"Queer Eye for Straight Guy"

[Rick Munroe]

RE:

 

>I think this complaint is dated.

 

You're absolutely right and I just realized why. My TV is usually -- but not exclusively -- tuned to TV Land or whatever other channel is showing classic pre-80's television (the only exception would be my current addiction, The Nanny on Lifetime, which makes me laugh out loud). In too many of those shows, there will periodically either be a reference to or an actual depiction to the archetypal flaming fag. A recent episode of Sanford and Son made me want to go dig up Redd Foxx and wring his homophobic neck. x(

 

>To name a few examples, "the

>gay guy" characters on Roseanne, Suddenly Susan, Spin City,

>and Dawson's Creek

 

Well, you're referring to secondary characters in shows that are primarily about straights. Yes, there was Ellen, who opened the door for Will & Grace but on that show, one's effeminate & the one who isn't is sexless/relationshipless, no? I'm not saying that Queer Eye is a horribly damaging program, and you have opened my eyes to a few positive aspects of the show. I just think we could do so much better. Hopefully, like you said, this show will pave the way so we can have something good, like a Mad About You featuring a gay couple. Now that is something I would watch (well, years later when it's on TV Land). ;-)