What kind of TV shows can I post?

stealfire

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.)

stealfire

@mgr:

@stealfire:

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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.

raphjd

Caprica {cancelled prequel to Battlestar Galactica} and Modern Family {sitcom} are both US shows.

Yes, John Inman was gay.

geographer

I have the first part of Season 1 of Caprica, but I don't recall seeing any gay things in it.

stealfire

@thangcuoi:

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 ….?)

mcox

i have a growing collection of hercules tv series - with kevin sorbo nearly always shirtless… - Gay themed enuf for those hunk lovers?

knoghoti

@geographer:

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.

knoghoti

@stealfire:

… (A woman, dressed as a woman, singing Sweet Transvestite? What the ....?)

I couldn't wrap my head around that either

MrMazda

@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.

Gr1zz

@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...