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From: evans@wanginst.UUCP (Barry Evans)
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Subject: Re: Showtime's BROTHERS (gay characters)
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Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 04:32:45 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 30 04:32:45 1984
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> Jerry Hollombe (ttidcc!hollombe)

> ...  Seems like a lot of progress from the "All in  the  Family"
> episode I recall where the plot called for a woman to be mistaken for a man
> in a non-speaking walk-on part (her  being  gay  was  really  only  faintly
> implied).

I don't recall see the episode mentioned above, but there was one episode
which I remember where a relative of Edith (i think) died, and there was some
sort of problem because this lady's 'live-in' friend didn't want to give up
some crystal (or whatever)... it was finally revealed to Archie that this
lady was her lover and had a right to the property.

While I'm on the subject, there was a recent episode in Kate and Allie
where they had a lesbian landlord.  Went into some emotions on how 
Kate and Allie were to play the roles as lesbians just to keep the rent
from being raised.  The landloard finds out near the end.

Last summer, I caught a strange program aired around 8pm on a Saturday
night, called something like "All Together Now".  It was about a middle
aged couple whose son & friend, and grandfather come home for the weekend
for the daughter's wedding.  The son had just finished school and was about
to start a well paying professional job.  Just before the wedding, the
daughter gets cold feet and runs off - her mother's in a frenzy by this time.
A perfect time for her son to tell her that he's in love with Tony, his best
friend.  He ends up loosing his new job because he tells his boss of his
gayness.  The grandfather's retirement home gets flattened by a hurricane
and the daughter returns alone and unmarried.  So, what else?  They all
decide to live together.  Strange program, and rather daring for a network
to carry during Saturday evening primetime.

Oh, and there was an episode of "Gimme a Break" where the chief's policeman
pal reveals that he's gay (or the chief finds out somehow).  A moving 
half hour - the guy gets shot and killed by a sniper before the chief
is able to apologize for acting the way he did after he found out.

I guess they're are more than I thought...  I'd better stop before I remember
another one.

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-barry
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