The stereotypes are over the top—but he's empowering women!
(NEWSER) - Sassy Gay Friend is saving the lives of “unreasonably weepy” Shakespearean gals all over YouTube (quite literally: the videos have him counseling Opehlia, Juliet, and Desdemona)—but is he a smart satire or just plain offensive? He dispenses advice as a “very crappy dance beat” plays in the background—either satirizing or embracing, depending on your point of view, the stereotype that “gay men are all extremely fabulous and do absolutely nothing with their lives but advise straight ladies,” writes Sady Doyle on Salon . More»