Even though I was just cussing about the number of emails I'm getting now that I'm off digest, it occurred to me to ask - What do you think of the gay character (whose name I have forgotten, of course, since I'm old), on Six Feet Under and the job that the actor who plays him does?
> -----Original Message----- > From: patrick leader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:50 PM > To: Jenny Goodspeed; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Will-not gay enough? NJC > > > >Heather, I can't think of a male/male kiss on network > >TV. > > sorry if someone has already posted this, but there's 60 more > messages to > slog through and i'd rather write. > > will and jack had a long kiss, on tv within a tv show, in one > episode based > on a true incident. probably the first male-male kiss on > television was > when two non-actor guys outside at time square did a big > smooch on one of > the live network morning shows. i don't remember the > details, but in the > episode al roker is interviewing tourists and will plants a > huge and pretty > long kiss on jack. not gay enough!? > > will's dialog and delivery are really true to a certain part > of the gay > world, and (i think) a certain part of every gay man. > someone else writes > it, but eric mccormack gets it, and for that i worship him. > plenty of other > straight men play gay so badly, for example more than half > the casts of both > versions of 'queer as folk', (i've only seen half of one > episode of the > american version, but it fit point i'm making) and the 'tales > of the city' > series actors. > > tonight's actually a big night in will-and-grace-world, with grace > supposedly getting married. 90 minutes of w&g! i'm so not a > tv person, but > i'll be watching the whole time. love love the show... > > patrick > > np - bill evans trio at montreau, june 15, 1968 - some day my > prince will > come
