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If only they would come to Seattle...
My new favorite show is Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. What? I need something to fill in for Keen Eddie, since its demise is imminent. Yes, I know -- reality shows are the spawn of Satan. And no, it doesn't mean I'm going to watch the queer dating show on Bravo or any other reality shows, which are stupid and horrible and humiliating and filled with moronic individuals not unlike the moronic individuals I spend my days with, so why go home and watch more of them for "entertainment"? I like characters, and that's what I'm interested in in television -- characters I can follow and watch develop.
But Queer Eye was my favorite kind of show, basically -- fashion and lifestyle, and I'm all about the fashion and lifestyle. This is a woman who used to have subscriptions to Elle, Vogue, Glamour, Sunset, and Metopolitan Home, honey. It's all about the fashion and lifestyle. Someone once told me, when I was talking about how excited I was at finally being able to buy a pair of Matsuda frames (eyeglasses) because I thought they made the coolest glasses around, that "gay men must just love you." And the thing is, these guys are total characters -- I imagine as we get to know them in the next few weeks, they'll be as charactery as anyone else on TV. You can tell they've created their own personas for this show, developed a style and attitude for their specific speciality. I love them, they're funny and horrible and even while I'm cringing in humiliation and embarassment at the things they're saying to the guys they're making over, I'm laughing, too, because they manage to keep a nice balance between the mockery and the kindness.
And they're making these guys look damn good, too! There's a lot more leeway for this kind of makeover on a man than a woman -- a woman would cry and be all upset at anyone criticizing her wardrobe or living conditions; guys by and large take things like mockage pretty much in stride, so this foundation works. Compared to Fashion Emergency, which I adored, on E!, they don't lavish the subject with carefully worded peppy criticisms -- they cut to the chase but then find the good things, too. And most of the fags doing the fixing up are hot, hot, hot, too, which kind of helps. I really love seeing people kind of livened up by a new look, a new place to live, a new sense of self. I don't like those house transformation shows, they're too boringly focused on one thing, but by bringing in all the elements of these guys' lives, and having a queer expert for each part of those lives, they've made a funny and fresh approach to the makeover show.
I'm not always down with Carson's fashion choices, but he mostly has a great eye and I like almost everything he's done so far. I loved the first episode, with how the artist ended up actually getting the card of an art critic at his show -- what a success for the guy and for the queer makeover experts! It was wonderful to see their success, and his. I didn't see all of the second ep, but I like how these subjects/victims seem so comfy with these men just ripping, shredding, and rebuilding. This is one of those things where you can see barriers being broken a little, where straight men are shown being comfortable with gay men, and I really like this. Not groundbreaking or earth-shattering, but progress nonetheless.
But Queer Eye was my favorite kind of show, basically -- fashion and lifestyle, and I'm all about the fashion and lifestyle. This is a woman who used to have subscriptions to Elle, Vogue, Glamour, Sunset, and Metopolitan Home, honey. It's all about the fashion and lifestyle. Someone once told me, when I was talking about how excited I was at finally being able to buy a pair of Matsuda frames (eyeglasses) because I thought they made the coolest glasses around, that "gay men must just love you." And the thing is, these guys are total characters -- I imagine as we get to know them in the next few weeks, they'll be as charactery as anyone else on TV. You can tell they've created their own personas for this show, developed a style and attitude for their specific speciality. I love them, they're funny and horrible and even while I'm cringing in humiliation and embarassment at the things they're saying to the guys they're making over, I'm laughing, too, because they manage to keep a nice balance between the mockery and the kindness.
And they're making these guys look damn good, too! There's a lot more leeway for this kind of makeover on a man than a woman -- a woman would cry and be all upset at anyone criticizing her wardrobe or living conditions; guys by and large take things like mockage pretty much in stride, so this foundation works. Compared to Fashion Emergency, which I adored, on E!, they don't lavish the subject with carefully worded peppy criticisms -- they cut to the chase but then find the good things, too. And most of the fags doing the fixing up are hot, hot, hot, too, which kind of helps. I really love seeing people kind of livened up by a new look, a new place to live, a new sense of self. I don't like those house transformation shows, they're too boringly focused on one thing, but by bringing in all the elements of these guys' lives, and having a queer expert for each part of those lives, they've made a funny and fresh approach to the makeover show.
I'm not always down with Carson's fashion choices, but he mostly has a great eye and I like almost everything he's done so far. I loved the first episode, with how the artist ended up actually getting the card of an art critic at his show -- what a success for the guy and for the queer makeover experts! It was wonderful to see their success, and his. I didn't see all of the second ep, but I like how these subjects/victims seem so comfy with these men just ripping, shredding, and rebuilding. This is one of those things where you can see barriers being broken a little, where straight men are shown being comfortable with gay men, and I really like this. Not groundbreaking or earth-shattering, but progress nonetheless.
Re: Queer Eye my new fav