CRITICAL MASS 8 :: OUR MAIN DISCUSSION THREAD

[cjrmax]

GOOD MORNING  ALL.

I MISSED THE COMMERCIAL WHICH, I GUESS IS A GOOD THING.  I WAS TALKING TO ERICA WHO NOTICED THE T-SHIRT BUT NOTHING ELSE.  THEN CHRISTIE CALLED AND MENTIONED IT BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING OTHER THAN SHE SAW THE SHIRT.  SO ANNOYING AND NOT NECESSARY.  TRYING TO GARNER VIEWERS.  THIS IS ONE WHO WON'T BE WATCHING.  ANNOYHING.

ANYWAY, I AM TRYING TO BE MOTIVATED THIS MORNING EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT..

GWENN

I think you all are making far too much of this commercial for the show.  I watched it a second time.  Considering we DO NOT know anything about this show and no one has seen the entire show, we can only make guesses as to the characters and the premise of the show.  From what I could gather, the guy wearing the Clay t-shirt is NOT gay.  His boss (or whoever the old guy was) apparently has a gay son and the boss sees the t-shirt and says his son is a Claymate.  Later it appears that the rumor through the grapevine is that the boss is trying to fix up the guy with the t-shirt with his gay son.  I assume the boss thinks the guy must be gay because his gay son likes Clay so any guy who likes Clay must also be gay.  Now, we don't know how the guy ended up with a Clay Aiken t-shirt.  What if he had a night of wild sex with a girl who had been wearing it and in his rush to get to work on time grabbed it by mistake?  What if the boss is an idiot who really has no clue who Clay is and has made an assumption based on his son?  None of that is a Clay dig.  We all KNOW Clay has gay men as fans.  That doesn't mean Clay is gay.  George Clooney has gay fans, and he's not gay!  Having gay fans doesn't make you gay!  I just think we would have to see the entire show to have any clue whether it was a Clay diss or just a Clay mention.  For me, I think its great.  And advertisement that mentions Clay during a show that gets 30 million+ viewers, viewers that might need to be reminded that Clay is still out there and still has fans, is a good thing.

As far as it having anything to do with the crap - this episode was filmed AGES ago - maybe as long as a year or more ago.  Midseason replacement pilots have usually been filmed during the last pilot season, which is generally around March.  It was written and filmed long before any of this crap.  It has nothing to do with it. 

The show looks stupid, but I will watch the first episode to see what its all about.  I don't see where it is such a bad thing.

[dudley5]

'KRISTY'

[Her]

Christie, it makes sense what you said, guess whomever watches the show can let us nonwatchers know what it's all about....

[GWENN]

PEOPLE HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS LONG AGO ABOUT CLAY.  THE ONLY ONES WHO CARE AT THIS POINT ARE US.  THE CRAP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.  CLAY AND HIS SEXUALITY WILL BE PART OF ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE FOREVER.  WE CANNOT REACT TO EVERY SINGLE SLUR OR INUENDO.  WE MAY GET UPSET BUT IT MUST STAY WITHIN US.  I HOPE THE CLAYNATION DIDN'T GO NUTS WITH EMAILS.  OY.

GWENN

[Sundancer]

cjrmax wrote:

Having gay fans doesn't make you gay!

You mean... it's not contagious??  

The show looks stupid, but I will watch the first episode to see what its all about.

We appreciate you throwing yourself on this grenade for us, Christie. Let us know if the show truly is a bomb.

[Sundancer]

Gwenn wrote:

I HOPE THE CLAYNATION DIDN'T GO NUTS WITH EMAILS.  OY.

Lord.

Clay needs protection from his fans more than from anyone else!

[Her]

Clay needs protection from his fans more than from anyone else!

  Where have I heard this before??? 

Okay Sunny, Ace blew me    I mean blew me away last night...I really liked the falsetto.  My local yokel played this morning-it was even better!  He and his brother are well    dilicious!

[KSChristian4Clay]

Jayne - Really? Ace? I wasn't feeling it, dawg.

[Sundancer]

Okay Sunny, Ace blew me 

   
Sweet dreams, I take it?

I mean blew me away last night...I really liked the falsetto.

 
Did you? I didn't. I remember Randy complimenting him on it last week. But I thought this week's performance wasn't as strong as that one, and that the falsetto went on for too long and wasn't as steady.

But then, hey. He didn't... blow me.

[claydevotee]

CLAY AND HIS SEXUALITY WILL BE PART OF ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE FOREVER.  WE CANNOT REACT TO EVERY SINGLE SLUR OR INUENDO.  WE MAY GET UPSET BUT IT MUST STAY WITHIN US.  I HOPE THE CLAYNATION DIDN'T GO NUTS WITH EMAILS.  OY.

    Thank you, GWENN!  I was going to respond in a similar manner earlier;  but since I seem to be experiencing the symptoms of "foot in mouth" syndrome lately, I am refraining from responding online  !

Hugs-
Thea

[Pamela]

Hey y'all!

Thea, don't worry - I have suffered from "foot in mouth" disease my entire life, whether ON line or OFF!

And with a big OY, let's move to a new thread.  This one is getting old and wrinkled, kind of like me lately.

OY!