Why can't they have just fully developed races and sexual preferences without playing games? Its not a fantasy. Black people exist. Non-white people exist. Gay people exist. They are part of the world everyday. The only fantasy happening on a lot of these shows is that only the white people are important, and none of the none white characters have a life worth writing about.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Apparently there is a gay couple on "Desperate Housewives" (I wouldn't know > - I haven't watched since the Alfre Woodard train wreck season). My 17 > year-old daughter tells me the relationship doesn't bother her because "they > never do anything." > > What I find interesting is how Mark Cherry, who is gay, has spoon fed this > storyline to mass America. Darren Starr and the gay writers and producers > of "Sex in the City" (which I continue to insist is a thinly veiled expose > of being white, gay and fabulous in NYC) also found a way to integrate > "safe" gays into their narrative. > > Other "minorities" have also done this. "The Dick Van Dyke Show," one of > the whitest shows ever to to hit the airways, was actually a faux reality > show about Jewish writer/producer Carl Reiner's real life in a > predominantly Jewish New York suburb (which is why the VERY Jewish > "Helpers," played by Jerry Paris and Ann Morgan Guibert, live next door). > > When David Chase became the producer of "Northern Exposure," all of a > sudden we discover that Cicely, Alaska has a Sicilian enclave. Who knew? > > Likewise, "Grey's Anatomy" producer Shonda Rhimes has inserted Chandra > Wilson's Dr. Miranda Bailey as her personal doppleganger. There are > probably other racial avatars in "Anatomy" that I am not yet aware of. > > Wouldn't it be nice if writers of all stripes could write to their heart's > content without this obfuscation? > > ~rave? > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > > > Maybe it was the way the show implemented the relationship bent folks out > of > > shape? People like to think that they can still have a chance with a gay > > person if they were in the appropriate situation with them. Even if there > is > > no chance for them to meet the actor. > > > > Will and Grace were on tv for years but I don't think that they showed > > intimate details of the gay relationships on that show. > > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote: > > > > > http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/88783517.html > > > > > > Decision to end soap opera's gay plotline becomes its own drama > > > Posted: March 22, 2010 8:06 a.m. |(1) COMMENTS > > > > > > If you don't watch ABC's daytime drama "One Life to Live," you don't > know > > > Kish. > > > > > > But if you do watch, you already know the firestorm caused by the show > and > > > network's decision to end the gay-themed story arc that fans have > > > affectionately dubbed Kish. The nickname is a mash-up of the > characters' > > > names: Kyle, played by Brett Claywell, and Fish, played by Scott Evans. > > > > > > Ironically, the decision to cancel the Kish arc was made after the show > > > learned it was being honored by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against > > > Defamation for showing a positive portrayal of gay life. In a > statement, a > > > "One Life to Live" spokesperson said that the show was glad the > characters > > > were popular, but "there are no immediate plans to advance their > story." > > > > > > Speculation that the storyline was canceled because it alienated the > show's > > > female demographic was fed by a TV Guide Magazine article quoting > "sources > > > at the network" saying the characters "failed to resonate" with the > > > audience. According to TV Guide, the ratings for the show "were > particularly > > > dismal" in late 2009 when the characters became a couple. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo > ! > > > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > > Mahogany at: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
