Why We Still Love Queer Eye
Editors Note: Though no show was more set up for burn out, Queer Eye continues to delight.
TheWeeklyChuckle We still love Queer Eye For The Straight Guy.
No show was more apt to burn out, grow cold, becoming boring and predictable with its campy formula of gay invasion of a straight man's tacky, no matching hand towel life style.
However the show endures and it is all because the Fab Five, as they are known continue to delight, entertain and educate. Maybe tips on exfoliation aren't your thing but the way the swishy gents relate to each hapless straight man is always a treat. They push the envelope, with their spicy, free form sexual innuendos, but nobody gets too offended, especially the straight guys they are earnestly remaking.
One recent episode caught our eye and our continued approval. Some poor straight guy was trying to impress his bitchy girlfriend to no avail. She was uncooperative, high maintenance, self absorbed, spoiled and just downright boring in her narcissism. She, however, saw herself as a beautiful aloof Asian princess, criticizing everything her beau said and did. She liked nothing, repeat nothing the poor guy presented to her. Not the food, the desserts, the message, nothing. No wonder he hadn't been spending much time with her. What we loved was that The Fab Five had no problem, in their comfortable catty way, of nailing her nasty behind to the newly slip covered cushions. Nice and positive as they are supposed to be, they found a way, oh so female in it's messaging, to let the audience know that they couldn't stand her snotty (and totally unearned) attitude. This wasn't a powerful CEO or super model or award winning novelist. This chick was nothing without the extended lashes and fake boobs she had purchased and while The Fab Five didn't go quite that far, they made it known that nobody was immune to their wicked witty observations. That's what keeps us coming back; that and the tips about exfoliating, of course.
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