Some People

I realize this is America and everyone is free to express their opinions, but I still find it amazing that some people can be so closed minded. I've highlighted comments made by Ms Millam that just confuse me. Perhaps some of the fundies on the board can help me out. <----- no pun intended. I hate to break it to Ms Millam, but gay people are reality.


Group tries to rally anti-gay TV protest
Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network
Wednesday, September 10, 2003 / 05:46 PM


The politically conservative Montana Family Coalition said on Tuesday it is launching a media campaign against the increase of gay content on television, with the hit show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" being the group's main target.

Julie Millam, director of the coalition, said the group will direct its protest to companies that advertise on the highly rated show, which she called "outrageous."

"To me, that's not a reality show about gay people," Millam told the Billings Gazette. "A really good reality show for gay people would be five gay men dying of AIDS."

Karl Olson, director of the state's gay rights group, PRIDE, dismissed the coalition's campaign.

"The Montana Family Coalition and other groups are, in some ways, losing the culture war," he told the Gazette. "There is a proliferation of TV shows that have some kind of gay content; celebrities often support gay and lesbian issues; gay teens are making the most astounding progress in schools."

A spokesman for Scout Productions, which produces "Queer Eye," declined the comment, the newspaper reported.

"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," in which five gay stylists transform drab straight men, is Bravo's top-rated show, scoring a record 3.35 million viewers on Sept. 2. The show has also been licensed to several countries, and a book featuring tips from the show's Fab Five is expected by spring of next year.

Millam admitted the campaign is not against "Queer Eye" in particular - which she said she only saw clips of -- but "the whole direction in which TV is going."

"We don't want to see (gay content) on every single TV show," she said. "I'm hearing from people left and right, that every time they turn on the TV it's something to do with gay people. It's not reality."

PRIDE's Olson noted that a similar effort by Baptists to boycott Disney had little effect.

"My guess is when people turn on a entertainment program or go to the theme park, they're not thinking of politics," Olson told the Gazette. "I don't think Julie's anti-gay crusade does anything to our political movement and efforts."

 

I think maybe she's scared?

 

Something Ms. Millam needs to be reminded of is that television is a business. It's not, and was never meant to be an accurate portrayal of everyday American life (or even an 'ideal' of American life). It's entertainment, pure and simple, from sitcoms to dramas to news and documentaries. It's all entertainment based enterprise to earn money for the networks.

And I don't have a problem with that.

When the networks choose to take positions or air programming that I don't like, I don't watch. When they do air something I like, I'll watch. They have no power over me, the choice is still mine. People like Ms. Millam act as if the networks are forcing us to watch things we don't want to watch. Hogwash. Use the big red button on the remote that says "OFF", and get on the internet. Listen to some music. Do something else, or do nothing. Spend some time with your friends and family. Go on a trip. The choice is still yours, Ms. Millam.

 

Really I don't want to see gay content either or bunch jocks or neocons, I want real reality tv, yes that's right lucious 25 year olds throwing themselves at bald fat 50 year olds. Damn it's a curse, but one totally left out of current programming.