Manblogging

Manblogging Episode 3

December 20, 2006

Okay, onto the photo shoot which is all about pushing the guys out of their “comfort zones.” For my money, the whole sequence worked a bit too hard to try and expose the models paranoia and homophobia. It started with hair and make up guy / judge John Stapleton walking in and saying, “Gentlemen, or should I say ladies.” You could tell he hated saying it but someone made him.

Then the guys went through hair and make-up and what I like to call the Squeamish Inquisition. The hair and make up team had clearly been coaxed to try and push the guys buttons by saying things like, “Do you think you’re going to get teased after this?” They were so relentless in their quest to get bigoted soundbytes from the guys that I actually felt sorry for the models. Here’s a sampling to the guys responses:

“My friends will probably give me crap but oh well.”

“My dad is going to disown me.”

“I will definitely get a lot of crap at the Braves for this.”

“I don’t want to look like a pansy in this picture. I want to look cool.”