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11/16/08
Oh, wait.
11/15/08
[en.wikipedia.org]
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11/15/08
"being gay is a part of who you are"
Not really. For me, being gay is who I fuck, not who I am.
I guess what I was trying to say is, almost every time I see a gay character on TV, their sexuality is the only reason they exist. They aren't an interesting character who is gay, they are just a "gay." It's the same thing many times with black people. They aren't interesting people who are black, they are just a "black."
11/15/08
In short, when you're telling a story about a character on tee vee you focus on primary motivations - loves, hates, deep desires. All tee vee characters are shallow. In action adventure shows they are profoundly shallow, where all their psychological motivations are right on the surface and they all end up crying all the time. Like with Buffy or Alias. With shows like the Office it's just shallowness on top of shallowness, as characters are defined by superficialities and stupidity.
I don't know exactly what you mean by having a "character who just happens to be gay", because there would be no such thing on television.
11/15/08
Never mind that isn't cable.