Is this too gay?
A little while back my new friends at the Metropolitan Educational Theatre Network were nice enough to set up this amazing opportunity for me:
They have a marvelous repertoire of musicals which they’ve either commissioned, or adapted, for performance by children, from as young as 4 years of age to teenagers. It’s an amazing program which stages dazzling productions of shows like the “Wizard of Oz’”, “Grease”, and “Annie”. This all occurred on their set for “Peter Pan”, which just closed in Torrance, last month. I was overwhelmed by the production values that these shows have, (you should see the costumes for the ‘Lost Boys’) but even more by their mission to teach kids discipline, poise, and community responsibility. For the kids, this is a clever side effect of them just learning to perform on stage. I think a lot of these LA kids go into the program thinking they are going to be “stars”, and they end up learning how to pull their weight in a group, and to maintain a healthy team spirit. It’s an incredible institution, and one which I wish my parents had known about when I was in elementary school.
But all of that aside, I look at this footage and it makes me wonder if I’m just way too gay. What if they have to reinstate the draft? What am I going to do? I mean, look at this other clip from the flying escapade.
I don’t know what happened. Somewhere in my life I lost track of all those people who used to tell me when I’d gone over the the line. I mean, some of my earliest memories are of my mother shouting “heel, toe, heel, toe” behind me while I walked, because I was a notorious skipper. But today, these people have all but vanished. It’s like I’ve just been set free to run gaily amok through the countryside, and there are no checks and balances anywhere. No one was there to say “Dude, don’t put those shorts on again, man, you’ll really be asking for it”. Even Jerry Falwell’s dead. I can’t even depend on him to draw that ever-blurring demarcation between the sinners and the saved anymore. But then again, maybe that’s a good thing.
Maybe nothing should be “too gay”. Maybe we should just let things be “gay” and “REALLY GAY”. “Too gay”, suggests that there might just be something wrong about flying through the air in orange short shorts and a cut-off sweatshirt. Maybe “too gay” should be considered an archaic distinction, something left to a time when we didn’t know any better. I mean to be “gay” is to be “happy”, right? And you can never be “too happy”, right?
Well, maybe just a little “too happy”.
1. You’re adorable
2. There is no such thing as “Too Gay”
3. How many frickin’ pairs of orange shorts do you own? I thought you auctioned them off after Project Runway. What, did you buy them back?
4. You looked like you were really enjoying yourself. There’s not enough joy in the world, and we all need to reconnect with our inner child and experience wonder again. I’m glad to see you haven’t lost that. If that’s considered “too gay” than we all need to be a lot gayer!
Thank you so much for your wonderful thoughts about MET2. You hit our goal right on the money. It’s all about helping teach the kids how to become better human beings to each other and to themselves. I don’t know where I would be without MET2. I actually might not have become as “gay” as I am. You’re wonderful and I’m so much “gayer” to have met you. Hopefully I’ll see you soon…give Rhonda my love.
Jennifer
oh, come on Andrae…you can never be too gay!. i wish i could do that!
i watched project runway second season today
You are great, Andrae! I loved watching you on PR and love this flying video! I wish there were more people like you who live with such energy and spirit!
oh my god, i always love to read your blog! it amuse me the way you rambling about everything
Wheres Andrae?
TIme for a new post sir!
I loved you on PR2…dont have TV channels so just rented the DVDs…you are so fun and funny and…such a good sport about the crying thing that they poked fun about….
Hows your fashion life going? Would like to hear more about that!
There’s no such thing as “too gay”, silly. Besides, you look like you’re having a blast.
I agree with GC. There’s no such thing as “too gay.”
I wish I could be as true to myself as you are–this particular entry of yours made my heart happy.
haha i love these videos. you can never be too gay, you’re adorable!
That’s like asking, “Am I too Hawaiian?” or “Am I too SoCal?” You simply are you and you live in the moment, which is a wonderful thing. What I see is someone who loves to joke, can be ironical, and isn’t afraid to let people laugh at him, but laughs mostly at himself. So keep being you, it’s the person everyone likes.
Oh Andrae!! Who doesn’t worry too much, right? I love that your mom told you, “heel, toe, heel, toe” since words of our mother live with us forever, but I’m so glad that you didn’t lose that skip in your step either. Watching you on “Project Runway”, you were indeed my favorite, not only because of the lovely, flow you have with your body …. the skip that is so intact, that it will probably never leave, but because of somethign more importantly. What it is, no matter how unpoetic it is, is that you have so much love inside of you that you share with other people. It’s like you have a water garden full of love that you just pour into the room and to those that you are close too. Thanks for giving me an avenue to tell you this, since I’ve been in awe of it for a while and have wanted to tell you so. With so much ugliness around, it’s nice to know there is one that skips to the beat of his own heart and shares it with others.
Thanks for being you and making the world smile a little more.
Andrae:
I just wanted to let you know you’re the greatest person in the history of mankind. Just in case no one’s told you lately.
Love and support from a fan in NY
Good words.