Montana gay hairdresser flap

[Christian Gregory]

> 
> There is nothing anti-gay about it.  The target
looks ridiculous because he looks like something out of Saturday Night Fever,
with the leisure
suit and gold chains (and disco beat in the
background).

I beg to differ. He looks ridiculous b/c he's in that outfit applying cream to
a man's face--ie doing the most stereotypically gay job possible
("cosmetology"). It is _parodic_ of disco, but there are/were still
hetero-compatible masculine styles associated with disco--Travolta being one.
The ad is clearly pointing out that he is _not_ that (ie if they were going
for a send up of poor/dated fashion sense, it could be accomplished with a
cropped still, or a different clip from the show.). Given what else was
possible for the ad--like, really targetting the financial scandals--it is
viciously homophobic. 

Chrisitan