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PrintableLammastide said: Milty said: Lammastide said: GO GIRLS!!!
 SORRY SORRY!!! but the lesbians I know do not look like that!! what an unrelistic show this must be.  I know some gorgeous lipstick types.
But to clarify, Pam Grier's character is straight, and the brunette being hugged by the guy is cast as "straight," but the suggestion is that she's curious about women. She had sex with a woman in the first episode. Her curiosity is over | |
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Janfriend said: Lammastide said: Janfriend said: Lammastide said: If you didn't catch the premier of Showtime's new show about Lesbian life in L.A., make plans to catch a rerun.
The writing is pretty good, the acting is heads and shoulder's above Queer as Folk's, and the balanced portrayal of a cross section of the Lesbian community is welcomed and refreshing. Needs some work: like some butch representation and some "ethnic" Lesbian representation, but altogether, this one is a definite victory for LGBT visibility and positivity, it seems!!! QAF had damned well better shape up or suffer getting dwarfed. ...Makes a brotha proud! 
[This message was edited Mon Jan 19 8:34:46 PST 2004 by Lammastide] So... Jennifer Beals isn't "ethnic" enough for you? They covered the issue of having a black baby in the first episode Sure she is. I just get tired of seeing one lone token in ensemble show. I can only imagine that along with fat, ugly lesbians and ones that altogether just fade into the background, there's got to be more than just one biracial Lesbian in all of L.A. And the only fully non-white character, Pam Grier, is an alcoholic who thwarts legal trouble. Still, I'll let that stuff slide. It'll be interesting to see where they take it. btw, Pam's character is not gay  Maybe because I only hang out with the pretty lipstick lesbians, I didn't see a problem with the show. Shane was pretty butch though, no? I thought Shane was kinda butch too. But I guess anything less than Evander Hollyfield isn't satisfactory to some viewers.  Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Janfriend said: Lammastide said: Milty said: Lammastide said: GO GIRLS!!!
SORRY SORRY!!! but the lesbians I know do not look like that!! what an unrelistic show this must be. I know some gorgeous lipstick types.
But to clarify, Pam Grier's character is straight, and the brunette being hugged by the guy is cast as "straight," but the suggestion is that she's curious about women. She had sex with a woman in the first episode. Her curiosity is over Yeah, I only meant they cast her as not identifying as Lesbian. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Okay, so now finally there's gay shows with males and females. What's the next step in TV entertainment? "You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." "
Al Pacino- Scarface | |
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EvilWhiteMale said: Okay, so now finally there's gay shows with males and females. What's the next step in TV entertainment?
1001 ways to cook a Bronx native? | |
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CLARAB0W said: EvilWhiteMale said: Okay, so now finally there's gay shows with males and females. What's the next step in TV entertainment?
1001 ways to cook a Bronx native? There was a woman from the ghetto Who made funny faces just like Clara Bow, how was I 2 know That she would wear the same Cologne as U and giggle the same Giggle that U do? Whenever I would act a fool, the fool With a condition of the heart | |
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2the9s said: CLARAB0W said: EvilWhiteMale said: Okay, so now finally there's gay shows with males and females. What's the next step in TV entertainment?
1001 ways to cook a Bronx native? There was a woman from the ghetto Who made funny faces just like Clara Bow, how was I 2 know That she would wear the same Cologne as U and giggle the same Giggle that U do? Whenever I would act a fool, the fool With a condition of the heart With a Brooklyn native for dessert.  | |
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Lammastide said: Milty said: Lammastide said: GO GIRLS!!!
SORRY SORRY!!! but the lesbians I know do not look like that!! what an unrelistic show this must be. I know some gorgeous lipstick types.I have a few close friends that are ~so called~ lipstick lesbians, and they fit the picture above perfectly. Queer as Folk is a work of art series so I will definately give this one a go. U Go Girls...  | |
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Lammastide said: GO GIRLS!!!
Second from the left looks a little butch to me.  | |
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Lammastide said: Janfriend said: Lammastide said: Janfriend said: Lammastide said: If you didn't catch the premier of Showtime's new show about Lesbian life in L.A., make plans to catch a rerun.
The writing is pretty good, the acting is heads and shoulder's above Queer as Folk's, and the balanced portrayal of a cross section of the Lesbian community is welcomed and refreshing. Needs some work: like some butch representation and some "ethnic" Lesbian representation, but altogether, this one is a definite victory for LGBT visibility and positivity, it seems!!! QAF had damned well better shape up or suffer getting dwarfed. ...Makes a brotha proud!
[This message was edited Mon Jan 19 8:34:46 PST 2004 by Lammastide] So... Jennifer Beals isn't "ethnic" enough for you? They covered the issue of having a black baby in the first episode Sure she is. I just get tired of seeing one lone token in ensemble show. I can only imagine that along with fat, ugly lesbians and ones that altogether just fade into the background, there's got to be more than just one biracial Lesbian in all of L.A. And the only fully non-white character, Pam Grier, is an alcoholic who thwarts legal trouble. Still, I'll let that stuff slide. It'll be interesting to see where they take it. btw, Pam's character is not gay Maybe because I only hang out with the pretty lipstick lesbians, I didn't see a problem with the show. Shane was pretty butch though, no? I thought Shane was kinda butch too. But I guess anything less than Evander Hollyfield isn't satisfactory to some viewers. Shane is butch enough as far as I'm concerned. She's the female version of Brian Kinney
I don't get it. I think it's wrong to have lesbians portrayed as butch and man-looking anyway. I know they exist, but that would just perpetuate negative attitudes about gays. Someone would say "Look, she wants to be a man." The lipstick ones are never fully represented anyway This show is much better than QAF. QAF doesn't even have black people! | |
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Lammastide said: i haven't seen the show but i saw the promos for it and, though i almost hate to say it, it seems rather phony. i mean, half of my friends in philly back in the day were lesbians and none of them looked like that. they are a straight man's wet dream...hell, they're a straight man's busted waterbed! it looks like a very hollywood version of the lesbian community. i'm not knocking the acting...that seemed to be ok from the ads. i just don't know how i feel about that representation of dykes. i guess breaking stereotypes is a good thing, though. i'll eventually check it out. | |
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CLARAB0W said: EvilWhiteMale said: Okay, so now finally there's gay shows with males and females. What's the next step in TV entertainment?
1001 ways to cook a Bronx native? Not edgy enough. "You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." "
Al Pacino- Scarface | |
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EvilWhiteMale said: CLARAB0W said: EvilWhiteMale said: Okay, so now finally there's gay shows with males and females. What's the next step in TV entertainment?
1001 ways to cook a Bronx native? Not edgy enough. 1001 ways to serve a Bronx native... raw? | |
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