Queere Eye looking for Straight Guys

What they need to do is head to Brooklyn, round up some Guidos and make them over. they are not cute.

How funny! I have just finished filling out the application for my boss! He is a bit older than 45...but hell he needs help!

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I know a guy who could use the Fab 5. Are they planning to do a San Francisco sojourn?

Think of the work the Fab Five would have in making over Albin!

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Still, it's a very judgmental label, and if they are happy with the way that they look, who are you to criticize them? I mean, what gives you the right? Homosexuality?

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Really? Because one of the big differences between us (other than my obvious care in spelling and editing) is that I wouldn't use an ethnic epithet and I would never refer to any group of human beings, class or individuals as some"thing" or any"thing."

Since you share your sexual desires so freely with one and all, you should know that there are many of us who would rather make it with Tony Soprano in a tank top than those apparent f-to-m transexual (not that there is anything wrong with that) chorus boys you heap praise on every ten minutes.

Now back to Broadway! One of my favorite Italian American triple threats was Wayne Cilento, the original Mike in A Chorus Line and the choreographer of Wicked. Any thoughts on his desireability, grown-up members who like grown-ups?

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I said "Not that there's anything wrong with that." What's wrong is putting down an entire group of people with an ethnic epithet and assuming (you're big on assumptions) that everyone has the same aesthetic as you and dislikes men who dress or act the way you feel so free to put down. In case you never noticed, there are plenty of "fit" men who are very Italian looking and who would fall into the category you dismiss as "things." And of COURSE you like "Aberzombies," because you have swallowed the marketing hook, line and sinker without question. You think people who take part in organized religion or the Republican party are the only ones who have been brainwashed?

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Updated On: 8/1/03 at 09:40 AM

My point was that some people may be of a minority opinion. Since a certain person frequently goes on and on and on about how oppressed he is by the majority, it's AMAZING that he can't see how his taste in men is so pedestrian and of the marketing-influenced majority that he doesn't even realize he is being just as oppressive when he puts down people whom others may find attractive.

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It's not a fight. I am just calling attention to that documented phenomenon of the oppressed becoming the oppressor. And, as a person who finds many types of Italian American men very appealing, I feel as if a certain person who likes what the fashion industry tells him he should like is a consumer/automaton who is oppressing me and using an offensive epithet to do so.

My hope is that a representative of the Guild of Italian American Actors will have a chance to see this thread, and do some education before a certain person becomes a card carrying member of the fourth reicht wing.

Having said that, your money is on the right horse sabrelady!

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And citing its use in a movie title does not mitigate it one bit. Context is everything.

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o lord...for theatre people we sure are an oversensitive bunch.

Updated On: 8/1/03 at 02:42 PM

...uhh...ok...yah i learned all that in kindergarten, and once again we don't have to resort back to when we WERE in kindergarten. We are grown adults, a derogatory remark was made, people fussed, let's leave it at that. And to make things funnier I am Italian myself. And if I'm not mistaken a Guido isnt necessarily a derogatory term, isn't it actually a title that they possess. I mean it's a good thing to be a guido, it's cool and suave and the ladies like it, and that's why the fellow italian bros do behave that way. And besides, in every culture there's a different behavior for machismo anyhow.

But point is, ok, wrong term made, people all very offended, but let's let this one be over, no need to fight about this one any more.

Back to broadway. :)