Quick, Say Somthing Manly!!!

While I'm certainly not thinking of turning this blog into a political soapbox, something caught my eye the other day and I'd like to share it with you. Heinz recently released and quickly pulled a commercial from the airwaves in Britain because it was considered offensive by some. The reason? A kiss between two men. Are you serious with this shit!?! It's 2008. I don't know what irritates me more, the fact that some people can't think of anything more important than two men kissing, or that Heinz would buckle so quickly to a mere 200 people who have no sense of humor. Hell the kiss wasn't even remotely sexual. See for yourself.



Apparently I'm not the only one who thought to call "Bullshit" as Brighton tabloid newspaper One80news posed the question "Is This Really Offensive, Kids?" on its front page accompanied by this photo:




Awesome.


Torsten Højer of One80news went on to say “We were disgusted at Heinz for pulling their ‘gay kiss’ ad and for apologizing so readily for their own ‘offensive’ imagery. We just couldn’t believe that in 2008, the sight of two men affectionately kissing really offends that many people - so we thought we’d put an image of a gay kiss out there."

They even provided their readers with Heinz's customer care telephone # and urged people to call and complain about the removal of the ad, stating, "if it isn't Heinz, it isn't homophobic."

There's even a news story about British law makers criticizing Heinz for pulling the ad. You can check that out here if you wish.


On that note, I give a bit of gender bending. Enjoy.



Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" generally makes me angry. There's this sense of undeserved accomplishment that eminates from the whole thing. Like some stupid sorority girl who's bragging to her sisters about how crazy she got at last nights kegger. And let's face it, the best thing Katy has going for her is that she looks like a poor man's Zooey Deschanel.






But Goddamn if that hook doesn't get stuck in my head! Therefor I'm gonna offer up a sick remix I've been using to get my fix.

Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl (MR GASPAR Remix)


Also a less grating and much cheekier version by Max Vernon that he posted on his Myspace. Less Homo-centric ( is that even a word?) one would think because of the change in point of view, until you realize he hasn't changed the gender and exclaims "Hope my boyfriend don't mind it." Nice. Ok maybe there's more to this song than I'm giving it credit for, as it is clearly works in so many ways. The opening piano line sounds like the music that's played in cartoons where the moustached man would tie the damsel in distress to the train tracks. And the track closes out with doo wop and hand snaps. It's brilliant. As is the silent film style video he's released to accompany it. Check them both out below.

Max Vernon - I Kissed a Girl




And speaking of things that are gay and ridiculously funny... check out this summer's queer blockbuster!



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