by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Wow I am cracking up over this Saturday Night Live video. (Hat tip to Gay Persons of Color!)
“I know you say there’s no gays in Iran, but you’re in New York now, baby.”
Maybe even funnier than this video is this New York Times article that helpfully points out that there are indeed gays in Iran, and that some of them even shave their heads and often wear earrings in their left ear. (Thanks Rob!)
Also check out Brian Lehrer’s interview with Arsham Parsi, Executive Director of the Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO).
btw, I didn’t realize that Iran has the 2nd largest transexual population in the world. (Thailand is first.)
I must say this was seriously funny. butter pecan thighs…and your hairy butt. classic.
The video was FUNNY! Loved it! SNL is very good with political commentary.
You know what confuses me? The fact that the New York Times article seems to take a stance of exploring this strange and weird place on the planet called Iran that has problems with gays and that America (and Europe) seems to be some safe haven. The fact of the matter is it’s usually major cities that support and protect gays in the West (barely). If they venture out, they may face danger. As seen in Top Gear’s American Road Trip (they were nearly killed!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V-2BKwPdK4&mode=related&search=
Didn’t Prez. Bush try to reverse all the progress that LGBTT people have made? Back and forth with gay marriage? We still have people in the closet for a reason, so let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The world has a lot of work to do with accepting the wide spectrum of gender/sexuality. Not just Iran.
Just FYI: the looped piano track is based on Aphex Twin’s “Avril 14th” on the first CD of Drukqs. It’s one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking instrumentals I’ve ever heard.
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“I know you say there’s no gays in Iran/
But you’re in New York now, baby”
CLASSIC!!!!
Here, here…Kaywil. Well said.
I emailed this to everyone I know. I knew I could count on SNL for some hilarity regarding Ahmedinejad’s visit.
BWAHAHAHA!
They say true love comes only once in a lifetime
and even though we’re from opposite ends of the earth,
my heart tells me you’re the one for me.
Mahmoud
I remember when it started, saw you on the news
you were hating gays, I was eating food
but I was feeling you, and even though I disagreed with almost everything you said
you aint wrong to me, so strong to me, you belong to me
Like a very hairy Jake Gyllenhaal to me
Mahmoud make my heart beat right out of my chest
my mind says no but my body says yes
Nuclear threat, the only threat I see
is the threat of you not coming home with me.
Our love for each other’s like when atoms collide
Can’t express how I feel
Ay yo Adam let’s ride
And Iran, Iran so far away
is your home, but in my heart you’ll stay
He ran, for the president of Iran
we ran together to a tropical island
my man, Mahmoud is known for rilin’
smiling, if he can still do it then I can
they call you weasel, they say your methods are medieval
you can play the Jews I can be your Jim Caviezel
S&M, nestlin’ when we’re wrestlin’
You can be the port that I park my vessel in
So I try to mute the tv but you can still see me
with your sleepy brown eyes, butter pecan thighs
And your hairy butt…
Yeah.
And Iran, Iran so far away
come home, and in my arms you’ll stay
Used to look at the stars and dream
round the world same stars we’re see’n
And a twinkle in your eyes Mahmoud.
Talk smooth to me, without a tie
your pants high waisted, damn so fly.
We can take a trip to the animal zoo
and laugh at all the funny things that animals do
Like Eugene (Levy) you got me straight trippin’ boo
hope you look in my eyes and say I’m trippin’ too
you say Iran don’t have the bomb but they already do
you should know by now, it’s you.
And Iran, Iran so far away
is your home, but in my heart you’ll stay
You crazy for this one Mahmoud
you can deny the holocaust all you want
but you can’t deny that there’s something between us
I know you say there’s no gays in Iran
but you’re in New York now baby
it’s time to stop hiding,
and start living
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of New Demographic, a diversity education firm. Her perspectives on race and diversity have been featured on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, USA Today, and The New York Times.
Hollywood » Comment on “Like a very hairy Jake Gyllenhaal to me…” by Kaywil on 01 Oct 2007 at 2:31 pm
[...] Colin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe video was FUNNY! Loved it! SNL is very good with political commentary. You know what confuses me? The fact that the New York Times article seems to take a stance of exploring this strange and weird place on the planet called Iran … [...]
Hollywood » Comment on “Like a very hairy Jake Gyllenhaal to me…” by jo tweter on 05 Oct 2007 at 5:38 am
[...] MarksFriggin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptLike a very hairy Jake Gyllenhaal to me Mahmoud make my heart beat right out of my chest my mind says no but my body says yes Nuclear threat, the only threat I see is the threat of you not coming home with me. … [...]