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In Reply to: Gay demons and family youth posted by Anovagrrl on December 03, 2003 at 12:56:21:
I suggested one time that The Family might benefit from working with some kind of outside focus group before they release certain info to the public. The people putting stuff like this are so isolated, they have no idea what the public thinks is appropriate.
Someone did show us an advance copy of Activated Magazine, several years ago. Jane told them that she didn't like it, because it looked like the same stuff that the Jehovah's Witness people put out. When I saw it, I couldn't even make it past a couple of pages. They seemed crushed, and they never showed us anything like that again!
The sad fact is that The Family believes they have a direct line to Jesus. I don't know why nobody there ever notices that Jesus never tells them that any of these oddball ideas is going to blow up in their faces.
A few years back, I remember Cancion pointing out to me that The Family is always having to correct their Jesus, who seems to do little else than make terrible mistakes that Peter and Maria later have to fix. It would seem that their version of Jesus is only good for one thing.
As far as the homoerotic aspect of that photo? I doubt you would see a band like The Backstreet Boys (who's own name sounds homoerotic to me) pose like this.
I've done some professional staging in my day. If they came to me and asked how to make this look less appealing to middle aged closet queens, and more attractive to the young, record buying public I'd say...
1. Get rid of the pants around the ankles. It looks like they are standing in line for the glory hole.
2. Turn #1 and #2, so it doesn't look like 1 is about to use that camera on 2 to do a colon exam.
3. Don't make #3 look like he's jerking himself off. Nothing terribly sexy or appealing about that. At least stick a raincoat on him if you are going that route.
4. Stick another head on #4. Great six-pack, but the eyes look like a zombie. Plus, give him a longer prop. His hand is out to twice the length of the prop, so it just looks like a case of wishfull thinking.
5. That stage light right over the crotch of #5 looks more like an input than an output. Of course, these guys are required to believe the have a socket. But is the public really ready for that concept? Airbrush out that tan line.
6. I looks like #1 and #6 are about to take a run and harpoon an unsuspecting 2,3,4&5 with those long camera lenses.
Final ANALysis... scrap it. It's just way too gay.
