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Is this fighting homophobia or just being over-sensitive?!

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The first comment about alienating some audience is the truth, the part about not being a fan is homophobic.
 
My limited experience with the ballroom world is that it's about as homophobic as nazism. I hope the prosecutors draw blood.
 
Well, it is homophobic and I'm not at all fond of the "over-sensitive" card. I can't stand it.

However, I'm hardly going to loose sleep over it. I'm not saying it's a non-issue (for those who see it as one), but it doesn't effect MY emotional health whatsoever.
 
i think he has a right to type whatever he wants on twitter. however, when representing a program broadcast nationwide. he should limit his comments to the performance.
 
errrmmmm... i don't think he is homophobic.... in any way....

the dancers DID look awkward when they were in eachothers arms... it didn't work.. especially since they kept switching the lead between eachother... AND they didn't pull off the moves they were trying to do very well...

it was kinda painful to watch
 
I don't think it's homophobic. It's an attempt by Lythgoe to remove the cloud of homosexuality that exists around male dancers. Whether they're straight or not, most people in America feel the guys are a "little light in the loafers".
 
fabulouslyghetto said:
Him saying he's "not a fan" of two men dancing isn't homophobic? :confused:
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I personally don't think so.

As the producer of the show, and having had many gay dancers, and judges for that matter on the show, I doubt he is homophobic.

But that's just me.
 
out of context, it sure as hell sounds homophobic to me. Two guys can't dance without references to a gross movie that is about macho cowboy queers being reconstituted as barely digestible pap for straight audiences? If the guys fuck up the dance moves, talk about THAT, but not about the fact that they both were guys. So what if most male dancers are "light in the loafers," If a straight guy can steal the show, let 'em. If male dancing becomes a "gays only 'sport,'" you can bet as soon as a woman fights to get into Westpoint that...ohhhhh, wait, that line is [STRIKE]tired[/STRIKE] tried already.

why can't we replace that old standard about "lavender individualism" with something like " 'rugged' individualism?"
 
lonnie1 said:
I don't think it's homophobic. It's an attempt by Lythgoe to remove the cloud of homosexuality that exists around male dancers.
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And thus... homophobia

Whether they're straight or not, most people in America feel the guys are a "little light in the loafers".
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Which is a very homophobic thing to say. Are you even fucking listening to yourself?
 
fabulouslyghetto said:
The first comment about alienating some audience is the truth, the part about not being a fan is homophobic.
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I once again agree with you, you sexy slut.


The Twitter comment was also very snide. 'Brokeback' is a very clear codeword for "gay", which suggests that all he deduced from their performance was nothing that pertained to the actual performance, but rather, their sexual orientation. And he used that against them.


There's obvious prejudice here.
 
I think it was an offensive comment to make. He wasn't commenting on the talent of the two men or the quality of their performance. He was commenting solely on the fact that he didn't like that they were two men dancing together and how it made him and - he assumed - the rest of the viewing audience uncomfortable. Then, he topped it off with a juvenile comment on Twitter.

The only thing worse than being over-sensitive is being too timid in an attempt to avoid seeming over-sensitive. This guy's comments were most certainly homophobic and I do believe GLAAD did the right thing by calling it out.
 
fabulouslyghetto said:
Him saying he's "not a fan" of two men dancing isn't homophobic? :confused:
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NO!!! I'm not a fan of 2 men dancing together. I'm sure many other gays aren't either. Unless its some contemporary piece where they challenge your perceptions of such gender combinations.

But in traditional ballroom dance? No thanks.

Its camp enough already!
 
What the fuck do you expect from The Fox Network? Fox is nothing but a giant skid mark.
 
Two men dancing together is not about homosexuality. Its about gender combinations. They could both be straight. Some things just don't look right. Mostly because we're just not used to seeing it.

I think contrast is important in dance partnerships. Two men together just look too similar. Especially when they can't even decide who's the top!
 
The first bit was less homophobic and more conservative business-speak. "Don't alienate our viewers." The second part was more straight-up homophobic. It reads like something straight guys would say, hoping they'd all nod in agreement and hold up hands to get slapped. "Brokeback Ballroom - good one!"

Lex
 
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