Watched the new American hit series "queer Eye for the Straight Guy" last night on TV. It was pretty entertaining seeing how these 5 gay men transform, according to the show's website, "a style-deficient and culture-deprived straight man from drab to fab in each of their respective categories: fashion, food and wine, interior design, grooming and culture."
So the Fab Five, as they call themselves, make a complete overhaul of this straight guy's life. In last night's episode, they made over this guy, Butch, who's an artist and who was going to have a showing of his works at a gallery that very night.
Here's what happened last night:
There's Kyan Douglas the Grooming Guru who's the one who whisks Butch off to a hairstylist and advises on how to style hair. Kyan's quite a looker. Pity he's gay! My conclusion is that all the good men around are all gay, dead or married. Anyway, he got the hairstylist to cut off the guy's long locks (a very good move 'cos he looked gross!) and shave off some facial hair. He looked heaps better after that.
Next up is Ted Allen the Food & Wine Connoiseur who gives Butch advice on foods to cook, what ingredients are good etcetc. He's the wining & dining expert. Ted taught Butch how to make some yummy authentic Italian pizzas as finger food for his showing at the gallery.
Then there's Carson Kressely the Fashion Savant. He picks out the clothes and teaches the very clueless-about-fashion straight guy how to dress in style. Carson's so in tuned with fashion that many men AND women would do well to take a tip or two from him.
Next comes Jai Rodriguez the Culture Vulture. He instructed Butch on how to work the room in a party - how to make small talk and then waltz to the next person and make more small talk, how to give the perfect handshake, etc.
Lastly, there's Thom Filicia the Design Doctor who redesigned Butch's bachelor pad. His apartment looked a lot better after that. It's amazing what an interior designer can do.
Anyhow, I thought the show was pretty entertaining but it's also a show which kind of reinforces the stereotype of gay men. But I'm not going to start arguing on that point. I'm just going to watch the show for some mindless entertainment.
Hmm.....i wonder if it'll be shown or if it's showing in the straight-laced Singapore media.
Posted by DSD at September 30, 2003 11:40 AMNope, haven't heard anything about it being shown in Singapore. Would love to see it! maybe i can get it off Kazaa.....hmm....
Posted by: olduvai at October 1, 2003 1:55 AMhaha....Sharlene, i knew i count on you to give me the info on whether it's showing in Sg! I was placing my bet on ya! :p
Posted by: joan at October 1, 2003 11:41 AMHaha, Joan, I think we watch all the same tv shows! Kyan is my favourite, but Carlson is very funny and has the best one-liners. They're all good at what they do...though I'm still not sure what Jai does. 'Culture'???
Posted by: Adrian at October 1, 2003 8:30 PMJai mentions an incredibly handy hint on how to take off the plastic wrapping on a CD in the 4th episode!
I don't think Queer Eye will ever get to HK either. However, there's a way of getting the most recent US TV shows on the internet (that is not kazaa) is to download a program like edonkey and search sites like www.the-realworld.de for your favourite shows! That's how I get to see the latest SATC eps.
Posted by: Keith at October 1, 2003 10:56 PM