Ridiculous boycott of Pepsi products-----------
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No prob, I'm just in the 5.4%
For me, the difference is that Will & Grace was very close, if not spot on to real life. Yeah, Jack was a bit much, but it was all very real (if anything, Karen was the way over the top character). That show really did breakdown stereotype. All for it, 100%.
Family Guy always overpushes the envelope. When I find it on in my stores, I have to change the channel. I'm not surprised that they did that clip, but that so many gay men think that is OK. Jeez, no wonder we can't get ahead. It's crap like that that keep people like the AFA in business. Yeah, it's a joke, but it fuels the fire because it is so outrageous and over-the-top.
For me, the difference is that Will & Grace was very close, if not spot on to real life. Yeah, Jack was a bit much, but it was all very real (if anything, Karen was the way over the top character). That show really did breakdown stereotype. All for it, 100%.
Family Guy always overpushes the envelope. When I find it on in my stores, I have to change the channel. I'm not surprised that they did that clip, but that so many gay men think that is OK. Jeez, no wonder we can't get ahead. It's crap like that that keep people like the AFA in business. Yeah, it's a joke, but it fuels the fire because it is so outrageous and over-the-top.
'Will & Grace' was gay packaged and sanitized for straights. I found it repressed and silly. Now, the American 'Queer as Folk' was much closer to reality than that other tripe and far more helpful in breaking down stereotypes. If you think Family Guy pushes the envelope (and I thought the gay snippet was great), try 'Drawn Together.' Now there is a show that is just so wrong it's right.
Just my penny's worth
rapunzel
Just my penny's worth
rapunzel
> Now, the American 'Queer as Folk' was much closer to reality <
Reality depends on one's own personal experience. Just as one example, I've had two main phases in my life: the first half growing up in a big city, and eventually winding up in a small bedroom community. The two realities, at least with regard to the gay community, could not be any more different from one another. Guys around these parts are far more Will Truman than Brian Kinney, while the exact opposite was true in L.A. Nearly all of our gay friends are either in long-term (and in most cases monogamous) relationships, or are looking to find one of these relationships.
A lot has to do with age: I mean regardless of sexual orientation, I think most people eventually mature to the point where they're ready to settle down.
Reality depends on one's own personal experience. Just as one example, I've had two main phases in my life: the first half growing up in a big city, and eventually winding up in a small bedroom community. The two realities, at least with regard to the gay community, could not be any more different from one another. Guys around these parts are far more Will Truman than Brian Kinney, while the exact opposite was true in L.A. Nearly all of our gay friends are either in long-term (and in most cases monogamous) relationships, or are looking to find one of these relationships.
A lot has to do with age: I mean regardless of sexual orientation, I think most people eventually mature to the point where they're ready to settle down.
