Neil Patrcik Harris was Doogie before my gaydar developed. And I admit sometimes I do have trouble buying certain actors as straight cough Tony Curtis cough but Barney seems so very straight to me. Maybe Dad has feelings he's covering up.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Laga - May 09, 2010 9:19:49 am PDT #2404 of 8624
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
erikaj - May 09, 2010 10:15:59 am PDT #2405 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!
When I found out that he was gay, I wasn't stunned, but at the same time, he plays a straight guy well enough. My issue is, I can't believe that *anyone* acts like Barney, but that's a different thing.
Daisy Jane - May 09, 2010 10:43:40 am PDT #2406 of 8624
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Ha! Allow me to introduce you to my friend Bob sometime. Not quite as bad, but close, complete with kind streak he'd prefer no one know about.
askye - May 09, 2010 10:49:59 am PDT #2407 of 8624
Thrive to spite them
I have a co worker who says the same thing about how he can't really get into the character of Barney because NPH is gay.
I asked him if had a hard time believing any other actor on the show, or any other show or movie since it's freaking ACTING.
He didn't seem to have a hard time believing Sigourney Weaver in a space movie or a bunch of people acting as CGI blue creatures.
Jesse - May 09, 2010 3:22:25 pm PDT #2408 of 8624
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I have a hard time believing Alyson Hannigan is into Jason Segal, because I know she's happily married!
Wait -- no I don't.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 09, 2010 8:00:40 pm PDT #2409 of 8624
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't have any trouble buying NPH playing straight characters, although there are some actors for whom that issue crops up. Including Ty Burrell, who I'm fairly certain is straight and married in real life but couldn't sell me on the heterosexuality of any of his characters if his life depended on it.
Vortex - May 09, 2010 8:13:09 pm PDT #2410 of 8624
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I can't see Sean Hayes playing a straight guy, but I'm willing to give it a shot. I mean, I've never seen him play a straight character, so I really don't have a frame of reference for it.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 09, 2010 9:50:05 pm PDT #2411 of 8624
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
In a vacuum I'm sure he could do it in terms of portraying a believable character, but it would take a lobotomy to make me forget 8 years of shrieking gay minstrel show work on his part.
Did anyone else tune in last night to see the Betty White SNL? I can't remember when I last laughed that hard.
Vortex - May 10, 2010 4:45:31 am PDT #2412 of 8624
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I haven't watched an entire episode of SNL in forever, so I can't say that it was the best episdode in years, but it was pretty damn funny. Much funnier than I remember SNL being.
Laga - May 10, 2010 3:51:44 pm PDT #2413 of 8624
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm one-degree removed from Sean Hayes and I'm told jack is pretty much Sean. But just because he played himself on TV doesn't mean he can't play straight in the theatre.