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Sasman

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 06:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
dw & i loved the greek guy & especially his mom

Squaredsc

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 07:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
lol kady, i get my reminders in chat.

Kady

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 09:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
Kady, latest epi will also be repeated tomorrow night, Thursday, at 10PM Eastern.

Squaredsc

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 10:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
kady ditto what hippy and calamity said.

Kady

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 11:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hehe, thanks guys!! I'll be able to catch the one Thursday night. :)

Hippyt

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 12:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
what the heck did you just say tish?

Kitt

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 02:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
oh ok now i get it.

Lurkin

Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 07:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
woo hoo i saw the fab5 on the vma's!!!

Seamonkey

Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 06:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Me too!! Waiting to see Jun from BB.. Jessica Alba is so hot :)