Apparently,
we've been around long enough to do a clip show. How cool is
that? I only wish we'd had space to include the time Jamie water-skied
over a shark or the Christmas episode where my parents threw
my 10-year-old sister and me out into the cold to die.
In addition
to being shamelessly self-referential,
this one was inspired by the "controversial" Snickers
ad. Wow, homophobia
in advertising. Next they'll be using sex to sell beer.
No advertiser
would dare run an ad that openly mocks African-Americans or
Asians (well... not anymore),
but gay men seem to be part of the holy trinity of socially
acceptable ridicule (the other two pillars being fat people
and intellectuals; God help the chubby fag with a library card).
Incidentally,
we really did get a friendly e-mail from our gym referring to
me as Jamie's husband. We had a good laugh, took it as a sign
of progress
and then debated whether wanting to correct the mistake made
us homophobic. I'm pretty sure we would have let it slide altogether
if they'd actually offered us the couple's discount.
We were
actually going to use "What constitutes homophobia?"
for this week's debate, but Jamie thought it would be more fun
to make me the involuntary spokesman for assplay. Thus, I give
you Words vs. Pictures # 39: Heterosexual
Intercourse Is So Gay.
-Graham
