Gay (Canadian) Politician Draws Ire For Brokeback Mountain Parody

[tuvor]

(Quebec City, Quebec) A TV sketch portraying U.S. President George W. Bush's naked torso and Stephen Harper's nipples has landed Parti Quebecois Leader Andre Boisclair in hot water.

Boisclair (pictured), who was having second thoughts Wednesday about his decision to be in the sketch, appears in a TV parody of ``Brokeback Mountain'' that features caricatures of a partially naked Harper and Bush.

``I didn't see the entirety of the sketch,'' Boisclair told reporters in Quebec City. ``I did it in good faith and I think that people will judge for themselves.''

Brokeback Mountain, which tells the love story of two gay cowboys, picked up three Academy Awards at last year's Oscars.

In the sketch, the Canadian prime minister and the U.S. president are portrayed naked from the waist up in a tent. Images of their faces are attached to actors' bodies.

Bush at one point throws cherries at Harper's nipples which are covered with whipped cream.

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/11/112906quebec.htm

[xchrom]

1. msr boisclair is adorable.

more bullshit about bush being gay as a way to ridicule and dis him --

totally not.

[tuvor]

2. I believe it's merely metaphorical.

The phrase "politics makes for strange bedfellows" is an ancient one.

[xchrom]

4. duh -- but neither can you erase the allusion of

gay is bad, bush is bad therefore bush is gay.

[mondo joe]

6. Or: Bush is a homophobe, therefore Bush as gay is mockery. NT

[xchrom]

7. r-i-i-i-g-g-h-h-t.

on another planet.

please try to get a grip of what most people see in a certain context.

tell me the fuckin world has suddenly evolved into ''we got gay love all the time'' -- we've evolved --

what a bunch of horseshit.

[mondo joe]

8. I don't know what you want me to do - I'm a pissy 42 year old gay man who's

been out since I was 16.

I'm telling you how I see it.

[xchrom]

9. i'm not asking you to do anything.

and i've said how i see it.

[mondo joe]

10. You asked me to do 2 things in your previous post, though neither makes

much sense to me.

:shrug:

[xchrom]

11. look if you don't think these allusions to gay = bad, bush = bad,

bush = gay exist -- then you don't see it.

so it wouldn't make any sense to you.

[Lisa]

3. there are plenty of jokes up here about Harper cozying up to Bush

On the English network of the CBC, one comedy show had actors portraying Harper and Bush hugging each other ... with "Harper" grabbing "Bush's" behind! The theme seems to be that Harper is making a fool of himself, by trying to cuddle up to a leader whom many Canadians fear and mistrust. I don't think it's meant to ridicule or disrespect gay people.

Personally I think the sketch sounds hilarious, and I hope Rick Mercer shows it on his program. (Having politicians take part in sometimes-racy comedy routines is a tradition in Canada, and M. Boisclair's being gay shouldn't be a factor ... the "22 Minutes" show had an assortment of politicians, gay and straight, from a variety of political parties, all sitting together in a gigantic bed!)

[dsc]

5. I know this is shallow but I thought Edwards was handsome

but he has nothing on this guy.