MoPod Show 2.0 - Gay Comedy Podcast

Back in the 1980’s, it pains me to admit, I fell in line with the millions of other white bread midwestern kids who bought into the parachute pants myth.  I remember taking my paper route money to J.C. Penny’s to buy these amazing nylon, zipper encrusted, keys to the urban city.  But the disappointment set in days later when my back spin and moon walk never really materialized.  They went from a badge of honor to an embarrasing blight on my wardrobe.

This morning I sat at breakfast with a group of colleagues, including an over the top guy (who happens to be gay and just a tad shallow with a splash of bitter) who spouted ‘black girl’ talk much to the amusement of the midwestern middle aged women around us.  I could just hear their inner monologues, “Gay men are so sassy!”.  After about the third time he used the word “fierce!” (with obligitory snaps) I was fighting to keep my scrambled eggs down.

I went through the ‘black girl’ phase too, as many of you heard during the many of our shows.  When done well…it is funny.  Its kind of the schtick that holds the guardian crack whore together, which I love.  However, when this guy did it, It seemed so awful and cliché.  I found myself wondering if I was witnessing the adult gay male equivilant of nylon parachute pants being paraded around the playground before school.  Humorous, and a little sad.