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re: The “someone has to be gay” rule hits another show: (Spoilers?)

Posted on 8/18/19 at 9:07 pm to
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 8/18/19 at 9:07 pm to
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The “someone has to be gay” rule


This isn't an actual thing
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 8/18/19 at 9:18 pm to
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This isn't an actual thing
bullshite

There is also a "someone has to be black" rule -- an NBC memo saying this was made public a few years ago
Posted by gthog61
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Posted on 8/18/19 at 10:32 pm to
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This isn't an actual thing





Bless your heart
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
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Posted on 8/19/19 at 6:55 am to
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This isn't an actual thing


Are you sure it isn't a thing? I'm not saying the OP isn't being reactionary about this particular incident, but it sure looks like the rule and not the exception - either for new IP or any franchise that sticks around long enough.

I guess my problem is that the inclusion of it is typically just for shock value/virtue signaling - doesn't help with character development or advance the plot. Just sort of gay to say they have a gay character.

Posted by Poker_hog
Member since Mar 2019
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Posted on 8/19/19 at 7:18 am to
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This isn't an actual thing



I can’t think of a single show made in the last few years that doesn’t have a gay person. Stranger things did the same thing this last season. Every show also must have at least a token black and usually a black/white couple.

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