Archive through August 28, 2003
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Archive through August 28, 2003
Sasman | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 06:54 am     dw & i loved the greek guy & especially his mom |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 07:14 am     yeah i know he liked the sunset, but i didn't for me, imo. and for their budget i think i read where they don't really pay for that stuff, free advertising or something. |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 07:16 am     oh and i loved the mother/son relationship. a man who treats his mom good will treat you good too is my motto. |
Kady | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 08:54 am     Oh pooh pooh, I forgot to watch!! Why didn't somebody bump this thread up yesterday and remind me? You should all be ashamed of yourselves!! |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 09:19 am     lol kady, i get my reminders in chat. |
Kady | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 09:32 am     If you find out when it repeats let me know, okay. Knowing my luck it will come on this weekend when I'm out of town. |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 09:52 am     k, will do. cause i know they do repeat them, especially when they do a special showing on nbc. |
Hippyt | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 10:24 am     Kady,when you're done snooping through the neighbor's house,you can watch the episode at 2:30 eastern time this afternoon. |
Calamity | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 10:41 am     Kady, latest epi will also be repeated tomorrow night, Thursday, at 10PM Eastern. |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 10:56 am     kady ditto what hippy and calamity said. |
Kady | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 11:47 am     Hehe, thanks guys!! I'll be able to catch the one Thursday night. |
Hippyt | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 12:11 pm     Ok,I just watched the George episode again. I swear,that boy is so sweet. He was so close to crying when thanking the Fab 5 and he said two different times that he has made 5 new friends. Some woman will be lucky to get ahold of him! |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 12:30 pm     yep they sure will, if that girl on the show doesn't snatch him up. did you see how fast she ran to the bedroom, lol. |
Tishala | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 02:08 pm     OK but I really wanna know why Kyan didn't just darken his haor to something LIKE a natural color (or at least one that occurs in nature) and then add highlights to it? It left him with that brassy, bar-frau look and it wasn't very flattering, even if it WAS a big change. I mean, before he shaved, his beard looked absurdly dark with his overly golden blond hair. I showed this episode of QE to my (college) students today, BTW, for a class I am teaching during the summer to prepare them for life at UCLA, which doesn't start until late September. The program is designed for "underrepresented" students (largely African American and Latino) and I wanted to discuss "representation" with them...but I diodn't want to talk about representations of African Americans and Latinos in the media, because they tend to lose the critical, analytic perspective if the representations are too close to them. Long story short: they loved the show (only 2 had seen it) and they couldn't decide whether QE provided a "positive" or a "negative" portrayal of gay or straight folks. |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 02:25 pm     what the heck did you just say tish? |
Kitt | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 02:35 pm     That's interesting Tishala. One thing I noticed on Amazing Race is that the two black women (sorry, I've forgotten their names) felt a bond with Reichen and Chip because both teams considered themselves the minorities. |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 02:49 pm     ok i agree with kitt that yes they felt a bond, even though i have no idea what tish just said. |
Dahli | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 03:27 pm     ROFLMAO TISH!! Drag queen that's tooo funny - I always think the same thing, but never got a chance to share it!! I love this show, it's beautifully done...thank goodness for NBC, wish we got it on Bravo here in Canada too, but heck Six Feet Under is just starting this week... |
Seamonkey | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 03:39 pm     Tishala, what a great idea!! You are SO wise to chose a group where they can step back and be a little bit less overwhelmed by their own issues and perhaps start to see common bonds as well. |
Fluffybbw | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 03:47 pm     I thought last night's show was great!! It's my second favorite, my first is still the one with John the man that asked his girlfriend to marry him. I thought George was wonderful and so good to his mom and he was so appreciative of what the fab five had done for him. I get worn out watching Thom redo someone's place each week. That man works hard for his living! |
Tishala | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 05:17 pm     Oh Squared, it was kinda the discussion we had on here when the show started. I asked the students to look at the show and ask the following questions: does this program show gay men in a good way or a bad way? What about how it shows straight guys? What kinds of things does ths show "value" [i.e., family, friends, and fashion--its holy trinity] and what does it presume lacks value? It turned out to be a great convo and they decided that even the worlds biggest homophobe could watch the show because it would confirm all their worst ideas about gay men AND gay people could enjoy it, too, because it reverses the traditional ideas of abnormal and normal. To me, it was a really successful class. You are all welcome to join me there...M-F 9-11! |
Squaredsc | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 05:03 am     oh ok now i get it. |
Lurkin | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 07:47 am     Tish, for my 2 cents (that is worth less), is that it represents gay men as sterotypical ideas that people have, they are a little "flamboyent" , I dont mean this in a bad way as there are women who are described as Princess & women as soccer mom, and men as too macho & men as sensitive. I think Reichen & Chip represented gay men one way and fab 5 another. There is a type for everyone in the world. |
Squaredsc | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 05:41 pm     woo hoo i saw the fab5 on the vma's!!! |
Seamonkey | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 06:41 pm     Me too!! Waiting to see Jun from BB.. Jessica Alba is so hot |
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