I'm glad someone else pointed this out. As a "non-sassy" gay male I'll admit I do have a tendency to take myself seriously, but the gay stereotypes aren't really what bother me here. There are indeed "sassy" gay males out there and I think the adjective "sassy" is sufficient enough of a qualifier to clarify that this dude isn't a representative of the entire gay male community.
My problem is that the "friends" he is helping are always female. I found Sassy Gay Friend to be very funny the first time I was introduced to it. I continued to find it funny when I saw the other Shakespeare references. I even liked when they also stepped into other genres of literature (from religious texts to children's books) for inspiration. Now, however, the chauvinist, "women are too irrational to solve their own problems" message is becoming a little too glaring. Surely, there are plenty of irrational male characters in popular fiction who could use the help of Sassy Gay Friend, no?
I'm glad someone else pointed this out. As a "non-sassy" gay male I'll admit I do have a tendency to take myself seriously, but the gay stereotypes aren't really what bother me here. There are indeed "sassy" gay males out there and I think the adjective "sassy" is sufficient enough of a qualifier to clarify that this dude isn't a representative of the entire gay male community.
My problem is that the "friends" he is helping are always female. I found Sassy Gay Friend to be very funny the first time I was introduced to it. I continued to find it funny when I saw the other Shakespeare references. I even liked when they also stepped into other genres of literature (from religious texts to children's books) for inspiration. Now, however, the chauvinist, "women are too irrational to solve their own problems" message is becoming a little too glaring. Surely, there are plenty of irrational male characters in popular fiction who could use the help of Sassy Gay Friend, no?