Ever since I saw Larry Rivers's illustration of his adolescent self having intimate congress with an upholstered chair, I have set no limits on the amount of sex I think people have with anything.
why do computer scientists give presents on hallowe'en?
because oct 31 = dec 25.
I do think I may die happy now, having seen references to both Myles na gCopaleen and Jonathan Coulton on the same web page.
If you could have worked in something about Yeovil HQ as well, I most likely would have spontaneously combusted right here.
THE PLAIN PEOPLE OF FANDOM: And you, of course, spoke Perl when it was neither profitable nor popular!
Maybe we'll catch up to Turkey someday--female heads of state, federal anti-fundamentalism initiatives, national health care...
NAH! IT'LL NEVER WORK!
To Xopher @ 84:I think a better analogy (since Dame Edna is more about class stereotypes than gender stereotypes)
Er. No. If it were about class and not gender, Mr. Humphries would not dress up as a woman, now would he?
Since I don't read or speak Japanese myself, I am reliant on the words of other people, who have told me that Mr. Sumitani has made it clear in interviews that he is not homophobic, and that he intends Razor Ramon Hard Gay (to give the character his full name) as an over-the-top pro wrestler who's obsessed with Western gay archetypes (apparently he says things like "I'm powered by Freddy Mercury!" and he released a remake of the Village People's song "YMCA").
By the way, the point I was making above was that I find most kinds of "drag" humor indicative of powerful cultural stereotypes, but not necessarily of personal animus.
I do not think that Barry Humphries is a misogynist, but Dame Edna Everage wouldn't be as funny in a non-misogynist culture. Similarly, I don't think Masaki Sumitani is a homophobe, but this character wouldn't be as funny in a non-homophobic culture. (Although I know Stateside leather daddies who find this stuff hilarious, so who knows?)
Hard Gay isn't homophobic any more than Dame Edna Everage is misogynistic.
Or, conversely, Hard Gay is just as homophobic as Dame Edna Everage is misogynistic.
It's not meant as a homophobic caricature, but as good-natured fun; Masuki Sumitami isn't trying to make people hate gay men, but rather trying to be funny.
Now, it may be that Xopher and others find unconscious/subconscious homophobia and/or internalized cultural homophobia in the humor, and that's another matter.
But Hard Gay is neither designed nor understood as a way to marginalize gay men.
cmk @190
And Edward Gorey's amazing cover illustrations of the members of chambers, with only Professor Tamar's wig and robe visible...so genius!
And the "why didn't Rowling tell us about Dumbles in the text" people are missing something--she did. Some of you didn't catch it. The rest of us got it.
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