"Fan Xiong Rescue", English name Queer Eye, is a new reality show that Netflix restarted from Queer Eyes for the Straight guy in 2018. As the regular hosts, five cute little gays are responsible for transforming the guest's styling, dressing, home, diet and lifestyle, and helping ordinary people whose lives are unsatisfactory regain their confidence.
At first glance, it looks like a thick bowl of chicken soup: a person has experienced difficulties in career, relationship or life and is becoming increasingly depressed, "Fab 5" debuted, after a week of getting along and transforming Help him open up, make a change, and announce to the world on a big occasion: I've become a whole new me. Is it vulgar? Really vulgar. Does it look good? Really nice.
The transformed guests are not necessarily "losers" in the traditional sense. Among them are programmers with rich lives, police officers with happy families, and of course, there are also brothers in the closet who can't confess their sexuality to their families, and those who are over three years old. Ten down-and-out stand-up comedians who are not yet independent. But all have one thing in common: they put some kind of invisible shackles on their lives, and they lose the courage to get back on their feet in a daily vicious cycle .
What is the result of this vicious circle? Self-doubt, self-avoidance, self-limitation, to self-loathing.
In the short week on the show, they all seemed to have more or less achieved a settlement.
Ep2 -Saving Sasquatch Guest: Neal Age: 36 Identity: Programmer, living alone for many years, keeping a distance from everything around
To a certain extent, Neal hiding behind a long hair can be regarded as a microcosm of contemporary urbanites. He is reclusive and spends all day with his pet dog Forever; he is afraid of social interaction and resists all physical contact; he pays attention to privacy and separates work and life very well. Live yourself as a marginal person out of the mainstream society.
Staying in the isolation belt built by myself all day long, safe and comfortable, but not happy.
With the encouragement of Fab 5, Neal, who was eager to change, cut his long hair, shaved his beard, and began to take care of his wardrobe. He picked up many unfinished things in life and learned one or two simple dishes. And more importantly, he finally tried to let go of his defenses and embraced the people around him. When saying goodbye, this passage from Neal perfectly captures the essence of the show: The so-called "transformation" is not about accusing you of how bad your past was, but about telling you that you can be better, and then, to choose Right back to you.
Ep4- To gay or Not too gay
Guest: Anthony A.J Brown Age: 32 Identity: Engineer, has been in the closet for many years, self-proclaimed "the straightest gay in Atlanta"
AJ's life is built on a huge lie. Because he has not yet come out to his close relatives, everything in his life is deliberately concealing the fact that he is gay. A deliberately messy beard, a deliberately grown-up shirt, every moment he lives in fear of "do I look too gay". But in AJ's house, there is another true self hidden. He has a hot body, has a boyfriend who has been with him for eight years, yearns to form his own family, and hopes that his relatives can participate in and witness such a life.
When Tan was helping him choose clothes, AJ subconsciously said "Don't make me look too famine" - don't make me look too feminine, suddenly distressed. All along, he has been trying to build a conservative, masculine, and masculine social image, and the only thing he can't do is the self that he most wants to be.
At the end of the show, AJ finally dared to reveal the real, sexy self who likes boys. As expected, he was blessed by his stepmother and friends. But most importantly, he finally got his redemption.
Ep5- Camp Rules Guest: Bobby Camp Age: 48
Identity: Devoted Christian, father of 6, guilty of wife and family
Bobby is a very hard working father. I work one day and night, and I raise 6 children with my wife, and I only get an average of two hours of sleep a day. In the words of his wife: "He never had a time of his own". Even so, it still cannot change the dilemma of 8 people crammed into a small house.
In this family, everything is practical, and all of Bobby's clothes are bought from second-hand stores. Fab 5 doesn't seem to be able to do much, but their performance in this episode makes me believe that these few people are not just here to do a show, but to give all their sincerity to help others and do the best for each other. long-term plan.
Bobby's clothes are selected from the clothing section of the supermarket. There is no brand, no fancy store. The important thing is to teach him how to choose clothes that suit his body;
For the toiletries at home, choose family clothes that are suitable for all skin types and hair types as much as possible. At the same time, teach children to distinguish between their own and their parents, and keep the bathroom tidy; in the small garden in front of the house, eggplants are planted , pumpkin and zucchini, which can not only provide free organic vegetables for the family table, but also allow children to establish a sense of responsibility to the family through labor;
Even built a "housework board" in the toy area at home, allowing children to help parents share the housework within their ability through fun competitions. All designs are necessary, interesting, and well-organized. Can't help but sigh, what an angel.
By the end of the makeover, the unkempt Bobby used to be as handsome as "Chris Pratt and George Clooney," he said. "Those things that made life a burden haven't gone away, but I'm not scared anymore."
I have never believed that there is any given, best, only right life choice in this world. As this variety show has done-letting a group of sexual minorities with queer labels to "save" some people who seem to be more in line with mainstream social cognition standards is itself a kind of rebellion. They never force others to accept mainstream aesthetics, but respect each person's uniqueness; they never emphasize queer labels, but seek to be born alike.
This reminds me of a very dramatic conflict in Bobby's story: As a devout Christian, the Fab 5 who fell from the sky may have had the first close encounter in his life with a gay guy, but he used the greatest generosity , love and tolerance, accepted them. As the original intention advocated in this edition of the program:
Our fight is for acceptance.
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