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September 27, 2005
Here goes another entry about TV shows...
Prior to the start of the fall season, I decided to watch CBS's new show Out of Practice based on three draws:
1) Mr. Harrison John from Popular is the main character (even though they claim his name is Ben on this show).
2) Stockard Channing, my very first celebrity crush, is the mommy.
3) Harrison John no longer has a lesbian mom, but he does have a lesbian sister.
Despite the fact that the show is not that great, after seeing two episodes, I'm firmly committed to it for one reason only. The lesbian sister is actually a LESBIAN. I mean, it's true that she hasn't dated or kissed a woman yet, but actually, the whole family is kind of single, so it works. However, they keep proving her lesbionic-ness (yes, that's a word) with jokes that are, in my personal uptight view, quite explicit.
Example #1:
Oliver: Seriously, Regina, you need to get out. You're bored. You're between girlfriends.
Regina: Trust me, if I were between girlfriends, I wouldn't be bored.
In last night's episode, the dad's girlfriend came in wearing lingerie and as she left to change, she said she would need help with the buckles... And the lesbian sister jumped up and offered to be of service. Regina may not be making out with women, but she's being explicit about being a lesbian as well as checking out the same women as her brother.
I don't know about anyone else, but I think this is new. This seems like a big change to me. Then again, I rarely watch sitcoms, so maybe this kind of stuff has been going on for awhile and I just didn't realize it. But either way, I'm really enjoying it.
Yea lesbians on TV!
Now I'm going to go listen to all the podcasts I subscribed to this week. Beginning with the Gay Parenting Podcast. Because I haven't talked enough about my nesting instinct lately.
Posted to Mindless Entertainment at September 27, 2005 11:03 AM