Who Knew?
Apparently, the hit Bravo series "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" is breaking new ground in that it actually portrays homosexuals on television. So says a patron of a local gay bar that offers the show to its patrons every Tuesday night:
..."I love it. I think it's fun." Although he thinks the Fab 5 are "a very stereotypical representation of gay people -- most gay people are just ordinary people -- these guys are professionals who have expertise in their areas. Any publicity that gay people have is good. It makes people aware that we're here..."
He's right, you know. "Queer Eye" has really opened my eyes to the existence of homosexuals in American society. I'm surprised that it has never been tried before.
Sure, there's the wildly popular NBC sitcom "Will and Grace", featuring gay characters Will and Jack, and ABC's "It's All Relative", which shows us what raucous hilarity can ensue when a girl has two fathers, and the gay dating series on Bravo called "Boy Meets Boy" and Showtime's "Queer As Folk" and the fourteen seasons of MTV's "The Real World" (with gay/lesbian characters Norman, Beth, Pedro, Dan, Genesis, Ruthie, Justin, Danny, Aneesa and Simon).
Yeah, we've seen gay characters on "Northern Exposure" (Ron and Eric), "Seinfeld" (Susan Ross), "The Simpsons" (Waylon Smithers), "Melrose Place" (Matt), "Beverly Hills 90210 (Alison), "Friends" (Carol and Susan), "Ellen" (Ellen DeGeneres et. al.), "Sex And The City" (Stanford) and "Survivor" (Richard Hatch and Brandon Quinton).
And I know that we've been inundated lately by images of gay couples being "married" by lawbreaking public officials all over the country every night on the evening news. Still, I just find it so refreshing that the good folks at Bravo had the incredible vision to help foist the homosexual lifestyle upon me every time I turn on my TV. How else are we supposed to know that they're out there?
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