I once tried to make a mix tape for a friend which started with "Space Oddity". You know the part where the strings ramp up and Everything Goes Wrong close to the end? That's where the Bowie tape snarled, stretched, and died. It was the eeriest, saddest thing ever.
Practically everyone I know is confused about the DADT legal cases anyway.
I made myself watch _Glee_ for disability activism reasons, and it was not pleasant. They've been fab on queer issues, and the disability stuff is at the stage of "trying very hard and fucking up worse" that makes activists cry, and not-clued people say "What are you bitching about, they're being inclusive". It's like seeing a show in 1983 or so with a gay male prostitute guest star, who outrages the community, so a bit later they have a gay male cliche swishy character who dies of AIDS three episodes later who exists purely so the main stars can be beautifully sympathetic and brave enough to hold hands with Teh Disease - and all the straight people are going "But this show is really great for race issues, and you should be glad they're including a gay character at all".
Or that's my admittedly poisoned take.
And now, I'll go back to envisioning that stage musical of Diamond Dogs to cheer me up.
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Date: 2010-10-12 11:25 pm (UTC)Practically everyone I know is confused about the DADT legal cases anyway.
I made myself watch _Glee_ for disability activism reasons, and it was not pleasant. They've been fab on queer issues, and the disability stuff is at the stage of "trying very hard and fucking up worse" that makes activists cry, and not-clued people say "What are you bitching about, they're being inclusive". It's like seeing a show in 1983 or so with a gay male prostitute guest star, who outrages the community, so a bit later they have a gay male cliche swishy character who dies of AIDS three episodes later who exists purely so the main stars can be beautifully sympathetic and brave enough to hold hands with Teh Disease - and all the straight people are going "But this show is really great for race issues, and you should be glad they're including a gay character at all".
Or that's my admittedly poisoned take.
And now, I'll go back to envisioning that stage musical of Diamond Dogs to cheer me up.