There are no words for how disgusted I am by this, but yet, not surprised. I figured something like this was in the works since there was such a big ruckus raised about "tricking" the gay boy by throwing straight boys into the mix on "Boy meets Boy". What better way to "trick" straight boys than with the ultimate taboo..and it's a lot more settling to middle america to be shocked and horrified by this than by say, having an episode of "The Bachelor" in which femme lesbians have been hidden and should he choose one, she'll get $10,000 and he'll get bubkis.
And of course, the executives will try to justify their actions by talking about how they were just trying to "show how you really can't tell and that we should all treat each other equally because transsexuals are people too..." blah blah blah all the while playing the whole situation for laughs.
We can't have a respectful or accurate model of attraction, this is television after all...
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Date: 2003-10-31 02:13 pm (UTC)What better way to "trick" straight boys than with the ultimate taboo..and it's a lot more settling to middle america to be shocked and horrified by this than by say, having an episode of "The Bachelor" in which femme lesbians have been hidden and should he choose one, she'll get $10,000 and he'll get bubkis.
And of course, the executives will try to justify their actions by talking about how they were just trying to "show how you really can't tell and that we should all treat each other equally because transsexuals are people too..." blah blah blah all the while playing the whole situation for laughs.
We can't have a respectful or accurate model of attraction, this is television after all...