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AfterElton Briefs: Bruce Banner "too gayish" for TV, a split for "Little Britain", and more!


George Michael

In a continued effort to bring you all that is important in the world of gay entertainment and ensure that you are being spoon-fed images of gorgeous, commoditized manflesh, we present the newly-minted AfterElton Briefs. Following the usual assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.

  • Above, George Michael kicks off his "25 Live" North American tour in California, bouyed by recent high-profile appearances on Eli Stone and American Idol. It's great to have the out international star back onstage (and not in the tabs!) where he belongs.
  • Lou Ferrigno reveals that "Bruce Banner" was changed to "David" for the Hulk TV series because execs thought it sounded "too gayish", adding, "I thought it was the most absurd, ridiculous thing I've ever heard." The part about playing a big green guy with a yak's hair wig, on the other hand? Totally reasonable.
Bruno

  • Be sure to mark your calendars for May 15, 2009: Sacha Baron Cohen's gay Austrian fashionista character, Bruno, will invade American theaters with an oversized man-purse filled with gay panic jokes. 
  • According to the London Times Online, Little Britian's Matt Lucas to "divorce" his "husband," whom he "married" 18 months ago. Does anyone find that a bit "condescending?"

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  • AsA3DollarBill's picture

    Bruce Banner *not* a "gayish" name

    Just because Ferrigno has heard the same "Bruce sounds too gay" rumors over the years doesn't make it true.

    Kenneth Johnson, the creator of the Hulk TV show, was interviewed not too long ago around the time that the first season DVD set was released.  The interviewer asked him about the rumored reasoning for the Bruce/David change, and Johnson flatly denied it, noting that Bruce Wayne certainly doesn't seem gay.  He made the change because he hated the alliterative nature of so many comic book names (Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Peter Parker, Scott Summers) and felt the name detracted from the more realistic tone he was hoping to set.

    He also tossed out Banner's backstory and supporting cast.  He wanted to make the Hulk red instead of green, since red is the color of rage, but he was overruled on that point, and rightly so, I think.

    Joseph's picture

    Does Mad Magazine still use "Bruce" as code for gay?

    I remember devotedly reading Mad Magazine in the late 70s, and they always used the name "Bruce" whenever a stereotypically flamboyant gay character appeared in their pages.

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    Locksley Hall's picture

    Marriage in quotation marks

    According to the London Times Online, Little Britian's Matt Lucas to "divorce" his "husband," whom he "married" 18 months ago. Does anyone find that a bit "condescending?"

    It does come across as incredibly condescending and annoying, but I have the impression that all British papers have to use those quotation marks for legal reasons when referring to gay "marriages" (which are not technically marriages under British law). This is what comes of the incredible stupidity of having civil partnerships instead of just legalising marriage equality for everyone.


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