Bravo's Queer Eye-New Season begins tonight

[Gina1201]

Originally posted by Steeltrap
You beat me to the punch about Blair Boone being the guest culture expert.

Last night. I'm sorry, but I still would have hacked Tom's hair off. Too long. Then again, his GF Lisa isn't all that cute herself, she could use, err, some nose shaping.

I know what you mean about Lisa. She and Carson looked strikingly similar when he had that extra hair on his head.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Gina1201
I know what you mean about Lisa. She and Carson looked strikingly similar when he had that extra hair on his head.

I did not get to finish watching it last night (phone call) but yeah Carson and Lisa were twinnish.

HIS HOUSE WAS NAAAAAAAAAAASTY!! That refrigerator made me get up and clean my fridge out but it was not even dirty.

[exquizit]

I dunno, for some reason I thought he was kinda cute but his girlfriend made my butt itch. He was trying so hard to impress her and she came off as very demanding (as they said), but she also got on my nerves with the sarcasm and high pitched "Ohh Lisa will you move innnnnnnnnn"

I was dying when they were dogging her when he went to pick her up.

[Gina1201]

Okay the one guy one the show Kyan, how in the world do you pronounce that? Does it rhyme with Ryan? Or is it pronounced Cayanne like the pepper? This bugs me every time I see his name in the beginning.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Gina1201
Okay the one guy one the show Kyan, how in the world do you pronounce that? Does it rhyme with Ryan? Or is it pronounced Cayanne like the pepper? This bugs me every time I see his name in the beginning.

I think Ryan with an R.

I am finally watching the ep, but taping it in case my BR call comes before it goes off.

Tom's hair -- before and after cut -- HAAAAAATED IT!! I do! I am so not into men with long hair and men with layers -- double ICK!!

Carson is a royal hoot.

[Dancerella1908]

I watched the show and laughed my booty off! Carson is hilarious. My husband sat next to me while I was watching the show. Once he figured out what it was about he said a few choice words about the show then left the room to watch something else. Men I tell yah!

[AKA2D '91]

The show went PrimeTime on NBC last night. It was a repeat from Bravo.

I wonder if the show was well received and if NBC will air additional shows.

[RedefinedDiva]

I am currently watching this show for the first time and I LOVE IT!!! This has got to be one of the best shows on TV. I won't ever miss another episode!

[ClassyLady]

The last episode, where Tom Kaden was the straight guy, was hilarious. His girlfriend Lisa was the worst. I laughed out loud when they showed Lisa getting off the train and Carson said "some hooker in Trenton wants her boots back."

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally posted by ClassyLady
The last episode, where Tom Kaden was the straight guy, was hilarious. His girlfriend Lisa was the worst. I laughed out loud when they showed Lisa getting off the train and Carson said "some hooker in Trenton wants her boots back."

All of her "business" was hanging out from under that skirt! They look really cheap. To each his own, but they both were looking a little bit trashy. His house was NASTY before the guys came in. If I was his girlfriend, I wouldn't have even wanted tot kick it with him in that house. I damn sure wouldn't have wanted to use that nasty bathroom! I was CTFU when Carson said, "We should have brought surgical gloves!!" I wouldn't have wanted to touch anything either!

[Steeltrap]

Good review of this show. LMAO @ Ms. Givhan's description of Carson's nellyism.

washingtonpost.com
'Queer Eye' Gives Unblinking View Of Trendsetters

By Robin Givhan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, July 18, 2003; Page C01


The arrival of the Bravo cable show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" represents a moment of truth for the fashion industry.

The show, which debuted Tuesday, introduced viewers to a team of five gay men, whose mission in each episode is to aid a straight man whose aesthetic sensibility is stunted. Focusing on fashion, grooming, food and wine, interior design, and culture, the stars assess the home and personal appearance of the straight man -- announcing with wit and bite precisely where he has gone wrong. They then proceed to sprinkle on the glamour dust.

While "Queer Eye" engages in generalizations, and several of its stars -- particularly Carson Kressley, who is in charge of fashion -- use nellyism as a form of slapstick, it also shines a light into the fashion industry's backroom. It brings a reality of fashion out of the closet, along with the reassurance that there is nothing to fear from either the fashion message or the messenger.

In the first pair of episodes, the show's stars had two willing victims who seemed eager to polish their rough edges, although one of the men -- Adam Zalta -- was inexplicably attached to his thick eyebrows, which had grown into one massive caterpillar stretching across his forehead. The hirsute situation was remedied with the help of an aesthetician and a pot of warm wax.

The cheeky band went on to recommend a seaweed wrap and an exfoliating scrub, introduce him to pastry bags and kosher foie gras, upgrade his suits, make over his home and show him the payoff in remembering his wife's birthday.

The show exploits the stereotype that gay men have an additional gene that gives them particular skill at coordinating stripes and plaids, and allows them to intuit that mid-century modern furniture would see a resurgence. Whether fine style is the result of nature or nurture has yet to be proved, but the long-held assumption that the style industry is populated by a significant number of gay men is correct. A great many of those men are on the front lines at fashion houses as designers and stylists. And so, to some degree, gay men have been making over straight men at least as far back as the rise of the power suit.

Some of these designing men have made flamboyant pronouncements about pencil-thin trousers, velvet suits and translucent shirts. But others are far more subtle in their style recommendations. They championed three-button suits and then one-button versions. They popularized unconstructed blazers and square-toed loafers. They encouraged straight men to engage in monochromatic dressing in which their ties matched their shirts. They persuaded them to exchange their briefcases for messenger bags. And they have trained many a straight man to run a quarter-size dollop of gel through his hair before rushing out the door.

Most folks in the fashion industry are not particularly guarded about their sexuality -- although they do not announce it to the public at large. They are not as fretful as actors, who often fear they won't be accepted as romantic leads if moviegoers know that in their personal lives their significant other is a man. Designers do not have to worry so much about their image. Except for a handful of designers, the bottom line of a fashion company is more dependent on a general brand image than on the personal life of the man who sits at the sketch pad.

The challenge for the fashion industry most often comes in advertising in which designers aiming for provocative images often end up evoking homoerotic ones. Abercrombie & Fitch has long been notorious for its pictorials, as shot by Bruce Weber, of buff and naked young men romping and roughhousing. It's well known that the catalogue has been a favorite coffee table book among some gay men. But publicly, the company plays coy because it needs to have it both ways. Play to gay customers without alienating the straight ones -- that is, those who define manliness by whether one prefers cheesecake or beefcake.

When Kressley prances onto the screen -- and indeed he does have a rather high-stepping strut -- he is extreme. And at times, his fashion advice is a little shaky, as when he suggested that one makeover recipient forgo a belt and roll down his trouser waistband for a cummerbund look. The only visual effect of that trick is to suggest a man too lazy to put on a belt. But in all of his hyperbole, Kressley -- in the character of "fashion savant" -- is the jester, willing to go to any length to get a laugh. And quite often, he is successful. His camp behavior plays to and satisfies any preconceived expectations.

The rest of the team is then free to be more understated, more natural and to go about the job of catering to their straight man without having to be coy about their own private preferences.



© 2003 The Washington Post Company

[Gina1201]

Okay I LOVED tonight's episode.

My favorite lines

"People say I look like Keanu Reeves"

"People say I look like Keanu too"

Carson: "People say I look like Ellen DeGeneres"

I was CTFU when he said that, because they DO look alike.

The FAB 5 hooked his apt. up!!

Can I tell you that I am bawling my eyes out!! John is such a romantic!!

If she says no, he can drive right up to the 'Cuse!!!

ETA: This has been the BEST episode thus far. I wish Blair would come back for good. I miss him.

[lovelyivy84]

Queer Eye is my favorite show and all, but come on, this guy John? does not exist in reality.

There are no such perrrrrfect men anywhere. Although when you consider that his real job seems be "being hot" as opposed to any real trade, I guess that's more than enough of a flaw to be going on with. Even if he IS an ABSOLUTE SWEETHEART and FIIIIINE, he didn't seem particularly stable.

Anyway, if he has any cute brothers with jobs he can swing them my way, lol.

[FeeFee]

Originally posted by Gina1201
Can I tell you that I am bawling my eyes out!! John is such a romantic!!

If she says no, he can drive right up to the 'Cuse!!!

ETA: This has been the BEST episode thus far. I wish Blair would come back for good. I miss him.

Last night's show was too cute!!!!! He worked his behind off, and it paid off in the end when she accepted his proposal (the ring was kinda nice too ).

I'm so glad that I have something to watch on Tuesday nights now.

[Steeltrap]

Looked GREAT in his Ralph Lauren, even the pink dinner jacket. Good job, Carson.

This should be a lesson to brothas -- you can wear color, just not head-to-toe.

And I liked Tina much more than Lisa, Tom's GF. Tina, besides being beautiful, seemed to be a nicer person.

Next week, the subject, Vincent, appears to be a brotha. That should be interesting to watch.