Follow TV Tropes

Following

Context Quotes / QueerPeopleAreFunny

Go To

1->Many of the scripted jokes are your most predictable set ups for lame punchlines. For example, the gruff security officer somehow sees ''Theatre/AChorusLine'' which makes him gay. Not just gay, but Village People gay with a limp wrist and stereotype voice. You see, because [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore he was so macho you wouldn’t expect]] that he…*sigh* [[INeedAFreakingDrink Where’s the booze?]]
2-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/meet-dave-2008-brian-robbins/ on]] ''Film/MeetDave''
3
4->It is easy to find fault with this story. This does not, however, make it any less worth doing. First and most simply is, of course, Susan, the trans mare. This marks the second time Toby Whithouse has completely fucked up trans representation (the first being his gobsmackingly transphobic bit of dialogue for Jack in "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS1E7GreeksBearingGifts}} Greeks Bearing Gifts]]" over on ''Torchwood'')... One might argue that the intent was good, although I think you run aground pretty quickly when you realize that thus far all trans representation on ''Doctor Who'' has been for the purpose of jokes, which is actually pretty much the opposite of good intentions no matter how much you state it.
5-->--'''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/youre-fast-becoming-prey-to-every-cliché-ridden-convention-in-the-american-west-a-town-called-mercy/ El Sandifer]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E3ATownCalledMercy}} "A Town Called Mercy"]]
6
7->That’s some tired “Open Mike Night” down at the Laff Hut shit for a multimillionaire hosting an awards show. Earn your money, Wanda...He also made a joke about how he was busting Bruce Jenner’s balls while he still had them. [[Music/ChrisBrown Fist Brown]] thought it was hilarious, sitting in the audience all tattooed and purple-haired, looking like Grimace’s girlfriend’s partial abortion. [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday Remain seated, Fist.]]
8-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/03/30/jamie-foxx-came-for-bruce-jenner-at-the-iheartradio-music-awards/ J. Harvey]]''', "Jamie Foxx Came For Bruce Jenner"
9
10->'''Creator/BenSchwartz:''' So then, what's the last frame of our film?\
11'''Herzog:''' As he is crushed by the beam, he says, 'I am a homosexual.'\
12'''Ben:''' ''[cracking up]'' Why?\
13'''Scott:''' Because it's a laugh line.\
14'''Herzog:''' Films such as these posit the idea that, uh, homosexuality is the funniest thing you can even imagine. So I want to end the film on a big laugh line.
15-->--'''[[Creator/PaulFTompkins Werner Herzog]]''' on ''Podcast/ComedyBangBang'', explaining why his version of ''Grown Ups 3'' would end with a gay firefighter being ironically killed by falling debris
16
17-> '''Gay pirate''': [[PokemonSpeak Gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay gay!]]\
18 ''audience and crew laugh''\
19'''Gay guy in a towel''': [[YouKnowImBlackRight Can somebody tell me how that's funny?]]\
20'''Sparks''': He's ''gay''.\
21'''Shanks''': Hey, is that gay fellow doing stuff?
22-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'', ''[[Recap/Sealab2021S3E8ASHDTV ASHDTV]]''

Top