Twitter Critics Stunned By Homoerotic Promo For Tucker Carlson Program On Testosterone
Critics of Fox News host Tucker Carlson were taken aback by the striking homoerotic nature of the trailer for his upcoming “documentary” about what he calls the “collapse” of testosterone levels in men.
The steamy trailer for the first episode of his new season of “Tucker Carlson Originals” features a series of shots of half-nude, muscular (white) men. They’re pumping rubber, chopping wood, grilling, firing a gun — and wrestling — accompanied by the soaring, thumping musical theme “Thus Spoke Zarathustra,” which was widely popularized in the 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
Oddly, many of the men’s faces are blurred out or hidden. In one scene, a naked man stands with arms outstretched and genitals illuminated behind what one observer said looks like a Tesla recharging station.
Daily Beast journalist Justin Baragona quipped in a tweet that the trailer would get Carlson “arrested” if he aired it in a classroom in Florida, where it’s now illegal to address sexual orientation in lower grades in schools.
I promise you are not prepared for Tucker's latest montage pic.twitter.com/8tdvYTW2cn
— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) April 16, 2022
This is in the first three seconds pic.twitter.com/tM5nt8mg8v
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) April 16, 2022
“Do fascists get off on Tucker’s weird video?” wondered Walter Shaub, former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in the Obama and (briefly) the Trump administrations. “A guy shoves his junk in a light box, a narrator says ‘hard’ repeatedly, one chugs water like beer at a frat house, two writhe shirtless ...”
Do fascists get off on Tucker’s weird video? A guy shoves his junk in a light box, a narrator says “hard” repeatedly, one chugs water like beer at a frat house, two writhe shirtless, one squeezes a cow utter with no bucket (so just for fun?), and one shoots at jugs of yellow oil.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) April 16, 2022
Others couldn’t help but notice echoes of Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl.
Slow motion, naked dudes, posing against the sky, performing athletic feats, classical music… I’m gettingg strong Leni Riefenstahl “Olympia” vibes pic.twitter.com/DXY3GgzkdM
— Stop The Donald (@Stop_The_Donald) April 16, 2022
Carlson warns in a promo for the episode about the pending “end of men,” the title for the episode. He declares: “One of the biggest stories of our lifetimes is the total collapse in testosterone levels in American men.” He promises to share secrets on how to stop that from happening. (Someone on Twitter recommended watching the trailer a few times.)
Testosterone levels in American men — and around the world — have been decreasing for decades, which scientists have attributed to factors like aging, poorer health, lack of exercise and obesity. Research has also found testosterone levels reduced by pollution, which Carlson generally doesn’t seem concerned about.
Who knows what the actual documentary will reveal? But the trailer alone was inspiring for countless Twitter wits.
The gay '70s VHS porno I was watching put itself on pause and gazed at Tucker Carlson's smoking hot "The End of Men" trailer in lust-filled amazement and jealousy.
— Daved Alexander 🏳️🌈 👻🌴 (@daved_alexander) April 16, 2022
WTF us this?!?! pic.twitter.com/JsU35gKdxN
— Dr. #DefenderOfDemocracy💉#ReproductiveRights 💉 (@HeideggerFan) April 16, 2022
Is that one dude having sex with a Tesla recharging kiosk?
— Jay Black (@jayblackisfunny) April 16, 2022
Wait till Tuckems finds out it because of all the endocrine disruptors (testosterone killers!) in the environment like BPA, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), dioxins, perchlorate, ETC,all from his buddies in industry that are polluting our water and land 😭
— 🇺🇦Ann *Creating barriers to vote is NOT Freedom (@AnnJR8) April 16, 2022
version with correct soundtrack https://t.co/eo0oCqbHzJ
— Curt Naus (@CurtNaus) April 16, 2022
This is how he illustrates his theory. pic.twitter.com/X0Or42hfPR
— Helen Kennedy 🌻 (@HelenKennedy) April 16, 2022
Wait. Is this a parody?
— Cathy Young 🇺🇦 (@CathyYoung63) April 16, 2022
I was not at all prepared. pic.twitter.com/0kCbNzDd9u
— Irene Adler (@Irene_X_Adler) April 16, 2022
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.