Parent company Logo this morning issued a press release with more details on the western expansion of the gay househusbands franchise: The A-List: Dallas.
I sort of have a thing for cowboys… and bad reality TV, so I really want to like this. Dare I get my hopes up? From what little we’ve seen so far of the principal cast, it looks like it might have more potential than its franchise predecessor .
Five reasons A-List: Dallas will be better than A-List: New York
1. Viewers have lower expectations!
And by this I mean the original New York cast was perhaps unfairly taken to represent “the gay community” as a whole. And so, many gay viewers felt embarrassed by the venture. But with Dallas, all those country drawls and ten gallon hats automatically distinguish the cast from your average gay. Most gay viewers aren’t walking in to this one expecting to see themselves represented by the cast. So they won’t be offended if, as is likely, they wind up hating them.
Okay, maybe Texas gays won’t like how they’re represented. Sorry y’all, but the rest of us should be able to have some fun with it.
2. Colon cleansing hasn’t yet caught on in Dallas.
So that means we should be spared any high colonic horror stories from the Dallas cast. Likewise, I’m doubting there will be many scenes of cast members getting botox injections or lip plumping. We’re more likely to see cattle roping and line dancing, which I’m fine with.
3. Cast more evenly matched.
I always thought the problem with the New York crew was you had big black hole Reichen and then all these tiny little moons circling helplessly in his orbit. With Mike Ruiz passing by briefly every 76 years like Halley’s Comet.
Okay, maybe I went overboard with the celestial metaphor. But my point is that the Dallas crew basically all start out as unknowns and of equal stature. In a mid-size city like Dallas, you can believe these people might actually hang out together. So maybe their various social interactions will seem less artificial and forced than their New York counterparts.
4. Team Estrogen is in the starting line-up.
The New York show waited until season two to bring in a much-needed female cast member. Almost as an afterthought, and frankly no one is buying Nyasha. She seems far more interested in advancing the Nyasha brand of synthetic wigs and music videos than she does in hanging out with Reichen, Derek and the rest of the crew. Okay, not that we can blame her.
Dallas wisely introduces us to Ashley from the get go. Presumably that means she’ll be better integrated into the various storylines.
5. Levi’s nose.
I have a thing for distinctive noses and… have you seen Levi’s nose?
Any other reasons why Dallas might improve upon the A-List model? Are you willing to give it a shot when it premieres in October? Let us know in the comments.
Here’s more information about the cast via today’s press release…
