Jerry gay?

Viewing Seinfeld through a homosexual looking glass is something that I never thought of. As a heterosexual, I never picked up on anything that might mean Seinfeld could have gay cues in it. I just thought the show was extremely hilarious.

As a heterosexual, I viewed the characters as always pursuing the opposite sex. But according to the reading, as a homosexual viewing the show, the characters are being homosexual because they fail miserably in their pursuits. Also, it appeals to a homosexual audience because it uses gay slang and innuendos.


One example is that George has a relationship with a woman that fails miserably because it has the quirks of a heterosexual relationship. You then find out that the same woman is having a successful relationship with a woman.


I though the reading was interesting, but I wonder if it's possible to read too much into a plot and discover things that really aren't there. For example, it's funny that their relationships fail or could perceive that the show just has homosexual undercurrents. It just depends on how you look at it. But apparently the author has done research for the essay so from her point of view and since she pointed out all these homosexual subtleties, I would have to say that she is correct.


From her richly expressed and deeply personal writings, the author of this essay does point out extremely interesting facts that as a heterosexual I would have probably never picked up. In today's complex world, the author re-affirms that the things truly that are important in life are precious gifts that can be ours when we open our eyes to what is already there.