Can't the regular Joes ever get TV representation?
Well, there was that show with John Goodman... (right? suddenly I can't remember if that's who it was, but I think so).
Yup - "Normal, Ohio". Okay, it flopped, but he tried!
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
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Emily - Mar 14, 2004 10:20:34 pm PST #4271 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Betsy HP - Mar 15, 2004 5:59:23 am PST #4272 of 10000
If I only had a brain...
It's like Wonderfalls' ill-conceived lead-in, which seems to think it novel and surprising that gay men might actually be able to fool people into thinking they're straight.
We should never have let you stop wearing the pink triangles.
Madrigal Costello - Mar 15, 2004 6:31:48 am PST #4273 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Except John Goodman didn't play a regular joe. He pranced and minced, and looked like Dan Conner on acid. Also, his being gay was established solely by someone saying he was gay every few minutes, and his Hippo-in-a-tutu impersonation that was his walk. He didn't actually get to date any guys.
Emily - Mar 15, 2004 6:34:46 am PST #4274 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I'll admit there was occasional prancing, but it seemed to me mostly for effect. I thought mostly he was pretty Dan Connor-like, except heavier and a bit more mean. But it was a while ago and I only saw a couple of shows. I could be misremembering.
Madrigal Costello - Mar 15, 2004 6:47:06 am PST #4275 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Evidently the original premise was Dan Goodman's character and his boyfriend raising two children in Ohio. The boyfriend was dropped, the children were halved and the age doubled, and now Goodman was the father who was absent for most of his son's childhood because his gayness made him run away. So it then became all about Goodman provoking spit takes among his ex-wife's family.
Anne W. - Mar 15, 2004 7:37:54 am PST #4276 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Can't the regular Joes ever get TV representation?
Homicide: Life on the Streets came kinda-sorta close with the character of Tim Bayliss, IIRC.
Theodosia - Mar 15, 2004 7:48:28 am PST #4277 of 10000
'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"
Benton Fraser?
brenda m - Mar 15, 2004 8:09:14 am PST #4278 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hee.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 15, 2004 9:02:25 am PST #4279 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hmmm. Not that I didn't love Kyle Secor's character and think his storyline was groundbreaking, but he played a bisexual man who principally dated women. Taking him as the standard bearer for my particular minority would be like Carmen Electra representing the Cherokee Nation—there is a link present, but she's not exactly typical.
UTTAD - Mar 15, 2004 9:19:09 am PST #4280 of 10000
Strawberry disappointment.
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