Because Love Doesn’t Exist If It’s Not On TV Or Facebook, Here’s Brazil’s First Televised Gay Wedding
14 April 2008, 3:00 PM. By Daniel Mauser
Felipeh Campos and Rafael Scapucim were married on Brazilian TV show “Superpop” in front of 1,000 guests and countless other TV viewers. Made in Brazil described the ceremony as “one of the tackiest weddings” ever, which added to its “camp” and fun factor.
And while, you know - who doesn’t like a heinous wedding? - Felipeh and Rafael are, in a sense, not just getting married for one another.
Something we’ve come to terms with, maybe as a result of growing up (haha!), maybe because we read the comments thread accompanying the “Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez hearts Junot Diaz” post, wide-eyed and incredulous, is that, when you are a part of any minority or disenfranchised group, you are, whether you like or not, called upon to be a representative for that group. As such, continuing to present gay couples as campy caricatures, while making for great “guilty pleasure” TV programming, it might not be the best tactic in allowing the general public to view gay couples as real people who fall in love and get married. Of course, the argument could be made that any access into the lives of others, especially if presented with humor, can humanize, demystify and render anyone relatable.
What do you think, though? If such weddings were shown on American TV, would it do more to help or hurt those who’re fighting for gay marriage in the United States? And is there an inherent responsibility for members of any disenfranchised group or minority to “represent?”
Think about it while we go do body shots under the ice sculpture of Michelangelo’s David. No, shut up, it’s classy. He’s wearing a bowtie. Well, no, not around his neck.
Brazil’s First Televised Gay Wedding [Made in Brazil]
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I love the gays, they keep me young! God bless them!
As if they would have had a more subdue ceremony! You go bitches!
Its important to follow your dreams and your heart, and not to let anything stand in your way.
As long as they dictated the terms of their own wedding, and it wasn’t forced on them to be “campy and fabulous” for the cameras, the I don’t see anything wrong with it. Some heterosexual weddings are way tackier.
Now, that said, keeping in mind that you are a representative of a community, and yes, a disenfranchised one, maybe the only important part would be to show that amid the FUN FUN FUN FUN there was some real emotion.