Probably the 1st US sitcom with multiple gay central roles. Predictably, this 1984-89 series wasn’t on broadcast TV but on premium cable: on Showtime, which later gave us QUEER AS FOLK and THE L WORD.
It dealt with 3 working-class brothers. The youngest, Cliff, comes out as gay on the day he was supposed to marry a woman. Joe is a retired football player who runs a bar, and Lou is a gruff, comically clueless construction worker. The 2nd gay regular, Donald, is a strong queen, the character who most seems to have his life "together." Rounding out the cast are Joe's daughter, Penny, and a wisecracking employee of Joe's, Kelly.
BROTHERS was first in development around 1980 at ABC, which commissioned a script but not a pilot. Given the realities of 80s TV, an ABC version would have been more inhibited and apologetic. https://youtu.be/F-TifU7910Q
Is anyone watching #YellowJackets? I want to discuss it, but don't want to be spoiled. We're only on Season 2 episode 3.
I have QUESTIONS. And THEORIES. And my husband can't handle how much I interject during the show b/c I get so excited, or I want to ask a question relating to a previous episode that I can't quite remember the details of, etc. 😂
A leaked transcript of a Vice documentary into the role Governor #RonDeSantis played at #GuantanamoBay has been published after #Showtime mysteriously canceled plans to screen the show.
The transcript depicts DeSantis laughing at force-fed detainees
Opinion: ‘The Curse’ Finale Is Bonkers and Deeply Frustrating (www.rollingstone.com)
Final episode of Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone, and Benny Safdie’s tough-to-watch Showtime series raises a number of questions that may not have answers.
The Woman in the Wall Official Trailer (www.youtube.com)