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Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (December 7, 2007)
YOU FOLKS REALLY DON'T LIKE LENA, DO YOU? 
Coming in dead last with less than 1% of folks wanting to see her live is poor Lena, the secretary/tramp steadily working her way through the Walker men. (Good luck with Kevin, Lena!). Not much of a surprise that Kevin and Scotty where the characters most folks wanted to see live with 15.3% and 14.9% of the votes respectively. But I was rather taken aback to see that poor Jason McCallister only garnered 4.91% of the total. That put him dead before Holly, Rebecca, Justin, Nora, Sarah, and Saul. That's gotta hurt! One of the big concerns when Jason packed his bags for Malaysia was that Kevin was eventually going to cheat on him and ruin another relationship. In our poll last week most folks were glad to see them back together, but I'm curious as to whether folks think Kevin did something wrong or not. Finally, it's going to be such a long wait until there is a new episode of Brothers & Sisters that I feel it's my duty to at least dole out some info to tide you over. First off, despite rumors to the contrary, Scotty will be appearing after episode 2.11. And here is an asterisk puzzle to keep you busy — but it's gonna be a hard one! After ****** ************* tells ***** that ***** ***** him, Jason ********* *** ******* and *** *** have ** ***. FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE!I've already mentioned several times that The Golden Compass opens Friday with Ian McKellen as a talking polar bear. Woody Harrelson's The Walker also opens in limited release as does Rockmond Dunbar's Dirty Laundry. And I haven't heard much about Strength and Honor, but it does star Richard Chamberlain. On Tuesday, Matt Damon fans have the DVD release of The Bourne Ultimatum to look forward to. Honestly, the television pickings start to get a little thin from here until January unless you're into some animated specials and football games. Maybe you'll have to actually talk with your partner! Friday night ABC's Women's Murder Club features a plot about a mudered drag queen. Presumably these are her friends. Notice I didn't say they were good drag queens.
(Photo Credit: Vivian Zink/ABC. Not to be copied.) I bet it turns out the victim is a young fresh-faced thing new in town who happened to get a spot in the club's line-up impersonating Paris Hilton only to "accidentally" upstage the "star" attraction, an older drag queen, after tripping her and breaking her leg. Or am I confusing this with Showgirls? On Saturday night Graham Norton welcomes the always interesting Glenn Close on his show. How I Met Your Mother has a new ep with the always watchable Neil Patrick Harris, then Tuesday brings us another new episode of guilty pleasure The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. Wednesday has a new ep of Project Runway and it's the one with the dramatic revelation by Jack. Maybe he'll be announcing he and Dale already broke up! There's also a new ep of the always of gay-interest Pushing Daisies that includes a part for Grant Shaud of Murphy Brown. I always had a bit of a crush on Miles Silverman.
Wednesday also brings us to sides of the cultural coin. On the lowbrow side (and I mean low-brow) is the CW's Crowned: Mother of All If you're not trying to massacre your brain cells by the gazillion you might instead check out PBS' P.O.V. series featuring the documentary by Frieda Lee Mock about the always wondrous Tony Kushner. Called Wrestling with Angels, the program delves into the life and brain of Kushner and you'll be glad you watched it. No Ugly Betty on Thursday, but we do have the first of the final three episodes of Survivor: China as Big Gay Todd edges ever closer to that million bucks! Now I'll shut up so you can have the BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER!
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Gale
I must admit, he does do a good job...
Brian Kinney
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alright...brian was a smart ass, spoke his mind...and yeah, didn't care what people thought. I actually admire people like that....ok, being a smart ass isn't a great quality..but sometimes i thought his remarks were quite funny...he did cross the lines sometimes and there were times i thought "oh geez, shut up..." - -
i do wish he had ditched justin for good though. like...forever, goodbye. please say i am not the only one who was extremely annoyed by justin...
He very much cared what people thought
No one is more insecure than an "I don't care" type of person. He was nasty and cruel to his friends, flaunted himself to them, and paraded his boring relationship with the twink precisely to get a reaction.
I never fail to be amused at the type of poor or boring characters can get praise as long as they are not effeminate.
umm....
you said, "No one is more insecure than an "I don't care" type of person"
tell me HOW does that make someone insecure? i AM that kind of person and i feel secure with who i am...i didn't see brian as insecure....actually, if there was one thing he was insecure about, it was about him being a good father or not to gus. with that aside, he seemed fine with who he was as a person. er, i know he was also insecure about his age as well. ok, other than that....i can't think of anything else.
Brian's Securities and Insecurities
He was secure in his:
1. Looks.
2. Sexuality and sexual prowess.
3. Career (he was good at what he did I must admit).
4. Taste (he simply bought very expensive stuff knowing gays would be impressed by that, can't say that has ever interested me but to each his own).
He was insecure due to:
1. Fear of getting old and unattractive (common one that).
2. Being emotionally vulnerable or involved with someone else (family background).
3. To certain extent being a father (another common one, likely did not want to repeat his father's mistakes).
Overall I felt he was more secure than insecure. I have met people who would score 0/7 on the above characteristics! One reason why he could be so self-centred and obnoxious was the fact that the sub-culture he lived in (the big city gay culture) is obssessed with appearance and sex (the more the merrier). He received a lot of positive feedback from other guys and frankly it went to his "head" (and other parts as well). This is a characteristic I have seen with some frequency in the gay fast lane. Tragically, sometimes these people can come to a less than happy end. One of the best looking guys in Toronto in the early 90's is now so changed in appearance I supposedly would not even recognize him (AIDS) even though he is only in his early 40's. Fortunately, Brian Kinney managed to aviod that bullet.
Cheers
JBE
Is this accurate?
Gale Harold must be loving all of this!
All of this Brian Kinney talk prompted me to throw in a QAF DVD (season 3, the peak.) It confirmed for me what I've said elsewhere on AfterElton. That character is just fascinating. Dark, mysterious, why is he the way he is? Those characters, the one you have to figure out for yourself, without the writers handing you the answers, are always intriguing.
But I think more than anything, I'm fond of that character because of Gale's insane acting capabilities. I re-watched the scene where Brian orders a whore in the physical likeness of Justin. There is so much going on in Gale's eyes. Without saying a word, Brian spoke volumes (gently stroking the escort's blonde hair, the wanting that spills out of Gale's facial expressions). Disaffected and longing, wow. Other actors on that show could do 2 minute monologues and be nowhere near as captivating. If anybody else had played Brian, we may have never have liked this character as some of us do. I'm glad I reminded myself as to why I'm a believer.
I was actually pretty happy
I was actually pretty happy to see Brian Kinney topping the poll as he is one of my favorite gay characters of all time too. He's a better representation of gay men than... let's say- an effeminate Jack MacFarland.
So when is Brothers & Sisters airing anyway? I cant wait to see the return of Eric Winter. I hope him and Kevin get back together!
Brian Kinney
The thing that has to be considered about Brian Kinney/Gale Harold, is that he has an enormous female fanbase as well! And I'm talking crazy, "He's the only man on the planet" kind of fans! Queer as Folk also has has huge international following, with fan pages and fan communities all over the world.
Trust me, I'm on a German QaF board, for example, and there are some people (especially women) who get seriously crazy about those actors, especially about Gale Harold! And while I didn't vote for him, I know of many who did, because the poll was mentioned on our message board and when he's up for any poll, our users are sure to vote for him.
I think many QaF boards around the world probably drew attention to this poll, so I'm not at all surprised, actually, to see Brain Kinney on top of this list! I'm not necessarily a fan of his, but like I said, to many of my fellow female Qaf fans he's the hottest thing since bread came sliced ;-)
Kanye West...WTF
What do you want broken?
OF COURSE HE'S GOING TO THROW A FIT!!!! HIS MUSIC IS A MILLION TIMES BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE HE LOSES TOO!!! You remember waaaaay back in 2004 when he lost the AMA award for Best New Artist to Gretchen 'Redneck Women' Wilson? What the hell has she done lately? Don't worry, I'll wait for the answer.
Stronger is not a 'rip-off' of 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger', it contains an interpolation of it. In order to do that, West had to get the express permission of Daft Punk, and they were more than willing to let him and he thanked them by PUTTING THEM IN THE STRONGER VIDEO!!!!
Kanye West is the most popular rapper/artist in America right now and he's taken an incredibly defensive stance for the gay community, while being A RAPPER. Credit must be given there.
And, oh, yeah, he's made some of the decade's most popular music.
Number 1's he's either produced, rapped on or both:
Izzo by Jay-Z, Stand Up by Ludacris, Slow Jamz by Twista & Jamie Foxx, Gold Digger and Stronger by himself. Let's see....thats 5 number ones.
Then, lets go and look at other hits he's done: Good Life by Kanye West, You Don't Know My Name by Alicia Keys, Go! & The Corner by Common, Used to Love U by John Legend, Dreams by The Game, 03 Bonnie & Clyde by Jay-Z and Jesus Walks
by Kanye West.
He is changing what hip hop looks and sounds like and has brought artists like John Legend, Common, Lupe Fiasco and Consequence to popularity. He's more than deserved every award he's lost, and if he doesn't win the Grammy for Album of the Year 2007, it will be a complete travesty.
Kanye West is amazingly talented. In the words of former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, get your mouth shut.
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That sounds
to me like blaming the victim. Hopefully you won't be saying next that some gays deserved to be bashed because they act effeminantly. The point I am trying to make is Brian Kinney was responsible for his behaviour towards other people, living ones life without apology frankly to my mind amounts to living a selfish and self-centred existence. Then again our society awards people like that so I should not be surprised that some people indulge in the behaviour. The only redeeming feature about the character is that he evolved near the end of the show, he actually started growing up.
I have managed to avoid for the most part the Brian Kinney's of the world. I would rather surround myself with human beings, not egocentric individuals that constantly need their self-esteem stoked.
Cheers
JBE
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Hmmm
Thanks so much for pointing out the typos.
I really appreciate that.
BTW, your assertion that I call all Catholic fundies is way off base. What I said was "What you might not know is that the movie has the panties of certain religious fundies wadded up more tightly than Joan Rivers' forehead."
So you'll notice not only did I not call Catholics fundies, I went out of my way to say "certain" religious fundies thereby acknowledging that not all religious fundamentalists are attacking the movie.
And if you happen to remember that other typo please be sure to let me know so I can fix.