But then again, this just might be funny... I don't like stereotypes and this seems to be all about them, but it is what it is.
Released on April 2006 this Scandinavian reality TV show featuring 9 of the most effeminate gay male contestants from Europe entering an American military-style training program. In each episode the gay recruits face new training missions of stereotypically "masculine" tasks. The final episode ends with the Gay Army battling the "real" army in a game of "war". The show was first broadcast in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The show has also been sold to Italy, Germany and Poland.
Some LGBT rights activists protested the show's stereotyping premise. An organization of LGBT military in Sweden asked the network not to air it. Yet the show has been popular with audiences. The show has been nominated for awards at the Rose d'Or ceremony as well as the 2006 Danish TV Awards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Army
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