Jake In Drag??

[Penthesilea]

OH Oh OH!!!!! Mikela!!!!

I've found some on youtube.. currently waiting for them to load...

somneone who posted the promo has posted the SNL skits - but under JG rather than fullname hence why we can't find when we search...


http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=veeajera

Kelda, my heart, my darling 
I haven't seen a bit yet (waitung to load), haven't read the rest of this thread yet - but just jumped in to say

Thank you!

Also I'm not *that* crazy about Jake as some of you are, I can't wait to see it.

[coffeecat33]

Yeah, looks like HE pledged Tri-Delt!

ROFLMAO 

[mvansand76]

Am I right and are these the lyrics to the song?

And I am telling you
I'm not going.
You're the best man I'll ever know.
There's no way I can ever go.
No, no, no, no way,
No, no, no, no way I'm living without you.
I'm not living without you.
I don't want to be free.
I'm staying, I'm staying,
And you, and you, you're gonna love me.
Ooh, you're gonna love me.

And I am telling you
I'm not going,
Even though the rough times are showing.
There's just no way, there's no way!
We're part of the same place,
We're part of the same time.
We both share the same blood.
We both have the same mind.

And time and time we have so much to share.
No! No, no, no, no, no!
I'm not waking up tomorrow morning
And finding that there's nobody there.
Darling, there's no way,
No, no, no, no way I'm living without you.
I'm not living without you.
You see, there's just no way,
There's no way!

Tear down the mountains,
Yell, scream and shout.
You can say what you want,
I'm not walking out.
Stop all the rivers,
Push, strike and kill.
I'm not gonna leave you,
There's no way I will!

And I am telling you
I'm not going.
You're the best man I'll ever know.
There's no way I can ever, ever go.
No, no, no, no way,
No, no, no, no way I'm living without you.
I'm not living without you,
I'm not living without you.
I don't want to be free.
I'm staying, I'm staying,
And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.
Ooh, you're gonna love me.
You're gonna love me!

Aaawwww that's so beautiful...

[injest]

ok just not trying to start a fight

but

I am not a big fan of last night. If anything BBM tore DOWN the stereotypes that all gay men just want to put on a sparkly dress and dance all night....that there is more to being gay than that..and that there are a lot of gay men out there that are living horrible lives because they don't and CAN'T identify with that stereotype...

to me Jake putting on that dress and dancing around is a slap in the face to Jack and Ennis...

and I think a lot less of him.

(and before you start firing...I don't mind gay men doing drag...I object to straight men; or gay men that are not out, dressing up in drag to mock gay people)

[injest]

he had a specatcular chance to MOCK THE STEREOTYPES...

how much better could it have been if he had??

was he playing to the Sean Hayes of the world that conspired to rob them of their SAGs and Oscars??

[David In Indy]

Am I right and are these the lyrics to the song?

Yes Melissa, those are the lyrics. Back in the early 1980's, this song was frequently performed in drag shows. I have the original soundtrack to Dreamgirls on LP.

Hopefully the screen version of Dreamgirls will renew interest of some of these great songs.

NOTE TO JESS: At first, I felt the same way you do Jess. I felt Jake was poking fun at the gay community and I felt a little hurt. But, after I thought about it I realized that SNL is parody and this is to be expected. Besides, Jake looked great in drag!

We have to laugh at ourselves sometimes. It was just a bunch of innocent fun. 

[injest]

just as black face and toe tapping minstrals were...

now we see that damage that 'innocent fun' caused to the self esteem of African Americans...

when are we gonna see that rationalizing and forgiving 'innocent fun' is damaging OUR young Jacks and Ennis's??

if they wanted to parody something...why not the people at the Oscars?? or Rev Phelps??

[injest]

but I am aware that I am in the minority...won't say anything else...

back to the lovefest...

[David In Indy]

but I am aware that I am in the minority...won't say anything else...

back to the lovefest...

well Jess, I'm Native American. They made fun of Native Americans last night and I wasn't offended.

I doubt many gay people were offended by last night's show. I clearly understand what you mean Jess. But IT WAS funny!

[Garry_LH]

I haven't seen it yet. Can I be pre-offended?

The thing is from an interview I read, for Jake to aparently wrap his mind around the role of Jack Twist, he thought of them as two straight men that fell in love. Huhhhh? The gay fashion, speech, and action mafia really does exist?

Then, I'm one that thinks this soceity is way to hung up on lables and what those lables Have to mean.