Another fagtastic TV Show

[Nimrod's Son]

This should make 50% of the male netphorians happy.
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Bravo to Keep Gay Reality Date
Tue May 27, 2:51 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters to My Yahoo!


By Andrew Wallenstein

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC-owned Bravo will court viewers this summer with American television's first primetime gay-themed reality dating series.



Similar in format to ABC's "The Bachelor," "Boy Meets Boy" features an eligible man looking for love in a pool of 15 potential mates. But in a twist worthy of the bogus baron on Fox's "Joe Millionaire," some of the suitors are actually heterosexual men who were paid by the program to pretend to be gay -- unbeknownst to the eligible bachelor.


"I think this will be truly groundbreaking television," said series executive producer and co-creator Douglas Ross. "One of the reasons we decided to take the basic dating format and throw in this twist is that we wanted the show to appeal to a broader audience."


The six-episode "Boy" will premiere on Bravo in July at a date and time to be determined. In each episode, the bachelor will interact with the other men on group and one-on-one dates and gradually eliminate those he isn't interested in until one winner remains.


While the actual sexual orientation of at least one contestant will be disclosed at the outset to viewers -- but not the bachelor -- the identity of some of the others will not be revealed until the bachelor himself finds out. The exact number of heterosexual suitors was not divulged by Bravo, nor was the sum the network paid.


Any sexual intimacy beyond kissing was strictly prohibited on "Boy," which was shot from May 9-17 in a pair of homes in Palm Springs.


The bachelor was identified as a 32-year-old from southern California who works in the human resources division of a law firm. "Boy" is hosted by Dani Behr ("Extra").


Ross believes "Boy" is a fun but serious sociological exploration of male stereotypes that enlightened the show's participants and will do the same for viewers.


"Several of the straight men have very intense experiences," he said, declining to divulge specific behavior. "We anticipate a lot of both gay and straight viewers will have their assumptions challenged about what it means to be gay and what it means to be straight."


Homosexual dating has been featured in segments on several syndicated dating series, but there has never been an exclusively gay dating series in primetime.


Bravo has explored gay themes in past programming including "Gay Weddings," which was also produced by Ross' Evolution Film & Tape banner. Another new series coming to the cable network's schedule in July is "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," which follows a team of gay males as they counsel fashion-challenged straight men.


In other Bravo programming news, a batch of new specials will premiere in July and August. "The 34th Annual Songwriter's Hall of Fame" will be broadcast for the second consecutive year on Bravo, with honorees including Clive Davis, Van Morrison (news) and Little Richard. "Songwriter" airs July 9 at 9 p.m.


On July 27, the two-hour documentary "Singing in the Shadows: The Children of Rock Royalty" profiles the struggling progeny of such acclaimed musicians as Carly Simon (news) and James Taylor (news), Ozzy Osbourne, Arlo Guthrie, John Lennon (news) and Aretha Franklin (news).


On Aug. 24, "Desilu" examines how the professional and personal lives of Lucille Ball (news) and Desi Arnaz (news) intersected. Another two-hour special, "The Animated Century," chronicles 100 years of cartoon films ranging from Disney classics to Japanese anime.


Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

[neopryn]

How about that one where the girl that the guy picks gets a million dollars...AND HE DOESN'T KNOW IT!!!!!

How many fucking twists can they put on this shit.

[FearFactory]

You know, this shit might be cool if these people went psycho and started capping people on television.

[crescentfresh]

some of the suitors are actually heterosexual men who were paid by the program to pretend to be gay -- unbeknownst to the eligible bachelor.

That's not nice.

[Ghetto_Squirrel]

Yeah, I can't imagine anything more fun than watching someone perpetuate the 'I'll hit on anyone regardless of his orientation' stereotype.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally posted by Ghetto_Squirrel
Yeah, I can't imagine anything more fun than watching someone perpetuate the 'I'll hit on anyone regardless of his orientation' stereotype.

Sterotype? I hate that gay guys always claim they don't hit on straight guys.

Straight guys never claim we wouldn't hit on a lesbian.

[Elvis The Fat Years]

they should call it 'anal and aids'

[pastor]

Originally posted by Nimrod's Son
Sterotype? I hate that gay guys always claim they don't hit on straight guys.

Straight guys never claim we wouldn't hit on a lesbian.

That's a completely different dynamic.

And how many gay guys have hit on you, Adonis?

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally posted by pastor


That's a completely different dynamic.

And how many gay guys have hit on you, Adonis?

Ah, all of a sudden, it's a different dynamic. Care to explain how?

Yes, guys have hit on me before, but not often because they do tend to go for the more effeminate type. You're classifying all gay men into one group though, and that is not at all helping to avoid stereotypes.

[pastor]

Originally posted by Nimrod's Son
Ah, all of a sudden, it's a different dynamic. Care to explain how?

I doubt that when guys hit on known lesbians, they fear that an unwelcome advance will result in a lipstick bitch-inflicted ass-whooping. There is a complete lack of threat.

However, if a gay guy should approach another man whom he either knows to be straight or whose sexual preference is unknown, he is doing so out of risk. If the approachee is straight, his response could range from a flattered 'No, thanks' to a 'Molly, get my shotgun 'cause this fucking faggot needs his pecker shot off.' That range is very wide, of course, and there are innumerable variables (region, for instance). But my point is that there is a degree of uncertainty and threat when a gay guy approaches a guy whose sexual preference is not known to him.

Now, note that I'm not commenting on whether or not gay guys actually do make a habit of hitting on straight men. I'm just saying that there is a different dynamic, and your point was a disanalogy that must be punished with torture-by-excessive-lisp. Four Christopher Lowell episodes and three Our Father's will do.

Originally posted by Nimrod's Son
Yes, guys have hit on me before, but not often because they do tend to go for the more effeminate type. You're classifying all gay men into one group though, and that is not at all helping to avoid stereotypes.

I'm helping to perpetuate stereotypes by using the phrase 'gay men'? It doesn't logically follow that classifying something leads to stereotyping it. Now, if I ascribed a certain characteristic to all gay men, that would be stereotyping. But classification is necessary to achieve precision of thought and delineation of all existent things. Bitch.

Oh, and making claims like 'they tend to go for the more effeminate type' doesn't sit well when you're accusing others of perpetuating stereotypes. "Next on Springer: 'Pot keeps calling me nigger!' says Kettle"

[Eulogy]

Originally posted by pastor

Have I told you lately that I love you?

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally posted by pastor
Oh, and making claims like 'they tend to go for the more effeminate type' doesn't sit well when you're accusing others of perpetuating stereotypes. "Next on Springer: 'Pot keeps calling me nigger!' says Kettle"

I never claimed I wasn't stereotyping. I'm not against a gay person individually, but as a group you have to admit your most blatant spokespeople are flaming homosexuals, and thus fun to mock.

[pastor]

Originally posted by Eulogy


Have I told you lately that I love you?

Rod Stewart allusions make me swoon.

[Eulogy]

Originally posted by pastor


Rod Stewart allusions make me swoon.

I hate Rod Stewart. A lot.

But I definitely don't hate you. Oh no.

[Eulogy]

Originally posted by Nimrod's Son
I never claimed I wasn't stereotyping. I'm not against a gay person individually, but as a group you have to admit your most blatant spokespeople are flaming homosexuals, and thus fun to mock.

What does this have to do with anything anyone has said in this thread?

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally posted by Eulogy


What does this have to do with anything anyone has said in this thread?

Originally posted by pastor
Oh, and making claims like 'they tend to go for the more effeminate type' doesn't sit well when you're accusing others of perpetuating stereotypes. "Next on Springer: 'Pot keeps calling me nigger!' says Kettle"

[pastor]

Originally posted by Nimrod's Son
I never claimed I wasn't stereotyping. I'm not against a gay person individually, but as a group you have to admit your most blatant spokespeople are flaming homosexuals, and thus fun to mock.

Well as long as you're mocking, it's all good. I thought this was a discussion where one sets forth claims and defends them. OOPS!

Yeah, I didn't think you were 'against' gay people.

Edited because I made a "your" error. I'M BETTER THAN THAT, DAMMIT.

[Eulogy]

Originally posted by Nimrod's Son

So....everything you posted in this thread was just to mock the stereotypical flaming homo?

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally posted by Eulogy


So....everything you posted in this thread was just to mock the stereotypical flaming homo?

Pretty much everything since pastor stepped in. My question to Ghetto_Squirrel was legit.