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Queer Eye Goes Straight
11-11-03
Keavin
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Update: Queer Eye goes straight on two networks.
Comedy Central is pulling a role reversal on Bravos Queer Eye For The
Straight Guy. The cable comedy network is producing a spoof of Queer
Eye dubbed Straight Plan for the Gay Man, where 4 straight men
makeover a gay guy.
In each episode the straight guys, "The
Flab 4", will attempt to make a gay guy pass for a heterosexual. Production
executive Lou Wallach spoke with Reuters about the show and laid out the
basic premise. Wallach said the makeovers would include instruction in
Spartan home decorating, less-than-fashionable clothing and straight attitude
eg oafish manners and overdeveloping ego to mask personal failings.
They will conclude each episode with the
Flab 4 grading their charge to see if he passes for a straight man.
According to Wallach the network is producing
3 hour-long episodes. They found gay candidates that wanted to explore
what it would be like to be straight. The show is set to debut in February.
Turn about it fair play; at least in Comedy
Centrals eyes. But wait, Bravo is doing the same thing... That's
right, the network that brought us Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
is planning a one off special called Straight Eye for the Queer Guy.
The special will have five straight guys attempt to make over a gay guy
by teaching him about power tools, NFL rules, hair-on-the-go grooming,
and keeping your emotions bottled up. Sounds a bit like the sitcom Home
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