After many years of speculatn, the te nature and orientatn of the relatnship between two of the entertament dtry's most prolific performers is fally known -- Same Street's Ernie and Bert are "jazz-hands gay.
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- JAZZ HANDS! MEET THE GAY TEEN CHARACTER ON RYAN MURPHY'S "GLEE"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL JENSENJANUARY 14, 2009/5:46 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENJANUARY 14, 2009 / 5:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JAZZ HANDS! MEET THE GAY TEEN CHARACTER ON RYAN MURPHY'S \"GLEE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-01-14T22:46:58.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-01-14T22:46:58.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}" BORR="0" />{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRIS COLFIER PLAYS GAY TEEN KURT ON THE NEW SERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN TO GAY VISIBILY ON TV, 'S HARD TO DO WORSE THAN FOX'S FAILG GRA LAST YEAR OM GLAAD. IF ANY SHOW MIGHT LIFT FOX OUT OF THAT BASEMENT 'S RYAN MURPHY'S NEW HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA GLEE. EVEN BETTER, GLEE WILL ADD A NEW GAY TO THE SPERATELY BARE RANKS OF GAY TEENS WH THE ADDN OF FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD KURT, PLAYED BY CHRIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}READ MORE ABOUT CHRIS AND KURT AFTER THE JUMP!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRIS WH STAR JAYMA MAYS (UGLY BETTY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GLEE IS SET A HIGH SCHOOL OH WHERE AN IALISTIC TEACHER (HOTTIE MATTHEW MORRISON) IS TERMED TO LIFT THE SCHOOL'S GLEE CLUB TO GREAT GLORY. IN DOG SO, HE RECS A GROUP OF MISFS CLUDG HMAN KURT, WHO ISN'T EXPLICLY INTIFIED AS GAY THE PILOT, BUT SCREAMS "GAY" THE WAY BCE WILLIS SCREAMS STRAIGHT (AT LEAST THE MDS OF YOUR AVERAGE AMERIN WHO DON'T KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF GAY MEN LIKE WILLIS). WE DON'T SEE THAT MUCH OF KURT THE FIRST EPISO, BUT THE SHOW'S OPENG MOMENTS WE SEE HIM BEG HEAVED TO ATRASH B BY A GROUP OF BULLI — AFTER KURT SISTS ON REMOVG HIS VERY FASHNABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DIDN'T FD THAT A VERY SPIC START (FASHNABLE GAY KID DO DRAMA AND GETS BEAT UP BY BULLI? STA-A-A-LE!) BUT AFTER THE GLEE PANEL AT THE TELEVISN CRICS ASSOCIATN TOUR LOS ANGEL, I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WH GLEE'S CREATOR MURPHY (NIP/TUCK) WHO DITED KURT IS GOG TO BE MORE THAN JT ANOTHER STEREOTYPIL CLICHE. MURPHY EXPLAED THAT THE SERI' SEND EPISO WOULD AL EXPLICLY WH KURT'S BEG GAY AND A LATER STORYLE WOULD ACTUALLY SEE KURT BEG A STAR ON THE FOOTBALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRIS WH THE GLEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO RICKY VASQUEZ 1992'S MY SO-CALLED LIFE TO FD A SUCH A YOUNG REGULAR GAY CHARACTER ON A MASTRAM SHOW THE U.S., BUT PERHAPS BETWEEN GLEE AND AND SHOWTIME'S GAY TEEN ON UNED STAT OF TARA, WE'RE ABOUT TO FALLY START SEEG SOME MORE REALISTIC GAY TEEN PORTRAYALS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLFER, THE ACTOR PLAYG KURT, IS AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD OM CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA WHO DID DRAMA, WAS PRINT OF THE WRER’S CLUB, EDED THE SCHOOL'S LERARY MAGAZE AND WAS BOTH A SPEECH AND BATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'LL HAVE MORE WH BOTH MURPHY AND COLFER WHEN THE SHOW AIRS LATER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ERNIE AND BERT: "JAZZ-HANDS" GAY
JAZZ HANDS! MEET THE GAY TEEN CHARACTER ON RYAN MURPHY'S "GLEE"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL JENSENJANUARY 14, 2009/5:46 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENJANUARY 14, 2009 / 5:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JAZZ HANDS! MEET THE GAY TEEN CHARACTER ON RYAN MURPHY'S \"GLEE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-01-14T22:46:58.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-01-14T22:46:58.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}" BORR="0" />{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRIS COLFIER PLAYS GAY TEEN KURT ON THE NEW SERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN TO GAY VISIBILY ON TV, 'S HARD TO DO WORSE THAN FOX'S FAILG GRA LAST YEAR OM GLAAD. IF ANY SHOW MIGHT LIFT FOX OUT OF THAT BASEMENT 'S RYAN MURPHY'S NEW HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA GLEE. EVEN BETTER, GLEE WILL ADD A NEW GAY TO THE SPERATELY BARE RANKS OF GAY TEENS WH THE ADDN OF FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD KURT, PLAYED BY CHRIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}READ MORE ABOUT CHRIS AND KURT AFTER THE JUMP!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRIS WH STAR JAYMA MAYS (UGLY BETTY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GLEE IS SET A HIGH SCHOOL OH WHERE AN IALISTIC TEACHER (HOTTIE MATTHEW MORRISON) IS TERMED TO LIFT THE SCHOOL'S GLEE CLUB TO GREAT GLORY. IN DOG SO, HE RECS A GROUP OF MISFS CLUDG HMAN KURT, WHO ISN'T EXPLICLY INTIFIED AS GAY THE PILOT, BUT SCREAMS "GAY" THE WAY BCE WILLIS SCREAMS STRAIGHT (AT LEAST THE MDS OF YOUR AVERAGE AMERIN WHO DON'T KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF GAY MEN LIKE WILLIS). WE DON'T SEE THAT MUCH OF KURT THE FIRST EPISO, BUT THE SHOW'S OPENG MOMENTS WE SEE HIM BEG HEAVED TO ATRASH B BY A GROUP OF BULLI — AFTER KURT SISTS ON REMOVG HIS VERY FASHNABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DIDN'T FD THAT A VERY SPIC START (FASHNABLE GAY KID DO DRAMA AND GETS BEAT UP BY BULLI? STA-A-A-LE!) BUT AFTER THE GLEE PANEL AT THE TELEVISN CRICS ASSOCIATN TOUR LOS ANGEL, I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WH GLEE'S CREATOR MURPHY (NIP/TUCK) WHO DITED KURT IS GOG TO BE MORE THAN JT ANOTHER STEREOTYPIL CLICHE. MURPHY EXPLAED THAT THE SERI' SEND EPISO WOULD AL EXPLICLY WH KURT'S BEG GAY AND A LATER STORYLE WOULD ACTUALLY SEE KURT BEG A STAR ON THE FOOTBALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRIS WH THE GLEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO RICKY VASQUEZ 1992'S MY SO-CALLED LIFE TO FD A SUCH A YOUNG REGULAR GAY CHARACTER ON A MASTRAM SHOW THE U.S., BUT PERHAPS BETWEEN GLEE AND AND SHOWTIME'S GAY TEEN ON UNED STAT OF TARA, WE'RE ABOUT TO FALLY START SEEG SOME MORE REALISTIC GAY TEEN PORTRAYALS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COLFER, THE ACTOR PLAYG KURT, IS AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD OM CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA WHO DID DRAMA, WAS PRINT OF THE WRER’S CLUB, EDED THE SCHOOL'S LERARY MAGAZE AND WAS BOTH A SPEECH AND BATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'LL HAVE MORE WH BOTH MURPHY AND COLFER WHEN THE SHOW AIRS LATER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
* jazz hands gay *
" borr="0" />Chris Colfier plays gay teen Kurt on the new seri GleeWhen to gay visibily on TV, 's hard to do worse than Fox's failg gra last year om GLAAD. Even better, Glee will add a new gay to the sperately bare ranks of gay teens wh the addn of fourteen-year-old Kurt, played by Chris more about Chris and Kurt after the jump!
In dog so, he recs a group of misfs cludg hman Kurt, who isn't explicly intified as gay the pilot, but screams "gay" the way Bce Willis screams straight (at least the mds of your average Amerin who don't know there are plenty of gay men like Willis). I didn't fd that a very spic start (fashnable gay kid do drama and gets beat up by bulli? Murphy explaed that the seri' send episo would al explicly wh Kurt's beg gay and a later storyle would actually see Kurt beg a star on the football wh the Glee stIf I'm not mistaken, you have to go all the way back to Ricky Vasquez 1992's My So-Called Life to fd a such a young regular gay character on a mastram show the U.
S., but perhaps between Glee and and Showtime's gay teen on Uned Stat of Tara, we're about to fally start seeg some more realistic gay teen portrayals, the actor playg Kurt, is an eighteen-year-old om Clovis, California who did drama, was print of the wrer’s club, eded the school's lerary magaze and was both a speech and bate champn. A dance move, charecterized by middle aged gay men yellg at you sequence or apanied by upbeat show mic.
ERNIE AND BERT: "JAZZ-HANDS" GAY
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