By Patrick Appel
A reader writes:
Corey Scholibo has a point, but he’s not entirely correct. The Onion AV Club did a 3-page interview with Neil Patrick Harris back in September. Tasha Robinson, while not exactly invoking the "gross" factor, did ask if it was "weird." Here’s the quote:
AVC: Does it feel weird now, as an openly gay man, to be playing so many roles where the character’s complete focus is getting with a woman, or a series of women? In Dr. Horrible, it’s a romantic quest, and in Harold & Kumar and How I Met Your Mother, you play sex fiends. But in all cases, it’s all about the women.
NPH: No. I don’t know that that’s necessarily true. I guess so with NPH and with Barney Stinson—they’re both horndogs. But in most films and roles, the guy is after love, and trying to find the woman, or has been scorned by the woman. I think that’s just the way parts are written. I guess I’m glad that I’m not only being asked to play the effeminate gay guy. I’m not making a conscious effort to play the womanizer role. The Harold & Kumar stuff came at me without my seeking it. Barney Stinson is just—he’s crazy. I don’t know. It’s certainly not a concerted effort on my part to play those roles. But I acknowledge the irony.
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