Making television pretty, witty, and gay (for guys)
It is a rather well-known fact that quite a few dudes (one example being our beloved staff writer Brett) think that two ladies doing the nasty is totally hot. It is an oft commented-upon pop culture phenomenon that Hollywood likes to cash in on, from House’s Thirteen (among others — see also: Callie of Grey’s Anatomy, Angela of Bones) gallivanting up and down the Kinsey scale to Katy Perry’s famous debut ode to exhibition lesbianism. It’s titillating (see what I did there? Punny, right?) and edgy to have two girls hook up on-screen, and is counted as a win-win. Not only does it make your show look modern and progressive (usually — it can be and mostly is handed poorly, but at least it’s handled), but it brings in the casual dude watcher who’ll tune in week after week in hopes of catching a lip-lock between two ladies. And yet, very rarely do you ever see it even hinted at that two dudes might also want to do the do with each other.
There are a few good reasons for this. For starters, female sexuality tends to be far more fluid than male sexuality. This means when you’ve got two ladies hooking up, it’s easy to write it off when it’s convenient. It was just a phase, you can say, or, that girl was special to this character, and now she’s found the right man to settle down with and have a million babies. And even if the two chicks do end up in television’s happily-ever-after land, lesbians are the ones that settle down with their sperm donor kids and Subarus. Plus, it’s hot. It’s totally hot. Girls and guys agree it’s hot, right?
And then there’s the distinctly American prejudice against guys being gay. Read the rest of this entry »
Scrubs – Out of the minds of interns
This week we were absent Dr. Kelso and Ted again. Instead, we got another intern-centric episode. I guess with the series finale forthcoming we needed to do another “his/her/their story,” and what better voice to spotlight then the interns. It allowed us to step outside our entire cast of characters and see them through the eyes of newbies, perhaps like new viewers who’ve found the show for the first time on ABC?
It’s interesting that these interns keep shifting around this season. Miss Kiss-Ass was virtually ignored, and now that Intern Who-Gives-A-Crap has moved on to Amy Poehler’s Parks & Recreation, we have Intern Smiles stepping up and Intern Speaks-His-Mind; I don’t even remember having ever seen this guy before this episode. We still had time to squeeze another fantasy out of J.D., but for the most part we were getting … their story.
My romance with bromance (on TV)
Hey guys, did you know that “bromance” has its own Wikipedia entry? While I’m not too surprised, I still think its pretty funny. In fact, the word itself always makes me chuckle a little bit. I can’t help it!
The bromance has long been a staple of TV comedy, whether we had the word for it yet or not. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, Gilligan and the Skipper, all had their own special kind of relationship.
Now, I’m a young’n, so my favor lies with more recent series for the most part. Here are just a few of the greatest bromances to grace the small screen:
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