Hollywood? Huh huh, you said

February 13, 2003 8:10 AM

Can I catch Gay if I watch the Oscars?
posted by vito90 (24 comments total)

And this matters HOW ?
posted by BrodieShadeTree at 8:12 AM on February 13, 2003

Yes, you will "catch gay" Not the rest of us, just you. You will also "catch gay" if you go see Chicago, but you'll probably just get a case of the bisexuals if you rent it when its out on video. You can also "get the fever" if you eat Pringles.
posted by Pollomacho at 8:19 AM on February 13, 2003

Brodie: well, maybe it matters to Andrew Sullivan, who is "openly gay" himself. Anyway...
posted by XiBe at 8:23 AM on February 13, 2003

what can we catch if we post in this thread? Homophobic 5th Grade style link syndrome?

and regarding the post you link to, yeah, it is great that people in hollywood are being able to receive recognition while being openly gay. And that will be important until it isn't shocking to some people.
posted by th3ph17 at 8:23 AM on February 13, 2003

Gay people? In show business? Oh heavens to betsy. Next thing you know the Irish will want to become cops.
posted by jonmc at 8:24 AM on February 13, 2003

To quote Xander from Buffy..

"Ok Willow, gay me up! Let's gay!"

Come to think of it, the show itself is sort of steeped in gayness, but fun none the less.
posted by CrazyJub at 8:29 AM on February 13, 2003

I believe you meant to ask "Can I catch the Gay if I watch the Oscars?"

The 'the' is very important.
posted by turaho at 8:31 AM on February 13, 2003

Oh heavens to betsy. Next thing you know the Irish will want to become cops.

you there! jonmc! pull over to the side of the road and exit the vehicle with your hands on your betsy! NOW!
posted by quonsar at 8:32 AM on February 13, 2003

Bahh. Every large production has at least one gay person in it. So does most every company in the world, politics, art, science, and education.
posted by jeblis at 8:37 AM on February 13, 2003

It's sort of a dumb claim. In Australian newspapers they are saying that Australians are dominating this year's Oscars. I'm sure there are people compiling lists of how many Jews have been nominated (as both a good and a bad thing).
Probably the most statistically valid comment to make would be that white folk are dominating this year's Oscars.
I think a more shocking claim would be about how members of a certain race has been terribly neglected...and you know who I'm talking about.
That's right. Hobbits.
posted by chrisgregory at 8:42 AM on February 13, 2003

Heck, even Gandalf is gay. Where will it end?
posted by RylandDotNet at 8:52 AM on February 13, 2003

The The is also a band who sang the very important possibly gay anthem Love Is Stronger Than Death!
posted by rainbaby at 8:55 AM on February 13, 2003

So I guess there must be a lot of Jewish gay Australians in Hollywood. I guess that's better than being overrun by displaced Canadians.
posted by grum@work at 8:56 AM on February 13, 2003

Well, its Valentines Day tomorrow and I don't have a date, so I definitely want to catch at least one gay.
posted by benjh at 9:03 AM on February 13, 2003

Probably the most statistically valid comment to make would be that white folk are dominating this year's Oscars.

We gave the negroes their awards last year, whaddya want them to take over?

I blame the Gay Mafia.
posted by owillis at 9:14 AM on February 13, 2003

No, but watch this.
posted by jozxyqk at 9:22 AM on February 13, 2003

Pardon my lack of articulation, but who gives a flying fuck!?

Wow, a bunch of gays happen to be nominated for film awards, this is such an event. I had no idea gay people could hold award-worthy jobs in the movie industry! Well, I've learned something, my day is complete.

Or not.
posted by Dark Messiah at 9:27 AM on February 13, 2003

Not that it really matters, since I agree with the general 'who cares' tone of the comments here, but isn't Meryl Streep nominated for "Adaptation," wherein she portrays a decidedly ungay character? Not that there's anything wrong with that (sorry, had to say it.)
posted by zaack at 9:36 AM on February 13, 2003

Andrew Sullivan is GAY? Well, now I just don't know what to think...
posted by ubi at 9:45 AM on February 13, 2003

Next year: Oscar goes bareback.
posted by Slagman at 9:56 AM on February 13, 2003

Nathan Lane on whether or not he was gay:

"I'm forty, unmarried and in musical theater, you do the math."

Topic? Since Sullivan is gay, if he were to watch the Oscars and catch teh ghey, would they cancel each other out and make him straight?
posted by haqspan at 10:09 AM on February 13, 2003

And I hear the whole thing is run by "The Jews"
posted by 2sheets at 11:50 AM on February 13, 2003

Who's Andrew Sullivan?
posted by signal at 11:55 AM on February 13, 2003

Next year: Oscar goes bareback.

Happened already. Pulp Fiction writer Roger Avary (who shared the Best Original Screenplay award with Tarantino) has this great anecdote about a woman he met at a Oscar party -- she asked him to use his Oscar on her as, er, a dildo
posted by matteo at 3:03 PM on February 13, 2003