Minicap: The A-List: Dallas

***Please welcome your newest recapper, PennyDreadful, to take on your newest A List queens!

I’ m so excited to be your newest recapper!  And what better way to start than with Logo’s brand-new series, The A-List:  Dallas.  I’m sure it will be another of Logo’s thoughtful, serious looks at the gay community in America today.  Or not.

Last night we met the cast.  First up: Levi.  According to Levi, all the gays in Dallas know each other.  I’m not sure that’s true, but I do know that Levi probably knows all of them.  And by “knows” I mean “has slept with”.  Levi”s a former rodeo star who had an accident that put an end to his rodeo  career, and has now gone into the underwear business.  Which, for a guy who sleeps around, seems the perfect job.

Next is Taylor.  He’s Gay! Southern Baptist! and Republican! He’s met George W. Bush, who told Taylor he (Taylor) might be governor of Texas someday.  Mind you, this is the same guy who told us there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.  So I wouldn’t put too much stock in what he says, Taylor.  Taylor also shares with us that Jesus never said anything about gay folks.  So no fisting in the Sermon on the Mount then.  Good to know!

And now we meet James.  He’s a trust fund self-described “party boy” who says life “just looks different” when he’s drunk.  Why yes it does, James.  It looks all spinny and vomity.  James also shares with us that his parents didn’t know he was gay until he came out to them.  HAHAHA  Good one!  Oh, you’re serious?

Next up: Ashley.  She’s the resident fly who has “one credit card for life and one for shopping”.  I have that too, if by “credit card for life” you mean “overdrawn bank account” and “one for shopping” you mean “past-due over-limit Visa”.  Ashley is a photographer/videographer, mostly for weddings, and is married.

Now we meet Philip, who is a personal stylist to society women.  He says in Dallas they have big hair, big jewelry and big Johnsons.  Philip, you do know that condom manufacturers call their smallest size “large”, don’t you?

Finally, here is Chase.  He’s in real estate finance, which he apparently doesn’t understand, because he can’t describe it other than to say it’s “a lot of math” and he “went to college for it”.  You went to college for math?  I learned math in grade school.

The group goes to a rodeo, and we learn James and Levi used to date, a few years ago.   Later, the group goes to a bar, and we learn Taylor and Levi used to date.  James does a super mature sulky thing, Philip stirs up trouble – and much more.  Stay tuned for the full recap!  This promises to be a juicy season!