Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

KRican Seriously, "I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille." "Elvis (or fill in the blank with another person's name) has left the building." Wow! (forced applause and a shrill "woo-hoo") How clever!!! Did you just think that up on the spot? Come on (girlfriend). Just about every gay person I know (myself included) is more witty and original than having to resort to the stock lines and clichés they overuse. It isn't funny. It's actually quite irritating. I keep waiting to hear the BADUMBUMP of the drums after each trite and corny platitude. The point is what, exactly? ... To confirm the stereotypes so that straight viewers aren't put off or intimidated?? Heaven help us if middle-America gets the impression that gay people often see the irony in everything? Seriously, help me out here.

lexeee does anyone know the name of the two mellow-guitar-ish songs in the background of the last two wedding episodes? the one with the Italian/Jewish couple and the one with the vets? i can't find any music other than whats on the soundtrack but these songs are not on it. help?the songs are fantastic, its so frustrating that the artists are so hard to find--it reminds me of when i heard underground artists in the background of real world a couple of years ago, and it was so weird to just a hear a random snip of a familiar song that doesn't get radio play on TV---and then its gone! anyway, enough of my rant. does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Mercy Bell (mercybell) ...Should be the theme for the show. Well, it is. But it's true. The show warms the heart while updating the clothes, and is one of the most entertaining things on television.Makeover shows are a popular necessity to TV these days. We love em. From house and garden makeovers, to "The Swan" (I love CSI, but that one, I must admit, grosses me out), "What Not to Wear", even Oprah or, my other favorite, "Second Chance". Queer Eye For the Straight Guy offers an ingenious combo, gay men making over often very slobby straight men. Make it hip, cool, fun. Presto, mega hit. But the show goes further than other makeover shows because it really offers something to the viewer. It tells you HOW to look better the way Bob Vila shows you how to build a house, as opposed to whisking someone backstage and back out a different person. And above all, it gives you a real sense that you can change your life by throwing out the old and bringing in the new, having a positive outlook. Life detox, and all with a real human connection.The show, which has 5 gay mavens driving all over uber cool parts of New York City and each being oracles of stylistic expertise, turning the often dowdy everyman into a Adonis of personal style. The makeovers are extensive and delightfully enjoyable to watch. We see a big transformation, blueprints and details, all laced through the roof with spontaneity and hilarity from 5 very, very, very funny and warmhearted men, aka the Fab Five - Carson Kressley for clothes, Kyan Douglas for grooming, Ted Allen for food, Thom Filicia for house and home, and Jai Rodriguez for culture. They're all experts and they all milk amazing end results. Every new guy has a new recipe that had thought and attention put into it, unlike some shows which just do the same thing to everyone, and we're brought through the whole process. Each of the gurus walk the participant through the makeover, usually with fairly easy instructions and give them tasks they have to do themselves. The majority of the time it looks like a bona fide style miracle took place. Darned fun stuff.But I think the magic of QEftSG is that 90% of the time, the main thing the straight guys get out of the experience is a life makeover with the belief that anything can happen in their future. The outward change manifests an inner spring cleaning. Over and over these guys, by the end of the show, have a renewed self esteem and vitality for life instead of wallowing in the doldrums of everyday existence...which is something a lot of us can relate to and hope we can take initiative from. The Fab Five are sort of like a group of superheroes, running around to help those in need of couture and general rejuvenation.Other than our collective addiction to "the makeover", the fact that this show does makeovers much the better than the rest with flourish and warmth and style up the wazoo, and the often hilarious nature of the show -- the joy and emotion often beaming off the participants faces and the genuine compassion and dedication the Fab Five shows to each of the straight guys is, I think, what keeps people coming back every week.

johnnysugar Occasionally a television show comes around that is deemed by many to be "groundbreaking" and "brave" in its portrayal of a social minority. Often, these critics are not part of the minority portrayed, and generally don't know a what they're talking about. Often, these shows devolve into showing nothing more than tired stereotypes that fail to show their characters as real humans, people incapable of advancing beyond their set of cliches. "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" is only the latest in a long line of painfully-rendered back-handed political correctness.The premise of the show is this: five gay men that are "experts" in their fields perform an extreme makeover on a random heterosexual schlub, slowly transforming him into a clean-cut, fashion-conscious, overly groomed heterosexual version of themselves like mad doctors with expensive shoes. Ted (food/wine), Kyan (grooming), Thom (interior design), Carson (fashion), and Jai (culture) make up what has been termed "The Fab Five."The premise of the show could be amusing if taken as a one-shot episode of "Ricki Lake" or another similar low-brow talk show. As a series, it grows old rapidly, with each episode seeming to be an only slightly different variation on a theme. This is not helped by the Fab Five themselves, as each one -- Carson especially -- come off as rude and arrogant to the point of derision. They may be experts in their fields, but that's no reason to belittle anybody who isn't.Many people have celebrated this show and its success as bringing gay culture to the masses, so to speak, as if that hadn't already been done by Ellen Degeneres. The only thing this show does is portray all gay men has shrill, bitchy, shallow fashionistas with a fetish for materialism and hair product. Each man is only as deep as his specialty, and even then, none of them give any hint that they care about the world outside of Neiman Marcus. A person with no experience with gay culture or gay people would see this show and get a very skewed impression of gays.As a gay man myself, I take great offense to this entire show, from its preening hosts to its insipid, infomercial-reject premise. Unfortunately, due to its massive ratings and the fact that some people actually consider this trash to be entertainment, it and shows like it will only continue to flourish. 2 out of 10.