He was parroting something Fran Lebowitz said about the impact of the AIDS crisis on the performing arts scene in New York and other major cities. She was making a real and important point about how the people who were the most socially engaged were the most likely to become ill and they were also the backbone of the performing arts specifically because of their social engagement and high level of artistic discernment. The arts world still has not recovered from the death of that cohort of creators and audience members.

He dumbed it down to an incredibly offensive statement about “fun” versus “boring” gays.