What kind of TV shows can I post?
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Actually, the 2007 Christmas Doctor Who Special 'Voyage of the Damned' is ideal for this site. A Poseidon Adventure-esq romp set on the Titanic, in space, at Xmas, starring Kylie Minogue, you can't get much gayer than that !!! :cheesy2:
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Kylie Minoge playing a lesbian? :cheesy2:
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Saint Kylie could never play a lesbian
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It is an interesting discussion: Does merely having a gay character make a series "gay interest"? Television and film have adopted the requirement of a token Black character, and hence are now adding a token gay character. This often does more harm than good. I've been forced to watch the horrible series, "GLEE," twice and find the "gay" student character an outright embarrassment. He's a heterosexual's version of what a gay character should be: weak, blatantly effeminate with exaggerated mannerisms, uncontrollably emotional, and most importantly, laughable. There's a history of gay characters playing the sweet but silly, misguided, harmless clown. Were gay characters allowed to be taken seriously, it would be a perceived threat to the larger heterosexual audience. And that would cost advertisement dollars.
No offense, but the quality of the "tv" shows on air make me glad I have little time to watch television. All the more reason I'm glad I can fill what view time I have with a specific torrent. But, to each his own.
[mgre]Please do not use white color on a light-gray background. It is nearly impossible to read the text of your posting. So I removed the color![/mgre]
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In the UK, racial minorities on tv are over represented. As an example, the wonderful tv show BEING HUMAN had 3 white main character in the pilot episode. When the show cam back on air, a black girl and a more ethnic looking white guy and of course the ever white Russell Tovey whom the show was created for.
While gays in the US are total flaming, screaming queens, the UK {especially on the BBC, with the exception of the Doctor Who franchise} tend to make them out to be nasty people. They are sex fiends, sexual predators or some other nastiness, who get run out of town, commit suicide or get sent to prison.
Lesbians still get free reign on tv, while gay men are treated like shit.
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I recall the Mr. Humphry character in the British comedy, "Are You Being Served?" It's somewhat of a cult classic here in the U.S.. He's the quintessential gay character, although supposedly he was not gay, merely a momma's boy.
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(Who decided I'm not allowed to use a white font on a gray background and so altered my post? I took colour theory...)Well, I took the freedom and even added that comment to your posting:
@stealfire:[mgre]Please do not use white color on a light-gray background. It is nearly impossible to read the text of your posting. So I removed the color![/mgre]
I need no color theory to distinguish between readable and not readable color combinations - I just try to read a posting. BTW: I usually do not start an order not with the word Please. I just in this very comment asked to think about others too.
Not only for me the combinations with only light contrast [bgcolor=#DDDDDD]like this one[/bgcolor] or [bgcolor=#282828]or this one[/bgcolor] are not easy to read if at all - and I have to think also about members with bad sight.
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Mr Humphries was an odd case. Each of the 2 creators {Croft and Llyod} claimed something completely different. One said he was most definitely gay, while the other said he was not gay.
The show was originally a "vehicle" for Trevor Bannister {Mr Lucas}, but the audiences fell for Molly Sudgen's {Mrs Slocombe} and John Inman's {Mr Humphries} characters.
Side Note: Despite what you see on wikipedia, the pilot was in black and white, not color. They reshot the episode in color and gave it a proper name. On the dvd for series 1 {at least in the UK} they have both the black and white pilot and the color remake.
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I've been forced to watch the horrible series, "GLEE," twice and find the "gay" student character an outright embarrassment. He's a heterosexual's version of what a gay character should be: weak, blatantly effeminate with exaggerated mannerisms, uncontrollably emotional, and most importantly, laughable.
You suppose to watch Glee for the music, not the almost non-existing story line. The problem with Glee is in the nature of the show. Pick a bunch of songs and write a story around it. Kurt story line has picked up much more since they build more on the relationship with his dad, the closet bully and the new love interest.
Watch Caprica for the story line. It has a hot supporting gay character.
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I've been forced to watch the horrible series, "GLEE," twice and find the "gay" student character an outright embarrassment. He's a heterosexual's version of what a gay character should be: weak, blatantly effeminate with exaggerated mannerisms, uncontrollably emotional, and most importantly, laughable.
You suppose to watch Glee for the music, not the almost non-existing story line. The problem with Glee is in the nature of the show. Pick a bunch of songs and write a story around it. Kurt story line has picked up much more since they build more on the relationship with his dad, the closet bully and the new love interest.
Watch Caprica for the story line. It has a hot supporting gay character.
Modern Family is good, but it's more about relationships.I'm not familiar with Caprica nor Modern Family. Are they U.K. television shows? I honestly could not tell you what is currently available on U.S. television, but I'm pretty sure most of it is crap. (Yes, I'm pretty opinionated!)
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Mr Humphries was an odd case. Each of the 2 creators {Croft and Llyod} claimed something completely different. One said he was most definitely gay, while the other said he was not gay.
The show was originally a "vehicle" for Trevor Bannister {Mr Lucas}, but the audiences fell for Molly Sudgen's {Mrs Slocombe} and John Inman's {Mr Humphries} characters…
Regarding, "Are You Being Served," I saw an interview with John Inman in which he emphatically denied that Mr. Humphries was gay. This denial came about because Inman was suffering much criticism from various gay groups for his portrayal. Of course Inman was the actor, not the writer. And whether or not Mr. Humphries was gay, Inman definitely played the character in a very stereo-typical 1970's gay manner. (Is Inman gay? My guess would be yes.) The interview included Molly Sudgen who insists Humphries was a mummies boy, not gay, and Trevor Bannister, who said the Humphries character was definitely gay.
Like most Americans, I only became aware of the series after it ended in the U.K. and appeared on PBS. So, one has to take into account not only a different culture but a very different time. Perhaps even pre-stonewall? (I also recall the pilot being in black and white.)
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@mgr:
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(Who decided I'm not allowed to use a white font on a gray background and so altered my post? I took colour theory...)Well, I took the freedom and even added that comment to your posting:
@stealfire:[mgre]Please do not use white color on a light-gray background. It is nearly impossible to read the text of your posting. So I removed the color![/mgre]
I need no color theory to distinguish between readable and not readable color combinations - I just try to read a posting. BTW: I usually do not start an order not with the word Please. I just in this very comment asked to think about others too.
Not only for me the combinations with only light contrast [bgcolor=#DDDDDD]like this one[/bgcolor] or [bgcolor=#282828]or this one[/bgcolor] are not easy to read if at all - and I have to think also about members with bad sight.
Me bad! I apologize. Please forgive.
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Caprica {cancelled prequel to Battlestar Galactica} and Modern Family {sitcom} are both US shows.
Yes, John Inman was gay.
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I have the first part of Season 1 of Caprica, but I don't recall seeing any gay things in it.
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You suppose to watch Glee for the music, not the almost non-existing story line. The problem with Glee is in the nature of the show. Pick a bunch of songs and write a story around it. Kurt story line has picked up much more since they build more on the relationship with his dad, the closet bully and the new love interest…
I don't find the music as sung by the cast to be especially good. I'll never forgive their mess up of "Rocky Horror." They were given a sure thing and degraded it into shite. (A woman, dressed as a woman, singing Sweet Transvestite? What the ….?)
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i have a growing collection of hercules tv series - with kevin sorbo nearly always shirtless… - Gay themed enuf for those hunk lovers?
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I have the first part of Season 1 of Caprica, but I don't recall seeing any gay things in it.
Adama's brother was gay, and he had a husband, or whatever the appropriate term
of partnership on Caprica was.Too bad the show moved glacially slow, but I was enjoying it.
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… (A woman, dressed as a woman, singing Sweet Transvestite? What the ....?)
I couldn't wrap my head around that either
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@jonmark128:
i have a growing collection of hercules tv series - with kevin sorbo nearly always shirtless… - Gay themed enuf for those hunk lovers?
It's a great way of thinking, however in order to be considered "Gay Themed", the storyline of the movie or TV series must be GLBT related, whether it be through the use of a gay character, or basing the entire plot around a gay element, such as the case with something like Will & Grace or Queer As Folk.
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@jonmark128:
I have a growing collection of hercules tv series - with kevin sorbo nearly always shirtless… - Gay themed enuf for those hunk lovers?
Almost tempting… is that when he was Nair-Addicted?
As for relevant content, I remember hearing an interview with him recently, promoting his new movie, Soul Surfer. He also talked a lot about his days as a runway model in Europe, and how he turned down Gianni Versache's advances...
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