Barrowman the outspoken...

[fajrdrako]

I love the way John Barrowman says what he thinks. The Sun has tried a little rabble-rousing by making a controvesy out of what he was quoted as saying in Doctor Who Magazine, stirring up the notion that his comments were inappropriate.

Personally, I like it that "John also spoke of how he fancied former Doctor Christopher Ecclestone and 'sexy' current star David Tennant." Well - yes! The man has taste. Of course he fancies them, as do several zillion other fans and (no doubt) acquaintances. (Form a queue on the right.)

Controversy presumably means sales for both The Sun and Doctor Who Magazine, and publicity for Barrowman - not a bad thing. On the obverse side, seems to me that playing this up as a bad thing caters to homophobia, which is a shame. Would anyone complain if Billie Piper called them sexy? Well, no - she has, and they didn't. So it goes.

Comments

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Just look at the lists of books on the best-seller lists, or the paperbacks being sold at the bus depots. Not just bad writing, but unintelligent thought.

Still: if the formula is that "90% of everything is crap", then there's still that 10% of good stuff we can treasure. And foster, as long as we can tell the difference.

[femme-slash-fan.livejournal.com]

That's true....