Watched the television show last night, on the Food Network.
It is a popular show, featuring British Chef Gordon Ramsey, that is entertaining at times. I mean you don’t learn a whole lot about cooking, but you do get an insight into what it takes to be a good cook, in the more sophisticated eateries. Least that is the premise.
The episode last night, featured a ‘sweet sixteen’ birthday party, and the students had to design a menu for her party. Now I mean, I don’t know, but while it is indeed a big deal, I wonder at how spoiled some kids become, but that isn’t what got my goat, so to speak.
Never mind the arrogance these students show, or the attitude of stupidity that is displayed, or even the rude language, but last night’s show had a party planner, and you know, it was not complimentary to Gays.
Sure, there are indeed many off the wall gays, who love to act all frilly, all girlie if you will, but the show last night not only showed such a ‘flamer‘ but at the comments these young chef’s in training had about such people. It was, to say the least, uncomplimentary, and hey, that is okay.
I mean not like I want every redneck prick to like me, or to even understand me and my orientation. What I find is that shows like this still reach for the stereo type characterizations of what a Gay Man is. It gives rise to the terms adopted by kids, that ‘lame‘ now means ‘gay‘ in a derogatory sense.
AND THAT BUGS ME.
Was it homophobic? Hmm, in all honesty I don’t know, but it did turn me off, and I happen to like Gordon Ramsey and his shows. He has a couple, like ‘The F Word’, ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ and of course, ‘Hells Kitchen’. Yet I find there is a recurring theme in them, which is one of absolute arrogance, and stubbornness, that boggles the mind.
I think too, that in this episode, it kind of tells me that acceptance for homosexuality is still a longs way off. It also perhaps was playing to the show producers, or advertisers, as it is a FOX television series. Granted I watched it on the Food Network, but it was originally, and still is, a Fox Series.
Makes you wonder, was the casting of the party planner, for Fox Executives to get a swipe in against Gays, or was it just a typical casting, based on ignorance?
One of the first kicked off as well, in this particular series of the show, was an open gay student. I wonder, did his disappearance or removal, be because of his lack of cooking skills, or was it because he was Gay?
Yes, he fucked up, stood up for his screw up as well, and yet that act of owning up to his mistakes, cost him his position in the show. Subsequent similar actions by others, however, didn’t result in them being turfed. Just the gay guy.
Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
