Ricky Martin is a tabloid gay
April 3rd 2010 05:17
VYOOS EDITORIAL
The main news stories around the world on Monday, March 29, were the terrorist attacks on the Moscow subway, a surprise visit by the US president to Afghanistan, and the announcement by Ricky Martin that he is gay.
Most non-tabloid media rated the first two stories more important, but you wouldn't know it from the astonishment, applause, approbation, anger, angst and airheadedness with which the community greeted the third.
Why all the song and dance? Well, the strident reactions came mostly from America, where conservative, prurient, judgmental, religious conservatism is, like Sarah Palin's glasses, a fashion accessory. America is the world's biggest importer of eggshells, upon which the country's liberal-minded citizens walk.
Admittedly, Martin's announcement was itself less than robustly self-affirming. It came on his web site, as follows: "To keep living as I did up until today would be to indirectly diminish the glow that my kids where born with. Enough is enough. This has to change."
Indirect diminution is not a concept that commonly confronts the fans (or foes) of pop stars, so we will try to clarify. The children to which Martin refers are his twin sons, Matteo and Valentino, who were born in August 2008. So what Ricky is saying is that having children made it clear to him that he was gay.
We hope that's clear.
Of course, Ricky could have said something like "I knew I was gay years ago" but, as his marketing advisers would have pointed out, there is little headline mileage in such banalities. Often, truth isn't sexy.
Also, you don't have the fun of teasing the religious right.
| 165 |
| Vote |
Comments (4)
Add Comments
