Oh lord, now they're insisting that Wikipedia has a liberal bias.
Excuse me? Who gave you permission to exist?
Cordelia ,'Beneath You'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Sep 19, 2013 9:15:32 am PDT #5743 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jesse - Sep 19, 2013 9:18:07 am PDT #5744 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Theo: [link]
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§ ita § - Sep 19, 2013 9:19:46 am PDT #5745 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Given that one of the people on the poster is an out gay man-- who is raising a child
That wasn't on the poster I saw.
I mean, Sean Hayes was on the poster I saw, but the plot wasn't, and neither was his bio. None of the plots were. I'm not asking a question about the shows, I'm asking a question about the *poster*.
The question about the handling of M/M relationships onscreen clearly doesn't include Sean Hayes' show until we have footage from it to decide on.
The question of network TV's attitude towards gay couples with a focus on M/M will encompass both the content of their shows and of their marketing campaigns. I'm sure one day real soon the billboard will have a M-M pair on equal par with any other pair, whatever the relationship is. My interpretation of the weather is that we're not there yet, and I have no American evidence to present to the sis (and a decent amount of Argentinian supporting evidence for hers). Is there a poster somewhere I'm missing?
Jesse - Sep 19, 2013 9:25:00 am PDT #5746 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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Dana - Sep 19, 2013 9:25:01 am PDT #5747 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ooh, I think I just found a job I really want, but I'm going to have to write a cover letter to spin my experience.
bon bon - Sep 19, 2013 9:36:27 am PDT #5748 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Yeah, I kind of don't care about imaginary billboard equality. If you're not satisfied by evidence of actual gay TV content, including the highest rated sitcom on TV, then have fun railing against the vast homophobic billboard conspiracy.
ETA: second highest, excuse me
SuziQ - Sep 19, 2013 9:48:30 am PDT #5749 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Go, Dana, go!!!
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2013 10:02:48 am PDT #5750 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Like this? [link] [link]
The second, yes!
If you're not satisfied by evidence of actual gay TV content, including the highest rated sitcom on TV, then have fun railing against the vast homophobic billboard conspiracy.
But she's talking about a TV market with far greater parity that "including the highest rated sitcom on TV." You really think I can make a case against "the most teased telenovela event of the season" with the third couple on a Modern Family poster? Especially when she tells me she doesn't have any "played for laughs" that she needs to overlook to get there, and I'm not convinced that US network TV doesn't.
Then again, gay marriage is legal everywhere in Argentina.
sarameg - Sep 19, 2013 10:05:49 am PDT #5751 of 30000
Today I learned that bus drivers around here encourage folks to wave their lit cell phone screen so they can spot 'em waiting at the bus stop in pre-dawn dark. And stop for them.
Reminds me of train signals.
Dana - Sep 19, 2013 10:16:13 am PDT #5752 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I definitely want to go be an editor in Saudi Arabia, right?