Reality TV program in which five men, expert in such fields as fashion, cooking, decorating and suchlike, take on the task of improving the lifestyle and living conditions of another man; All five are homosexual and with one exception rather camp, and the makeover subject is always straight.
Although
entertaining,
educational and sometimes amusing, it carries the unspoken message that
straight men are in the main uncouth, untidy and useless at choosing clothes and cooking.
A:"you know, I never realised that I shave like I'm in a race or
something"
B:"What? Like the guys on 'Queer Eye For
the Straight Guy' say it
all the time."
pause.
B:"Probably true, though."