So Jackie finally gets one right in eliminating Alex, who I suppose we should’ve known was gay on the basis of not having been seen on camera more than about 20 seconds. My new working theory is that anyone who’s accused of being gay on camera is straight. Which would make if I’m remembering correctly everyone except Lee straight.
Would anyone be surprised if we were to learn one day that Ryan and Dan from Boy Meets Boy are related?
And how twisted is Jackie? She finally actually eliminates someone (Ryan) for a right reason (he’s an ass), then immediately upon learning he’s straight pops off with how sorry she is because of their “connection.”
I’d say after today’s episode that it’s a pretty safe bet that Eddie is gay. And the way she is fawning over Luciano makes me think that he is too. The other guys really haven’t gotten enough camera time for me to form an opinion. I’d guess Bradley is gay. Same for the Bartender with the sunburnt nose–he’s playing it straight pretty well. Since I find Banks attractive, he is probably straight.
I get the impression that Jackie is really clueless when it comes to homosexuality, but that could just be the way they edit the show. They really need to spice up the show soon or fire the producers–it’s starting to get very boring. Boy Meets Boy was a lot more fun to watch.
And what is up with that guy “breaking” his arm? They keep showing that strange preview clip, but it never happens.
I’ll be pretty disappointed if a gay guy doesn’t win it.
I’m slightly unclear on the premise of the show. Did it begin with 6 straight and 6 gays? If so, she’s having some problems getting out the door! 3 straights down for 1 gay… whoops!
Did I miss something or was she actually crying at the end?
Im no longer going to watch this show. They should have used straight acting gays AND heteros. Now you have to assume that guys that seem gay are straight and guys that seem straight are gay. Very poor production decision because it’s no longer about figuring out if the guy is gay, but what the producers were trying to make you believe.
I was thinking the same thing when I was watching it. I could not believe how much Ryan reminded me of Dan, and I was actually glad she got rid of him early on because he was getting on my nerves very quickly.
If I’m correctly wading through this rather inarticulate post, you seem to be upset that the producers are manipulating the goings-on for dramatic purposes and/or to mislead the audience.
Welcome to television, had you not seen it before?
I’d have voted off drunk boy (who became cowardly yet argumentative when Ryan confronted him) for no other reason than he can’t hold his liquor. And Ryan because, gay or straight, he’s far more in love with Ryan than he’ll ever be with you.
And where are the non-white guys? How about an Asian or a black guy or a Native American just to make it less vanilla?
Non-white guys (except Latinos) just get voted off dating shows in the first round anyway, if the one doing the voting is white, so perhaps the producers just wanted to save the bother.
Well, at least this week, it seems that Jackie is batting a thousand. The one-and-only guy she eliminated happened to be gay. Although I’m pretty sure she voted him off because he was nervous and dorky, not because he seemed to be “acting straight.”
I am convinced that the guy who’s been serenading her with his guitar is a gay guy. He’s just a little too smooth with the lady, ifyouknowwhatImean.
I thought Chad’s parting comment, that “she could have turned me straight if I’d met her ten years ago,” was really pathetic. Besides being obviously untrue, it was a little irresponsible to encourage people who really think that way.
Unlike Bravo’s Boy Meets Boy, it seems that the producers of this show have no way of ensuring that some straight guys remain after each elimination, so it’s possible that she could already have eliminated them all. (Although I don’t think this has happened yet. Lee seems straight to me.)
I wonder what strategies she might try to “out” the gay ones. One idea is to try to offend the guys with slightly homophobic comments and observe their reactions. Or tell campy jokes that are more likely to resonate with the gay guys. Next week’s Vegas show should be interesting.
I think I’m pretty glad that this week, all the guys pretty much said “I’m in it for the money.” Before, it seemed like they were making the gay guys out to be villains and the straight guys to be in it for the relationship. In the eliminations, we were supposed to cheer if she keeps a guy we assume is straight, and cheer even harder when she gets rid of one of… DUN DUN DUN… the gay guys. Is anyone actually rooting for a gay guy to win?
This week though, she and all the guys threw out the whole relationship aspect of the show and it just turned into a game. Hopefully they’ll keep focusing on strategy so people will root for the best player to win, instead of rooting for the straight people by default.
I probably feel this way because Jackie really sucks at this, and the guys should really be the stars of the show that we focus on and cheer for. Why say “I hope she wins” just because she’s the main character?
That being said… I want Sharif (straight) or Luciano (gay) to win. Because they’re just good contestants.
The poor gal don’t know nothun bout no gay folk. She thinks a hair dryer means a man is gay (which indicts every American male who was 14 - 40 years old in the 70’s & 80’s). Meanwhile, she’s falling for the guy with the musical talent. (Wha? Are you saying gay men like musicals?) She wouldn’t know how to drop a Wizard of Oz or Mommy Dearest reference and see who bites. Or throw some Madonna on and see who starts lip synching. Or throw some house music on and see who can rythmically move their hips and know what to do with their arms while dancing.
She’s “gonna watchem.” That’s her plan. Good luck dearie.
I hate Jackie. I hate her. She makes me ill. So yes, I am rooting for a gay guy to win.
If anyone says anything remotely like “the game is on” again I am going to do myself an injury.
The only thing holding my interest in this show is the skin, and there ain’t enough of it. I’m thinking I may find something else to do for the first 45 minutes and tune in just for the eliminations.
if she chooses a straight guy, he splits the $1 million with her.
if she chooses a gay guy, he gets all the $1 million.
Seems to me there’s a hell of an incentive (a half-million $) for whomever she chooses, gay or straight, to claim to be gay & get all the money. Like “You choose me? Great! Now, do I want all the money or should I split it with you? (thinks for about 3 seconds) Thanks, Jackie, but I’m about to come out of the closet!”
Possibly the producers have something planned for this, but what exactly could they do? Some kind of test to prove that you are/are not gay? Wit a half-million dollars at stake, any of those guys could certainly act gay enough.
Are you sure you could actually do any better? I don’t think the differences between gays and straights go any further than “trends”. Effeminate men are probably more likely to be gay than non-effeminate men (guess here), but what’re the percentages here? 5% of all men are gay, while 15% of effeminate men are? And lip-syncin’ to Madonna? Are you kidding me? I know plenty of straight guys who will lip sync to the latest girlie pop star, probably because they watch their music videos quite intently…
The whole notion of “gaydar” has been overblown, IMNSHO. I’m sure it exists to some extent, but much of the time it seems like stereotype-judging based on trends, which will get you higher than a Random Guess success rate, I’m sure, but really hurts you when you get the non-typical “types” (either straight or gay). I surely wouldn’t bet $500,000 on someone’s lip-syncin.
I think the best strategy for Jackie is actually what tracer said; bed’em all and see whose winky doesn’t wanna play (or play as enthusiastically).
Presumably before casting them the producers got some sort of affidavit of their sexuality along with a contract in which they forfeit the prize if they lie about it upon winning.
