Yesterday Oprah had the cast of “Will & Grace” on her show. The appearance was notable for several reasons. To begin with, whenever we see Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes, we are struck how NOT FUNNY they are in person. Amazing what good writing can do. Also, as the Malcontent points out, Oprah asked Eric about being a straight man playing gay, but notably did not ask Sean Hayes the same question. Hayes has never commented on his sexuality either way, and unsurprisingly Oprah wasn’t going to go near that mess. Hayes made a joke to change the subject, about pooping, and thereby introduced our favorite part of the segment.“If you’re ever going to meet somebody and you’re intimidated,” Oprah admits, “you think ‘they poop too.’”
This harkens back to our younger days, when we used to date girls. Whenever we brought a new one home, our brother, to torture us, would say at the end of a lovely evening “Hey, just remember, she poops too.” Um... Thanks for making us gay, bro. Now not only do we think girls are gross, but now when we date people, we end up pretty thoroughly checking their plumbing.
The talk show host went on to make a very good point:
“Isn’t a poop so freeing?” she asked, to applause.
You know what else is freeing, Oprah? Coming out of the closet.
1 comment:
well, coming out of the closet is freeing only if it is recieved with positiveness.
cuz if i were to come out, my parents will kick me out of the house and my friends will hate me, and people are chasing me on the streets throwing beer bottles at my head.
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