Yes, I took a break last night from laundry/organizing/panicking to watch Glee– and I cannot recall a more enjoyable hour of television … EVER.
As everyone knows by now, last night was Glee’s “Madonna Episode”. I found myself clapping, vogueing, and squealing in the midst of the mess that is my apartment. It was like someone picked the brains of a bunch of 30/40-something gay males and created a television episode based on the results.
Madonna is the gay icon of my generation. Like Judy Garland before and Lady GaGa currently, Madge was/is THE entertainer many gay men my age idolize. Yes, there are others – but Madonna was/is the one for me.
I will never forget in 11th grade when my friend Stacey played the “Madonna” album (Madge’s first - above) for me. It was instant love. And every time my high school gang took a road trip in Stacey’s huge Pontiac/Buick/Whatever, we always played that Madonna cassette.
My favorite song at the time was Burning Up. In fact, I can remember doing a little in-the-car lip synch performance to the song with lots of gyrating, yearning and general writhing. Goodness, I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO gay (and yet still in the closet).
So, for your musical enjoyment, I present to you a gay icon ... Madonna ...
