does anyone watch the show "Queer as Folk"
well honey I do
and ive been an addict for years
i missed the last 4 episodes
and the series finale
while in ptown
but got to watch them all in two nights
since my return
i have to say the shows creators
are just friggen brilliant
cause they sucked in (no pun intended)
a majority straight audience
by showing lots of sex
drama
and well
sex
straight women were glued to the screen to watch hot guys screw
each other
straight men
hmm well i guess that was just curiousity
or maybe to get fashion tips
but at the tale end (no pun again)
of their fifth and final year
they let it rip
with real political stuff
as their group watches their rights
and very nearly their lives
taken from them
when right wing christian conservatives
try to push thru
proposition 14
sure this was fiction
i mean in real life
gays couldn't really lose their rights to adopt
to give their partners insurance
domestic partner rights
or
could they
honey
i'd like to think that all those millions of viewers
who watched this show and enjoyed the sex and drama
and came to care about these characters
maybe also came to care about their opression
it was masterful
done the other way around
the straight viewers probably would have turned the channel
i do think shows like this
and will and grace
do far more to change the way america
views the gay community then any parade
media is power
anyway
my beloved show is over
and im glad they went out with a bang
and maybe did some good things in this uptight political environment
to further gay rights
its a scary time to be gay
its a scary time to be jewish
its a scary time to be american
its a scary time
