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AS QUEER EYE GETS A REBOOT, TELEVISN ENJOYS A WEALTH OF GAY PERSPECTIV
Outsi of the Queer Eye sphere, VN also hosts his own podst, "Gettg Cur Wh Jonathan Van Ns" and stars the Funny or Die seri "Gay of Thron, " for which he was jt nomated for an Emmy. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy me out eighteen years ago at a time when same-sex marriage wasn’t even legal yet, and when portrayals of gay guys on televisn and films were few and far between.
Dpe s meteoric succs, the show did meet s fair share of cricism, particularly wh regards to s “stereotypil” portrayal of gay guys as beg more herently knowledgable on thgs like fashn, groomg, and pop culture. Wanr to gay Twter, and soon enough you’ll n to a screenshot or a GIF of one of Carson’s famo reactn shots. Wh the premise of five openly gay style experts hijackg a schlubby straight du to give his liftyle a reboot, the show was as entertag as was helpful.
So, when the Fab Five s down wh Bravo's Andy Cohen for the show's 10-year rnn tonight, addn to celebratg the fabulons of Queer Eye, 's also a chance to exame how this ltle makeover show end up makg over the mastream media's reprentatn of gay men. I thk I was nervo about how this show would be received bee we had five openly gay st members that were not playg characters — that were beg themselv. This is a markedly different take pared to most prr reprentatns of gays on TV that featured LGBT people livg solely isolated gay worlds.