tuesday, august 22, 2023 at 06:00:10 a.m. edt
It took a while.
https://blazingcatfur.ca/2023/08/21/pride-book-featuring-men-in-bondage-wear-shown-to-four-year-olds-in-pre-school/
"pride book featuring men in bondage wear shown to four-year-olds in pre-school
Archie Bunker from 1974. The episode, "Cousin Liz."
"They want to get into the schools and teach the kids this stuff," says Archie.
Yes, it did take a while, but they have succeeded. That WAS the idea all along.
"pride book featuring men in bondage wear shown to four-year-olds in pre-school
Archie Bunker from 1974. The episode, "Cousin Liz."
"They want to get into the schools and teach the kids this stuff," says Archie.
Yes, it did take a while, but they have succeeded. That WAS the idea all along.
ReplyDeleteWhat would Archie have thought about two queer guys adopting a hetero boy?Or two dykes?THAT would have been an explosive episode.
--GRA
In Paddy Chayefsky's NETWORK, if I'm recalling it correctly, the TV folks are brainstorming to come up with outrageous ideas that will attract viewers as Howard Beale's on-air outbursts have been doing. One of the suggestions is a TV series about gays, and the idea is dismissed as too far-out. This was in long-ago 1976. -RM
ReplyDeleteSome people have long memories. So much the better for it too.
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