Homophobes Beware!

It's Project Runway time! Yayyyy! For those of you who don't know, Project Runway is a contest where fifteen wannabe fashion designers compete to win a contract with some design house or another, and Heidi Klum hosts the show because let's face it, there's nothing for a thirty-plus supermodel to do except host reality shows. Also, Project Runway is the ONLY reality game show I can watch, as it is the only one that doesn't make me feel like my IQ is dropping every second it's on.

Anyway, the appeal behind PR, for those of us who aren't into fashion, is in the characters. Tim Gunn, the droll mentor advising everyone to "Make it work, people." Michael Kors, the judge / catty ladyman who's already made it in the business. And the designers! The fabulous flaming gay guys, of course, and the overly insistent that he's straight guy, the tough too-competitive black woman, the flaky girl from another planet, they're the same every year.

This year there are a few standouts but I think the one that grabs the most attention is 21 year old Christian Siriano, who looks almost exactly like Chris Kattan on SNL. Evidence:



And to add to the over-the-toppiness of this guy, he speaks in that horribly questioning way where every sentence ends on a higher note than it started on, and he wears his glasses too low on his face so he has to tip his head back to see out of them. Combine tilting your head way back, asking everything you say, and wearing your hair like no one ever taught you how to use a comb, and you just look like you rode the shortbus to the auditions. All in all, a classic PR designer. And to think, just a few short years ago we thought Austin Scarlett was campy!

I hope Christian stays for a while, and the guy who looks like French Stewart too. They make the show fun.