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The Other Dubya (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} misswindy) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2004-02-06 02:06:00 |
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OMG, there are GAY PEOPLE on American Idol!?
Over on the American Idol LJ comm,eclecticartist has had the gall to state the painfully obvious: contestant Bre Ramirez-Rial is a - gasp! - lesbian. To add to the growing evidence (boyband hairstyle, complete lack of bra, penchant for suspenders, general demeanor that is more butch than Ryan, Clay and Simon put together though that's not saying much), he points to the fact that her official show bio page says she doesn't like any male singers. At all.
Fawning political correctness immediately ensues!
And some people are still really, really in denial.
supafly seems to think that the only reason anyone would ever bring this issue up is because they are h8erz and homophobes "homophobics."
eclecticartist proceeds to set her straight. So to speak.
This is one that I'm sure promises to be an ongoing fandom meta-wank if she makes it to the top 12, which I think she's got a good chance at doing because she's really quite good, and also kind of histrionic, which always goes over well with FOX viewers. =) Plus, it's unlikely we'll hear from her if she's gay or not until she's off the show and out of FOX's clutches, since they actually contractually forbid their gay and lesbian contestants from outing themselves until the show's over. So I'm predicting this controversy will turn out to be Spawn of Bob, the Clay Aiken Sexuality Dead Horse.
No, I'm not rubbing my hands together in gleeful anticipation, why do you ask?
Over on the American Idol LJ comm,
eclecticartist has had the gall to state the painfully obvious: contestant Bre Ramirez-Rial is a - gasp! - lesbian. To add to the growing evidence (boyband hairstyle, complete lack of bra, penchant for suspenders, general demeanor that is more butch than Ryan, Clay and Simon put together Fawning political correctness immediately ensues!
And some people are still really, really in denial.
supafly seems to think that the only reason anyone would ever bring this issue up is because they are h8erz and eclecticartist proceeds to set her straight. So to speak.This is one that I'm sure promises to be an ongoing fandom meta-wank if she makes it to the top 12, which I think she's got a good chance at doing because she's really quite good, and also kind of histrionic, which always goes over well with FOX viewers. =) Plus, it's unlikely we'll hear from her if she's gay or not until she's off the show and out of FOX's clutches, since they actually contractually forbid their gay and lesbian contestants from outing themselves until the show's over. So I'm predicting this controversy will turn out to be Spawn of Bob, the Clay Aiken Sexuality Dead Horse.
No, I'm not rubbing my hands together in gleeful anticipation, why do you ask?
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