Sunday, April 08, 2007

Uberfag and today's telivision

What’s with today’s obsession with the “Uber-fag”? What’s an “Uber-fag” you ask? An “Uber-fag” is a character that over-emphasis’ traditional, popular homosexual traits (i.e. limp wrists, lisps, high squeaky voices, over-emphasized feminist traits). I watched a television show today with my wife called “Top Designer”. It’s a very good reality show about interior designers. I don’t have a problem with the show itself but each and every male on the show was so effeminate it was distracting. As I watched it came to me that all of these types of shows show males in the same light. Shows like “Top Chef”, “Project Runway”, and the “Janis Dickson Agency” all have male contestants that may as well be female the way they are portrayed. It seems that if these shows want to be popular they have to have these overly feminist male characters to be successful. Look at very successful shows like “Amazing Race” and “Survivor”, both of these have participants that are so obviously gay it’s got even the most tolerant “GayDAR” pinging relentlessly. Is the “Uberfag” so popular that a show can’t get by with out it? What is this saying about us as a society? I’ve never had a problem with homosexuality; I really feel that it’s a fact of life. Some feel it’s a choice, some feel it’s predestined. I don’t agree with either of those points of view, I think it’s more a phase of life. Throughout time homosexuality has floated from one end of the spectrum to the other; either accepted, rejected, or somewhere in-between. I really don’t care one way or the other. What I do have a problem with is the cartoonish portrayal by “Hollywood” that there’s only one way to portray people, gay that is feminine, lesbians that are butch, and straights that are homophobic. Why make the people appear so stereotypical? I don’t understand why this happens or why the gay community allows it to happen. Whether you’re gay, lesbian or straight; “Hollywood” will only portray you in one light, whatever they feel is correct. Is this the definition you want? So here’s a challenge for everyone. If you’re gay be a man, if your lesbian be woman, if your straight well be whatever your sex should be. In other word I really don’t care what you are, I just don’t want it advertised. Please, keep it to yourself, thank you!

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