging the more wild side - an option the hetero community takes for granted, but one which the gay community is deemed "lesser" for enjoying just as much. Dante's Cove has the same vibe. It doesn't take itself too seriously. It's about hot bodies, seduction, fantasy, and absolutely no critical thinking in sight.
That helps, thanks
Wik Wikholm!
Umm....exCUSE me!
Monkey! You answered every question except the most important one: What's the story with the guy who lifted Becki Newton, and how can I date him?
Read the blog. Date the blog. Be hoisted by the blog's muscular frame.
Cutting Out Brokeback Mtn Kiss... WTF?! Bravo channel
Are you absolutely certain
Yep I'm absolutely certain
it was cut. I watched it Monday after the GLAAD Awards show. I own the DVD and the difference stood out immediately.
Yes, it was cut.
Fans are also complaining about it on the IMDb message board, see link.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/board/thread/110164517?d=110197476&p=1#110197476
How disappointing.
Thanks for the recommendations
I've never bothered to watch Dante's Cove--I'm sure the men are sexy, but I like a little more, um, content to my soap operas!
As for books, I do read quite a bit, so they do fill the time...however, and at the risk of upsetting you and Michael, both of whom are writers (tho I humbly admit I've not read any of your books), I find the vast majority of gay fiction to be nearly as dire as the vast majority of gay cinema. I can't even count the number of "gay" books I've thrown across the room in dispair. Too many I've started to read and couldn't finish because they were so awful.
Gay non-fiction tends to be better; and since I'm a student of history, I love exploring the LGBT past. As it is, right now I'm reading Stephen O'Shea's Back to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I, which isn't gay at all, except for the fact that he often references the homoerotic poetry that emerged from the war.
Dante's Cove
JANET JACKSON
I *love* Dante's Cove, and
I respect this answer A LOT!
ROTFLMAO!!!! "The
ROTFLMAO!!!!
"The Greek word Eros denotes want, lack, desire for that which is missing. The lover wants what he does not have. It is by definition impossible for him to have what he wants if, as soon as it is had, it's not longer wanting." - Anne Carson
Perfect
Dante's Cove rocks!
I'm with stuartsez on this - Dante's Cove rocks!
http://scifihunks.blogspot.com/
Sharon Stone's Dark Secret...
...she's slowly turning into Joan Crawford.
You're mad, mad I tell you...
Xena Finale
I was a Xena fan for years, and I have to say I hated the finale as well. Not because she died, because that WAS daring and different and I always knew that that would be the way to end her character, but because of the stupidity of the whole story which ultimately led to her sacrifice. Full of plot holes and lapses in logic, even if it was a feast to the eyes. I particularly liked her last battle scene, very epic.
Remember "The Ides of March"? The season finale where X&G were crucified? Now THAT was amazing storytelling! And if the series had ended right then and there, I wouldn't have complained at all.
As for Buffy, I never really watched that show. Perhaps I should check it out. But I did read somewhere that Joss Whedon was a fan of Xena. ;)
"The Greek word Eros denotes want, lack, desire for that which is missing. The lover wants what he does not have. It is by definition impossible for him to have what he wants if, as soon as it is had, it's not longer wanting." - Anne Carson
She didn't die! She lived on in Gabrielle's heart!
The Xena cop-out
:)
The thing that bothered me the most was the fact that TPTB put the issue of redemption and vengeance on the same level. I don’t know if I’m remembering this correctly but I believe Xena had to stay dead in order to "avenge" the souls of the people who died in the fire, an accident really, and by doing that she finally "redeemed" herself. Avenge is a very ugly word in this context. IMHO, it would have been so much better if she sacrificed herself to correct an evil she had committed willingly.
The thing is, while the issue of redemption may have been pivotal in the beginning of the series, eventually the core of the show became the relationship between X&G. In my mind, it was through that bond and the selflessness and forgiveness that came with it that Xena finally was able to forgive herself for the evil she had caused, and therefore pass the mantle to Gab. Like you mentioned, her “mission” was accomplished.
That being said, and like I mentioned in my first post, I do believe that her death was the perfect way to end her journey. I just wish it had been handled better, a la “Ides of March”. Even if I liked the final battle, I still believe that the fight that lead to her and Gabby’s crucifixion was far more epic and heart-wrenching. Not to mention the fact that I absolutely despised both villains of the finale, particularly the samurai, and I must admit that I was very aggravated that HE was the one who got to kill Xena.
Those are my two cents. ;)
A.
"The Greek word Eros denotes want, lack, desire for that which is missing. The lover wants what he does not have. It is by definition impossible for him to have what he wants if, as soon as it is had, it's not longer wanting." - Anne Carson
Well, Ides of March was
Sure, anytime. "The
Sure, anytime.
"The Greek word Eros denotes want, lack, desire for that which is missing. The lover wants what he does not have. It is by definition impossible for him to have what he wants if, as soon as it is had, it's not longer wanting." - Anne Carson
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