Calling something a stereotype is not the same as calling something untrue. That's a distinction that's been lost since the advent of political correctness, and a Harrison Bergeron culture where we try to deny all our differences instead of acknowledging them. Every group in this country isn't a blank slate. We have preferences and ideas that set us apart.
But if you want to pretend that any given gay men are just as likely to like sports as musical theater, I'm certainly not stopping you.
I knew a guy once who claimed to be one of those "reformed" gay men. Still acted effeminate, still loved musicals, still had a house with incredible interior design. But I guess because he managed to catch himself every time he looked at another dude's ass and found a wife willing to believe that he loved vagina, he magically had become a heterosexual. But he still went "antiquing," so apparently Jesus had only led him *part* of the way to heterosexuality. Yay!
I suppose I could convince myself I loved dick if I was motivated and deluded enough. But deluding myself still wouldn't make another man's hairy ass any more attractive. And it sure as shit wouldn't make me want to go antiquing. It would just make me a heterosexual in denial.
With this ruling I hope Congress finally grows the stones to take that on
You mean the Congress that's owned by Disney and other media conglomerates, the one that keeps extending copyright so that nothing made after 1922 ever goes out of copyright?
As a soldier from the future, sent back to protect John Connor's second cousin from attack by an obsolete Terminator 320 model, I must say that's the one thing I miss about the apocalyptic future. You people just can't appreciate the beauty of a sky totally free of light pollution, but unfortunately filled with Hunter-Killers.
I found Third Rock From The Sun to be pretty much unwatchable, so I didn't see his character in that more than briefly.
The funniest part of his role on Third Rock was one of his first scenes. He gets off a plane and is greeted by John Lithgow. He tells Lithgow that, during the flight, he thinks he saw something on the wing. Lithgow responds "That happened to *me* too!" Great joke for Twilight Zone fans, a mystery to everyone else.
Yep. Usually actors hate doing that too (just doing an impression of some other actor who preceded them). Either it was forced on him by the director, he intended it as an homage, or he's just not much of an actor. If it was the first, he needs to learn to stand up for himself. If it was the second, it was well-meaning but perhaps misguided (considering none of the other actors were doing it). And if it was the third, he just sucks.
I wish they would let us customize our default posting options, by age or individual. I would love nothing better than if my postings by default couldn't be seen by anyone under 18 (i.e., my nephews) and anyone over 60 (i.e., my parents).
Are you suggesting he's spent the last 50 years just pretending to be an egostical himbo, as some sort of elaborate bit of performance art? Wow, that puts even Andy Kaufman to shame. Good on him.
Not sure what alternate universe/. you're reading. But on the one I'm reading, I would say the ratio of real science and tech articles to pop culture articles is at least 5 to 1.
Seems like a nice enough guy, but man is that show painful to watch. I don't toss around the word "himbo" outside of a tanning salon very often, but it's pretty bad when Valerie Bertinelli has to talk down to you.
I guess at least his infamous ego seems to have ebbed a bit in his advanced years. But he still can't appreciate why Walter Koenig and others hated him in the Star Trek days. In his appearance on the show, Koenig looked like it was all he could do to keep from grabbing him and yelling "YOU STOLE ALL OUR LINES, MOTHERFUCKER!" It probably didn't help that Shatner kept saying stuff like "I'm sorry that you *perceived* me as being selfish or hostile to you back then."
Still, got to give the guy props for a great performance in Star Trek 2. I always wondered how Nicholas Meyer got it out of him. On the DVD commentary track I finally learned how he did it. He would do so about 10 throwaway takes. After about 10 takes, Shanter would get tired and stop trying to be Shatner (i.e. the pompous hero) and he would start to play around with the lines and actually act. Shatner didn't realize what a favor Meyer was doing to him at the time.
Some guy the other day told me that irony is actually the use of a term in a way that's the opposite of its literal meaning. Deciding to take the high ground, I retorted by calling him a pussy and spitting on him. I've got tiger blood, you see.
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And full of commenters who miss the point.
Next time I see him, I'll let him know that you think he's being a stereotype.
I have a house with incredible interior design and sparsely filled with designer furniture. Does that make me gay
Only if you want to have sex with other men.
Calling something a stereotype is not the same as calling something untrue. That's a distinction that's been lost since the advent of political correctness, and a Harrison Bergeron culture where we try to deny all our differences instead of acknowledging them. Every group in this country isn't a blank slate. We have preferences and ideas that set us apart.
But if you want to pretend that any given gay men are just as likely to like sports as musical theater, I'm certainly not stopping you.
That's how playing D&D taught me a little something about courage.
Ludovico treatment + John Carpenter film festival = straight
I knew a guy once who claimed to be one of those "reformed" gay men. Still acted effeminate, still loved musicals, still had a house with incredible interior design. But I guess because he managed to catch himself every time he looked at another dude's ass and found a wife willing to believe that he loved vagina, he magically had become a heterosexual. But he still went "antiquing," so apparently Jesus had only led him *part* of the way to heterosexuality. Yay!
I suppose I could convince myself I loved dick if I was motivated and deluded enough. But deluding myself still wouldn't make another man's hairy ass any more attractive. And it sure as shit wouldn't make me want to go antiquing. It would just make me a heterosexual in denial.
Yes, we're all well aware of your position, Mr. Polanski.
With this ruling I hope Congress finally grows the stones to take that on
You mean the Congress that's owned by Disney and other media conglomerates, the one that keeps extending copyright so that nothing made after 1922 ever goes out of copyright?
As a soldier from the future, sent back to protect John Connor's second cousin from attack by an obsolete Terminator 320 model, I must say that's the one thing I miss about the apocalyptic future. You people just can't appreciate the beauty of a sky totally free of light pollution, but unfortunately filled with Hunter-Killers.
I found Third Rock From The Sun to be pretty much unwatchable, so I didn't see his character in that more than briefly.
The funniest part of his role on Third Rock was one of his first scenes. He gets off a plane and is greeted by John Lithgow. He tells Lithgow that, during the flight, he thinks he saw something on the wing. Lithgow responds "That happened to *me* too!" Great joke for Twilight Zone fans, a mystery to everyone else.
Yep. Usually actors hate doing that too (just doing an impression of some other actor who preceded them). Either it was forced on him by the director, he intended it as an homage, or he's just not much of an actor. If it was the first, he needs to learn to stand up for himself. If it was the second, it was well-meaning but perhaps misguided (considering none of the other actors were doing it). And if it was the third, he just sucks.
Thanks, now I'll have that music in my head all day.
I wish they would let us customize our default posting options, by age or individual. I would love nothing better than if my postings by default couldn't be seen by anyone under 18 (i.e., my nephews) and anyone over 60 (i.e., my parents).
Are you suggesting he's spent the last 50 years just pretending to be an egostical himbo, as some sort of elaborate bit of performance art? Wow, that puts even Andy Kaufman to shame. Good on him.
Not sure what alternate universe /. you're reading. But on the one I'm reading, I would say the ratio of real science and tech articles to pop culture articles is at least 5 to 1.
If it weren't for the Alzheimer's, he'd probably be pretty pissed at you right now.
How much bandwidth is that in football fields?
In Koenig's defense, he was actually remarkably relaxed about it. He didn't choke or punch Shatner even once.
Even Cybil Sheppard never quite matched his uncanny skill at pushing other actors out of the way to remain in the foreground.
I completely agree and wish you an amicable day, free of sexual assault.
Normally I would point out that babies aren't born being 1 year old. But in Shatner's case, I'm not so sure.
DeForest Kelly. Now *there* was the Star Trek actor who made the show. Great actor playing a great character.
Seems like a nice enough guy, but man is that show painful to watch. I don't toss around the word "himbo" outside of a tanning salon very often, but it's pretty bad when Valerie Bertinelli has to talk down to you.
I guess at least his infamous ego seems to have ebbed a bit in his advanced years. But he still can't appreciate why Walter Koenig and others hated him in the Star Trek days. In his appearance on the show, Koenig looked like it was all he could do to keep from grabbing him and yelling "YOU STOLE ALL OUR LINES, MOTHERFUCKER!" It probably didn't help that Shatner kept saying stuff like "I'm sorry that you *perceived* me as being selfish or hostile to you back then."
Still, got to give the guy props for a great performance in Star Trek 2. I always wondered how Nicholas Meyer got it out of him. On the DVD commentary track I finally learned how he did it. He would do so about 10 throwaway takes. After about 10 takes, Shanter would get tired and stop trying to be Shatner (i.e. the pompous hero) and he would start to play around with the lines and actually act. Shatner didn't realize what a favor Meyer was doing to him at the time.
Some guy the other day told me that irony is actually the use of a term in a way that's the opposite of its literal meaning. Deciding to take the high ground, I retorted by calling him a pussy and spitting on him. I've got tiger blood, you see.