Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (October 3, 2008)

afhickman

"The mountain has wings."

I can't say I'm looking forward to the next Sacha Baron Cohen outing, but I fear it will be hard to avoid. But I must disagree about Mr. Bean. He's given me some genuine laughs over the years. Witness this TV episode entitled "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtbJ1Uf-90.

The bit with the turkey is just priceless. Parts 2 & 3 are also on YouTube.

Really...honestly!!! I love Mr Bean so much I would have married him. For me he's so adorably, goofily cute. Plus I love Rowan Atkinson. I love everything that has him in it (I'll even marry Rowan ATkinson...he only has to say yes). Regarding Brothers & Sisters, what I fnd so annoting is how Robert McCallister is given center stage while Kevin and Tommy's spouses (and previously Sarah's husband) were all shoved to the side as mantlepieces. About Bruno, I am quite looking forward to it. Sacha is hilarious and isnt afraid of being politically incorrect. Havent seen ep 2 of Ugly Betty. I am hoping that they will eventually hook up Justin and Daniel Jr. Finally, really looking forward to Madonna's Filth & Wisdom. I hope its released on Itunes here in Oz same time as in US. Have a happy gay weekend (its a long sleazeball weekend for us here downunder).

(And for all those folks who question his orientation because he lives in Chelsea with Gossip Girl castmate Ed Westwick, I ask you: Would two closeted actors hiding a secret gay relationship actually share an apartment in the gayest neighborhood in New York? I don't think so.)

Similarly to Ali G and Borat, I always preferred Bruno in one-on-one interviews then in big stunts. And Bruno was always better dealing with the vapidity of the fashion/'art' scene.

I loved Borat and so i'm looking forward to the new movie about Bruno,but i have some friends that hated Borat so i guess it is something you ether love or hate. I also loved the last epi of true blood,the scenes about Jason and his penis was not about sexual fantasies (in fact this is the first epi that Jason was fully dressed the entire time)but was about humor and in that sence it sucseded because i laughed so hard."It doesn't have to be another Six Feet Under" yea lets hope it never becomes as BORING as that snoozefest.

I'm not watching the show because I don't have HBO, but if they're following the books, Sookie will indeed dump Bill and hook up with Eric (though she doesn't dump him to hook up with Eric), but only briefly and only while Eric has amnesia and is an entirely different person. After that she winds up with a were-tiger. Of course, that goes to hell in short order as well. Sookie is romantically challenged.

Is the arrow up for GREEK, the best scripted show on basic cable IMHO? I quote from your reasoning for giving VERBOTENE LIEBE the arrow up, despite their total screentime between last Friday and today being around the 4 minute mark (wait, which other soap has a gay couple that only appeared for 4 minutes this week and got an arrow down... hmmm ;-)): ", because even when our German gay supercouple doesn’t have much of a storyline of their own they just both feel completely integrated into the show's other storylines." That's exactly what's going with Calvin. And Heath. And Michael. Wait- a teenager-focused show that has THREE gay character walking around and that is not worth mentioning? As for BROTHERS & SISTERS - the season premieres has focused on the core characters. I expect great things for Kevin & Scotty this season, but the siblings' other halves storylines never have been something to write home about. Julia, anyone??? I think even hardcore fans of the show see her sometimes and wonder who she is, until someone introduces her as Tommy's wife ;-)!

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The Gays Of Daytime

Ed Westwick and Chase Crawford are just this generations Carey Grant and Randolph Scott and no one has ever questioned that relationship:-)

I was really upset when I heard that Miley Cyrus was grinching Gay Day at WDW. I worked there when I was younger, and Gay Day was a tradition, like the Christian teenagers' Night of Joy. (Guess which group had more disruptive behavior and public indecency. It wasn't the one wearing red shirts.) It makes me sad to think of them getting shuffled out the gates to make way for Miley, especially since Pleasure Island is closed now, putting the kabosh on what used to be the traditional night time celebration.

I'm a big fan of both Greek and ATWT (Nuke specific) but I have to say, I'm kinda confused by the double standard that seems to be applied when evaluating these gay characters representation of what it means to be a young gay man.

So Luke and Noah are in love, have gone through hell to be together (contrived or not) they hug and kiss and tell each other and anyone who will listen how committed they are to each other. They have proven so through hospitalizations, gay bashings, almost enlisting, ridiculous green-card marriages, breaking up and getting back together, psycho homophobic fathers and perpetually in crisis extended family drama.

The only thing they haven't done is have sex (which is hard since the only room they are ever allowed to be alone in together seems to be Emma's kitchen) And YET, we still don't think they merit a WHOOPIE! because they haven't had sex.

Only because they haven't had sex? (YES, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE SEX, BUT...) Some folks even mock the idea that a college sophomore (LUKE) would get involved in student government. Why, because he's gay he's just sup with Reg in the hot tub???

Really? Hello, here's a gay character who's all about being out and pride and doing GAY STUFF on campus and spitting in the eye of homophobia whenever and wherever it rears its ugly head. I'll take that over "but for the fact that I like to sleep with boys I'm just like any other bloke" gays any day. But I digress.

While, Calvin (who is the same age as Luke) has never been to a gay bar, seems completely prejudiced against anything too "queenie or flamboyant" (because gay men are NEVER allowed to be flamboyant, like, ever) and has barely ever touched Heath, or kissed Heath or held his Hands, you know, ever. We know Calvin's had sex with Heath because we've seen him twice putting his clothes back on.

But have we ever even seen them making out? I know, Heath isn't his boyfriend but he's obviously meant to be. Again, I digress... So far he has managed to kiss his "boyfriend" Michael only once, timidly, at a crowded party but otherwise Calvin shows less affection for Michael (with whom he had nothing in common and no chemistry) then Cappie has with Rusty. If Calvin didn't constantly introduce Michael as his boyfriend, would we even know?

But Calivn and Greek get a YAHOO! every week because there's implied sex going on?

My point isn't to say Calvin's a bad character or that NUKE is the epitome of gay characters. I love the diversity. I think Noah and Calvin would probably be best friends because they are very similar and I like seeing that kind of jocky/blokey gay boy on tv. I'm just not understanding why Disney doesn't get the same "He, what the hell" about Calvin as P&G get's about Nuke.

I love GREEK. It's a great show. But Cappie, Rebecca, Cassie, Max, Evan, even BEAVER get more action in one episode than Calvin has gotten in 3 seasons so far (for someone supposedly so sexually active) but we don't seem to hold them to the same standard as ATWT in terms of fleshing out the gay ROMANTIC relationship simply because it's IMPLIED that Calvin has had sex with Heath (we have no idea if he's slept with Michael).

I expect boyfriends to hold hands sometimes. Even the manliest of straight men will hold their girlfriend's hand or walk with their arms around them or at least kiss them hello and goodbye (I've never seen Calvin do any of the things except maybe with Ashleigh) Is it really JUST about the sex (implied or otherwise) that makes Calvin (and his dates) better representations of college-aged gay guys than ATWT?

So I'm throwing it out there. Anyone, anyone, Buller?

Oh, I have to disagree... "gayface" isn't as simple as doing "Blue Steel." It's an indefinable quality that makes you just KNOW when you look at someone's face that they are gay.

Political correctiness aside, sometimes you just know...

Yay! Filth & Wisdom! Gogol Bordello! Ugh! I can't Wait! "I am a Wonderlust king."

Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt was a mock-title created by Defamer. The real title is just Bruno.

 

If there's a DVD-Rom in your computer, you already have a multi-region DVD player.  I've ordered tons of international DVDs (like the Bionic Woman seasons) that have never been released in the States.  View, baby, view!

Just be careful, though, because there's a limited number of times one can switch back and forth between regions before the player "locks" itself into one permanent region.  I'd reserve playing domestic DVDs on your stand-alone player and using your DVD-Rom for playing one particular region.  Unless you have multiple DVD-Rom's then you can reserve a different region for each Rom.  Yep, you're tied to the PC to watch Australian Kath & Kim but if you're spending all your free time hunting YouTube for viral videos, might as well pop in one of those unreleased in the States Footballers Wives DVDs and up the picture quality.

I loved this week's Ugly Betty + agree that the premier was lackluster. Eddie Cibrian is foine. I do hope they keep him around for a while, though I hate that his character's a cheating bastard. Feh.

 

Still, I forgive him that for the same reason that I forgive JDMA for not always being at its best: because I'm a shallow bitch. Not really, but I am impressed enough with sexy guys to put up with a bit of crap.

 

As for ATWT, I love Luke's new haircut. It's rock star sexy. I would also like to see some more intimacy between Nuke, though. I'm not sure if this was already brought up a few weeks back but I also wish that the writers had taken the opportunity to have Nuke attend Allison + Aaron's wedding, sharing a romantic moment where they mentioned that maybe one day they'd be getting married. It would have been very timely + relevant to the state of things in Cali now (Prop 8).

 

On Project Runway, Jerell is a trip. I loved his catty line last episode about Kenley wanting his tulle (I'm paraphrasing): "...she set her eyes down on that tulle on MY table, but it was not going down like that..." Hilarious. I truly wish they had given Kenley the boot this week. Oh well.

 

Dancing With The Stars: I'm voting every week for Lance + Lacey (I'm a fan of Lacey's because I saw her on SYTYCD? + dug her moves on that show, too). Lance, as my favorite "hag" pointed out, has gotten hotter since he came out. Mayhaps it's just the added confidence that comes with being comfortable in one's own skin. At any rate, I think they're cute together + like the energy they bring to the show (despite Len's constant hating).

 

Admittedly, I watch entirely too much TV + could rant + rave more but I'll leave it at that (for now).

Somebody pinch me. I LOVE Gogol Bordello and Eugene Hutz is ridiculously quirky and hilarious and over the top when he performs. I am looking foward to seeing this film and thank you soo much for making my day. Not sure if Madonna is a great director but we'll see. She's amazing anyway. =] The priest made me cringe. If his church is really the way he is, I rather live a sinful and ungodly life.

So eating chocolate is gay now. Who knew?