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Article: Oscar Bowl Monday.(why gays love the Academy Award shows)(includes related article)(Cover Story)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- April 1, 1997
- Author:
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If you've seen me as Ted Casablanca on E! Entertainment Television's Gossip Show, you know I've fearlessly (and stupidly) dished Hollywood's biggest and brightest. But when The Advocate asked me to explain why the Academy Awards have come to be known as the gay Super Bowl, well, I had to catch my breath for a minute.
The gay Super Bowl? Well, yeah. I don't know much about the straight Super Bowl, but I've been told that's when hetero men gather to indulge and fantasize about their guilty pleasures. When our Super Bowl comes around, on Oscar night, aren't we doing the same thing?
After all, the Oscars embody the four classic guilty pleasures of the ...