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07/25/2007
Why 'Not,' Star?
So for those of you who don't read Star magazine, we want to say: "What the hell's wrong with you? Don't you realize that obsession with celebrity culture has replaced non-comformist, muli-facted, non-snarky thinking in this country? " However, if you are one of those who prefers to consume facts about things like war, Darfur, and politics instead of that starlet's rehab stint, that other starlet's rehab stint, and that third starlet's rehab stint, then we need to give you a little background regarding one of their columns before getting into a bitch session.
Here's a brief primer: In every issue of Star magazine there is a feature called "Stars: Are They Normal Or Not?" Now, in an age where drawing cum on the mouths of celebrity photos leads to Internet fame and jail time is a career move, you might ask yourself what authority Star magazine, an enabler in the pop culture wasteland that is 21st century America, has to judge celebrity "normalcy." But regardless of your skepticism, Star writers regularly separate the "Normal" from the "Not" and print it for their readers to absorb.
So that being said, what are the Star staffers running in the "Not" column this week? Well, our friends at Boy Culture just sent us this...
" Not -- Man to man"?!? A gay kiss (even a pretend one) is a "not?" It's not even that it's two married men about to kiss another or two straight men pretending to be gay that they consider a "not" -- it's "man on man" in general?!? Call us crazy lovers of our own gay identities if you wish, Star, but we think man-man kissing is actually a concept that belongs much more in Us Weekly's equally ridiculous "Stars, They're Just like Us" column!
In fact, Us Weekly is looking pretty good right about now. After all, while they might attack our brain cells with equal fervor, we've never known them to attack our lips or the gender on which they are placed!! Just like Babs Walters did to the celebrity who shares the publication's name, we're thinking we might just have to boot Star from our own personal "View" until a proper mea culpa is put forth.
Besides, isn't there like one of those election things coming up soon? Maybe it's time we start reading Time's "Best and Worst dressed list" to see who we should vote for and who's like so five minutes ago.
Trunzo Is Dunzo [Boy Culture]
Your thoughts
The Star is merely magnifying the problem orginated by the stars of the film who are continuing to play the "here's something that will make you laugh: fags!" bit to promote the film built around that. And where better than during the All-American Pastime. But how can we blame clueless hets exploiting gay stereotypes for "laughs" and money when Carson & the other fairy godmothers from Fag Eye for the Straight Guy queened their way into a Red Sox game for "laughs" and money to "makeover" some of the players. Carson in a hot pink baseball jersey and cap or sitting uninvited on one of the player's laps or all the scripted bits about how fags simply cannot throw or catch a baseball even against Little Leaguers were so funny I forgot to laugh.
Posted by: Leland Frances | Jul 25, 2007 2:21:57 PM
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