 The episode received generally positive reception . According to Darrell Giles of The Courier Mail , several American critics characterized it as the best episode of the show . Jason Steele of the Chicago Tribune 's RedEye named it one of his three favorite episodes of Will & Grace . Jeffrey Robinson of DVD Talk wrote that the episode was hilarious . Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly noted , " Damon 's spunky appearance ... as a straight guy posing as homosexual and competing with Jack ( Sean Hayes ) for a spot in a gay men 's choir . The show is endlessly imaginative in the ways it explores themes like this with a humor that doesn 't betray or belittle its core gay characters . " Scott D. Pierce of the Deseret News was less positive about the episode , stating that it " plays like bad camp . There 's nothing realistic about it — [ the characters ] seem more like the inhabitants of a lame Saturday Night Live sketch than marginally real characters . " He also noted that " the extent of the tastelessness of the sex talk and Karen faking a sexual encounter is amazing . " 
