'QUEER EYE' MISSION IS STRAIGHT MAKEOVERS.Byline: David Kronke TV Critic 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' fairly screams for a moratorium on the junk reality show. It's equal parts makeover program, cooking show and home-decorating series - with a little relationship melodrama thrown in for good measure. The twist here, such as it is, is that a team of five gay men help a hopelessly slovenly slov·en·ly adj. 1. Untidy, as in dress or appearance. 2. Marked by negligence; slipshod. See Synonyms at sloppy. slov heterosexual guy get in touch with his sophisticated side. They drive around in a black SUV with a vanity license plate reading ``FAB 5,'' sort of like a group of cultural crime fighters The first in a trilogy of beat 'em ups by Konami. It was followed by Vendetta and Violent Storm. The players must rescue several beautiful women who have been kidnapped by an evil kingpin. . In two episodes debuting tonight, they meet men who are clearly not too concerned about their appearance, or keeping their place very tidy, and basically teach them how to be vain. They mock virtually everything in their homes - ``It's ugly!'' is the refrain in episode one; episode two offers a variation: ``It's horrible!'' To be fair, they're absolutely right. The team sports names like Kyan, Thom and Jai (if their parents had named them Bob or Steve, would they be dullards like the rest of us)? They take great care to clean their subject up quite nicely, though the fashion consultant's advice seems to be so concerned with being of the moment that it's already dated. Also contributed are grooming tips, home decoration, food and menus for the party the subject throws. Another assists, vaguely, with ``culture.'' Then the five monitor from afar as their subject proceeds through his big evening. They try to be quippy with cute, bitchy bitch·y adj. bitch·i·er, bitch·i·est Slang 1. Malicious, spiteful, or overbearing. 2. In a bad mood; irritable or cranky. double entendres - as this show and ``Will & Grace'' demonstrate, no one trucks in gay stereotypes better than gays themselves - but they also seem to have a vested interest Vested Interest A financial or personal stake one entity has in an asset, security, or transaction. Notes: For example, if you have a mortgage, your bank has a vested interest on the sale of your house. See also: Right in having their guy do well. They do; viewers likely won't. There's just not much drama in this. The subjects are well-meaning but blandly depicted; their living spaces are such disaster areas that anything, literally, would be an improvement. There is, on the other hand, no end of product placement. David Kronke, (818) 713-3638 david.kronke(at)dailynews.com QUEER EYE Queer Eye (originally Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)[1] is an hour-long American Emmy award-winning television gay series that premiered on the Bravo cable television network on July 15, 2003, and promptly became both a surprise hit and one of the most FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY - Two stars What: Gay men transform heterosexual slobs into sophisticates. Where: Bravo. When: 10 tonight. In a nutshell: Standard-issue makeover show. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: An unidentified slovenly heterosexual, center, gets help from the ``fab 5'' of Bravo's ``Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,'' clockwise from left, Carson Kressley Carson Lee Kressley (born November 11, 1969 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania) is the fashion expert on the American television program Queer Eye, where he is one of the show's "Fab Five" members. , Thom Filicia, Kyan Douglas Kyan Douglas (born Hugh Edward Douglas on May 5, 1970) is the grooming expert on the American television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Biography Douglas was born in Miami, Florida but was raised in Tampa and Tallahassee. , Ted Allen and Jai Rodriguez Jai Rodriguez (born June 22, 1979 in Brentwood, New York) is an actor and musician best known as the culture guide on the Bravo network's Emmy-winning American reality television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. . |
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