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Subject: Re: Gay TV shows and films Drivel
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Date: Tue, 17-Apr-84 12:43:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 17 12:43:40 1984
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One TV show that started out with a lot of promise but got a little
boring (and then canceled) was "Love, Sidney."  In the pilot movie
Sidney was undeniably gay; it was a crucial part of the plot.  In
the TV series, he was more-or-less asexual.  Howevr, there was one
beautifully-executed, touching two-parter that had a younger woman
fall in love with him.  He liked her back but couldn't sort out his
feelings.  In the end, he finally had to reject her without telling
her why.  As she left she said something like, "I hate the woman who
did this to you" (implying that he had loved so deeply that he would
never love again).  Sidney then whispered, "I'm sorry, Martin" and
the camera came in for a closeup of a photo of a man (presumably
Martin) on his table.  It was well done and actually admitted, right
there on Network Television, that he had loved a man.  That episode
and the one with Itszack (sp?) Perlman playing the violin made the
whole series worthwhile.

Heather Emanuel {allegra, decvax!brunix, ccieng5, linus} rayssd!hxe