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about their own
relationships and
such."
Despite all the
hype, Detroit-
area couture col-
lector, lecturer
and author Sandy
Schreier
(Hollywood
Dressed and
Undressed,
Hollywood Gets
Married) takes a
The Fab Five from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" worked their more jaded view
of the show.
magic on Jay Leno and "The Tonight Show" set last month.
"I don't think
they're so fab," she says of the Queer
"They have to be careful they don't
reinforce stereotypes," says Mullins of
Eye crew.
the show. "I hope straight people see
"They are a play on every 'queer'
the diversity of the five guys."
stereotype: the effete, the bitchy, the
flamboyant queer, the straight queer
(the food guy) and the disco queer
Best Gay Show?
(grooming guy).
"They are all out of Hollywood cast-
Royal Oak, Mich., psychotherapist Joe
Kort (wvvw.joekort.com), author of the ing. They all make straights feel safe
and comfortable. But, they are bad-
newly published 10 Smart Things Gay
looking — all of my gay guy friends
Men Can Do To Improve Their Lives
are eye candy — and the fashion guy
(Alyson Books), a self-help book for
wouldn't know fashion if it wore a
gay men, their families and therapists,
Gucci label.
thinks Queer Eye "is the best show, to
"One of my New York art director
date, for gay issues."
friends said that this show says, 'Gay is
"First, the taboo of pairing gay and
straight men together is shattered by
good,' and that's good. But, he can't
wait until straights stop talking about
them enjoying each other and helping
gays. With assimilation — of Jews,
each other.
blacks, gays — 'people somehow lose
"Second, it shows that gay men are
romantic, emotional and relational
their uniqueness."'
Schreier adds that most of her gay
unlike the stereotype of only being sex-
guy friends are in the world of creativi-
ual."
Moreover, says Kort, straight men
ty, and think the show is "just plain
boring."
and women are watching this show
"Personally, I thought the first show
and talking about it the next day at
was a tad amusing because I liked the
work. Because it is entertainment and
`hippy/artist' straight guy, but thought
not political or psychological, it is
he needed some 'cleaning up,'" says
advancing gay rights "by just talking
about gay men in a positive light."
Schreier.
"But, on Episode 2, when they
Listening to others talk positively
worked on the csurburban' straight
about gays is forcing his clients to
reconsider being in the closet, says
guy, who just happened to be Jewish, I
was personally offended, because how
Kort, who believes the show promotes
could any Jewish guy look that bad?
both gay and straight stereotypes. "Not
In retrospect, maybe I should look
all gay men are good at grooming,
around: My Jewish guy doesn't need
food, culture, decorating and clothes,
and not all straight men live like slobs
the Fab Five, but maybe there are a few
and need help in their grooming and
who do!" ❑
— Arts eT Entertainment Editor
with women," he says.
Gail Zimmerman contributed to this article.
But "what I like about the stereotype
is that it does not focus on gay men as
only sexual beings.
"My criticism would be that the Fab
New episodes of Queer Eye for the
Five, however, are one-dimensional,
Straight Guy premiere 10 p.m.
and as always on TV, do not seem to
Tuesdays on Bravo; check your
have their own relational sexual lives. It
local listings for rebroadcasts of
would be nice for it to be more bal-
original episodes.
anced — maybe showing their part-
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