Gays for Entretainment

We have discussed most of the representations of sexual identities and gender in the media in class this week, i wanted to bring up a point not sure that has been mentioned; when i took a moment to wonder what other people thought about gays (excluding the open-mindness of NYC that people acquire once they have moved here) more specifically, those who are not exposed to the gay community on an everyday basis, i often saw them viewing the representations of gays on tv as mostly entretaining. This kind of entretainment is not particularly good but rather seen as comic; most shows that portray gay people, portray them with a certain flamboyant gayness that clearly spearates them, and allows an audience to classify them as "other". I often see people enjoying this shows because the character is so "gay" making him so funny. (Jack McFarland is so funny because he is so gayy!?).

I wanted to bring up a comparison between clowns and draq queenss; the reason why clowns are seen as entretaining characters is because clowns do not fit under the category of normal; this being that we do not usually see clowns walking around the streets. Everything about clowns is funny, their overtness, clumsyness, speech and tone of voice, how they carry themselves and a certain level of comfortness. Although this comparison may be on the other side of the spectrum, these characterisitcs can be related to drag queens gay people and the dominant ideaology society has of them. And i wonder if there is any relation between a clown and a Draq Queen in regards of some of their physcial aspects not being too far from each other, for entretainment purposes, are drags just prettier clowns?

So does the real meaning of homosexuality go over some peoples head; why do some people think gays are so funny, specially in television. Is the life of the gays on t.v. exploited as a commodity for the entretainement of the audience by producers. I wonder if the situation where a straight person tells a gay person they are so funny, if they realize that they are funny because they are so gay. Why is gay so entretaining!? The reason i believe is mostly because they are typecast as the the "other" i really don't see other explanation for it, but I believe gays for entretainment will stop the day where no one can tell if a person is gay unless a physical clue is gven away.