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Runway Is Homophobic

Show whitewashed gay romance in favor of straight 'flirt-fest'

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 27, 2009 6:56 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The sixth season of Project Runway has given a lot of airtime to a developing romance between two telegenic and heterosexual blondes, Logan Neitzel and Carol Hannah. In lavishing attention on their dull flirt-fest, the show is showing an ugly homophobic streak: Last season, the producers completely whitewashed a deeply touching romance between two male contestants, writes Allison Kilkenny at True/Slant.

In Daniel Feld and Wesley Nault’s relationship, the pair bucked the reality-show competition construct, with Feld essentially offering to “take a bullet” for his eliminated partner to keep him on the show. “Seriously, you couldn’t write this kind of ratings gold,” writes Kilkenny—if the lovers were straight. One of the most enduring stereotypes about gays is that they are “incapable of serious, meaningful relationships.” Runway is “for millions of people” their “only regular exposure to gays,” and the show missed an opportunity to disprove that falsehood.

16 New Designers Are Set to Compete During Season Six of Lifetime Television's Project Runway. Photo credit: Lifetime Television.
16 New Designers Are Set to Compete During Season Six of Lifetime Television's "Project Runway." Photo credit: Lifetime Television.   (PRNewsFoto/Lifetime)
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Jojo
Oct 30, 2009 9:49 AM CDT
This is so ridiculous. "“We met on the show,” Nault told People. “And we tried to keep it very professional on the show because we were both there for our careers" What it probably came down to was the fact that the guys relationship was BORING AS HELL and the guy and the girl flirting were more interesting. Once again, proving that some people fighting for the cause become blinded to common sense. So you think they should have showed more of the gay relationship just because they were gay, even if the other story was more exciting? Isn't that discrimination in reverse? How about you stop writing idiotic articles and accusing a show filled with gayness of being homophobic.
cornelison
Oct 28, 2009 8:29 AM CDT
Who watches that stuff?
Ucantusethatname
Oct 28, 2009 6:11 AM CDT
The country does not need another program to promote the gay agenda.

 
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