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Shirtless Putin now a gay icon

From correspondents in Moscow

August 24, 2007 04:00am

WHEN Vladimir Putin stripped down to the waist for the cameras, his muscled torso made headlines around the world.

And one week on, the ripples are still being felt in Russia, where he has become a sex symbol, the inspiration for men to start pumping iron, and the new darling of the gay lobby.

Few could have predicted the explosion of gossip and speculation that followed the publication of the pictures, taken while the President was on holiday with Prince Albert of Monaco in the Siberian mountains.

Yesterday, newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda published a huge colour photo of the bare-chested President, under the headline "Be Like Putin".

The picture illustrated a guide to the exercises needed to build up a torso like that of the Russian leader.

The paper reported that women who visited its website posted comments on Mr Putin's "vigorous torso" and said they "were screaming with delight and showering him with compliments."

Russian gay chatrooms and blogs were particularly intrigued by the photos.

Some claimed that Mr Putin, by stripping to his waist, was pleading for more tolerance of homosexuality in Russia - where gays and lesbians are for the most part forced to remain closeted.

Brokeback Putin

One satirical photo circulating on the Internet jokingly compared the fishing and riding adventure with the movie Brokeback Mountain, a love story about gay cowboys.

The 54-year-old leader, who is married with two daughters, has long cultivated an image of machismo.

Well-known as a downhill skier and with a black belt in judo, he has appeared on national television driving a truck, operating a train, sailing on a submarine and co-piloting a fighter jet.

In contrast to his predecessor Boris Yeltsin, notorious for his drunken antics, Mr Putin has established an image as energetic, sober and sharp-witted.

Political commentators have been trying to guess what kind of message these latest pictures might send, given that he has insisted he plans to step down at the end of his second presidential term next year - as required by the constitution.

'Reassurance' for Russians

One Russian radio talk show host speculated that the photos were meant to enhance Mr Putin's personal appeal to voters - a strong signal that he does not plan to relinquish power.

But Stanislav Belkovsky, head of the country's National Strategy Institute think-tank, said the images were nothing more than an effort to reassure Russians that their leader can relax, and is preparing for retirement.

Yevgeny Volk, who heads the Heritage Foundation's Moscow office, said the political elite increasingly views Mr Putin as a lame-duck leader and that half-naked photos only strengthen the impression that he should not be taken seriously.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22295632-13762,00.html

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Encore des gays en Russie? … avec 87 hommes pour 100 femmes!

On comprend mieux le désarroi de ces dernières !

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Remarque un concours de torses poilus vaut mieux qu'une nouvelle guerre froide.

On attend avec impatience l'entrée en lice d'Angela Merkel dans le concours topless des grands de ce monde… :icon_up:

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C'est un vieux truc. Pour éliminer les bourrelets, on coupe le plan juste en dessous du diaphragme (première photo) ou bien on met la ceinture plus haut et on rentre le ventre (seconde photo). Je parie que Sarko prend Poutine au jogging quand il veut.

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C'est un vieux truc. Pour éliminer les bourrelets, on coupe le plan juste en dessous du diaphragme (première photo) ou bien on met la ceinture plus haut et on rentre le ventre (seconde photo). Je parie que Sarko prend Poutine au jogging quand il veut.

Oui mais sur un tatami ce devrait être une autre histoire (je crois que le tsar est ceinture noire de judo).

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Oui mais sur un tatami ce devrait être une autre histoire (je crois que le tsar est ceinture noire de judo).

Pas grave, si Poutine essaie de le mettre au tapis, Sarko aura déjà filé depuis longtemps.

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On attend avec impatience l'entrée en lice d'Angela Merkel dans le concours topless des grands de ce monde… :icon_up:

"On" ? Pas moi.

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Poulpe-Friction? Si quand j'avance, tentacule?

J'ai pas compris, sinon.

Allusion à un vers d'une des chansons favorites de Lucilio ("C'est vrai qu'c'est faux de croire que les tantes acculent leur nièce à cette union ridicule"). Non, en réalité, il s'agit d'une private joke eu égard au lusitanisme honteux de notre ami. :icon_up:

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L'ironie du propos me semblait allé de soi…

Elle est partie avec l'infinitif.

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Allusion à un vers d'une des chansons favorites de Lucilio ("C'est vrai qu'c'est faux de croire que les tantes acculent leur nièce à cette union ridicule"). Non, en réalité, il s'agit d'une private joke eu égard au lusitanisme honteux de notre ami. :icon_up:

Je me suis d'ailleurs souvenu que "tentacule" est fort amusant en verlan. Ce fut un de mes premiers jeux de mots, vers 8 ans.

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