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• "BLACK SAILS" ACTOR TOBY STEPHENS AND SHOW CREATORS ON THAT SURPRISG GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY JIM HALTERMANFEBARY 23, 2015/1:18 PMBY JIM HALTERMANFEBARY 23, 2015 / 1:18 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"BLACK SAILS\" ACTOR TOBY STEPHENS AND SHOW CREATORS ON THAT SURPRISG GAY TWIST","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-02-23T18:18:58.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-02-23T18:18:58.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOMAS HATON (RUPERT PENRY-JON) AND JAM FLT (TOBY STEPHENS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} A SCENE OM SATURDAY'S BLACK SAILS EPISO. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTHG LIKE A TV SHOW ACTN HERO G OUT TO STIR UP THE CRACKPOTS, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE WROTE ABOUT BLACK SAILS' BIG GAY REVEAL YTERDAY AND, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED, THE MENTS SECTN FOR THAT POST HAVE GOTTEN QUE HEATED. MANY PEOPLE LOVE THAT THE STARZ PIRATE SERI REVEALED THAT [SPOILER ALERT!] LEAD CHARACTER CAPTA JAM FLT (TOBY STEPHENS) HAD A SAME SEX ROMANCE. OTHER FANS OF THE SHOW ARE APOPLECTIC -- SHOUTG THEIR DISGT AND ACCG STARZ AND THE SHOW'S PRODUCERS OF VG TO THE GAY MUNY AND PHG A SO-LLED GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FUNNY, THERE NEVER SEEMED TO BE AN ISSUE WH BLACK SAILS' P GRAPHIC VLENCE, HETEROSEXUAL SEX SCEN -- AND EVEN SEXY LBIAN CHARACTERS JUMPG THE SACK TOGETHER. BUT THE REVELATN THAT A MALE CHARACTER'S GREAT LOVE WAS WH ANOTHER MAN --- THAT IS SOMEHOW REPREHENSIBLE AND WORTH ABANDONG THE SHOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(L TO R) RUPERT PENRY-JON, TOBY STEPHENS AND LOUISE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SATURDAY'S BIG REVEAL FILLED A LOT OF QUTNS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY HAD BEEN GOG ON BACK ENGLAND BETWEEN FLT AND MRS. BARLOW (LOUISE BARN) AND HER SENSIVE HBAND THOMAS HATON (RUPERT PENRY-JON). SO WHILE WE BETTER UNRSTAND FLT'S PAST, WHAT DO THIS MEAN MOVG FORWARD? TO FD OUT, WE TALKED WH BLACK SAILS CREATORS JONATHAN D. STEBERG AND ROBERT LEVE AND, SEPARATELY, WH TOBY STEPHENS ABOUT HOW LONG THIS CHARACTER REVELATN HAS BEEN THE WORKS AND WHAT WE N EXPECT MOVG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FIRST UP, HERE'S OUR Q&A WH STEBERG AND LEVE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEBACKLOT: TELL HOW YOU CRAFTED THE SCEN BETWEEN FLT AND THOMAS HATON. THEY’RE SO TIMATE AND MORE EMOTNAL THAN I WAS EXPECTG. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE CISNS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JON STEBERG: THE STORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. IT’S SOMETHG THAT’S ALWAYS HAD S OWN GRAVY WH THE NSTCTN OF . FROM THE FIRST SEASON WE KNEW WHERE WE WANTED TO GO. THE TRICK WAS, WE WANTED TO PLAY AS A REVEAL, TO HAVE THE MIRANDA AFFAIR FEEL LIKE WAS THE THG THAT WAS GOG TO BE THE FOREONT OF EVERYBODY’S ATTENTN. SO HOW DO YOU BUILD THIS ROMANCE THE BACKGROUND WHOUT TIPPG THAT ’S A ROMANCE? IT’S TRICKY BEE EVERYONE TO WH THEIR OWN PRENCEIVED NOTNS. IT’S HARD TO KNOW WHERE PEOPLE’S ASSUMPTNS ARE GOG TO BEG AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK RUPERT AND TOBY WERE REALLY GOOD AT BEG ABLE TO NVEY THIS IENDSHIP THAT WAS VERY EPLY FELT. YOU GOT THAT THEY WERE BONDG WHAT SENTIALLY AMOUNTS TO VERY SMALL SNIPPETS OF SCREEN TIME. BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THAT MOMENT [THE KISS], HOPEFULLY ’S SURPRISG BUT FEELS EARNED AND EMOTNAL AND YOU UNRSTAND WHAT BOTH OF THE GUYS ARE FEELG AND THKG AND WHERE THEIR MUTUAL ATTRACTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE TO SAY, ONCE I SAW THE EPISO, FELY WASN’T MIMIZED TO ONE BIG SEX SCENE WHICH, WH BLACK SAILS AND STARZ, YOU ULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WH. IT WAS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN JT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JS: THE ERNG PRCIPLE FOR THE STORY IS THAT ABOVE EVERYTHG ELSE ’S AN EMOTNAL NNECTN. WE DIDN’T WANT TO BE A SHOCK REVEAL FOR ’S OWN SAKE. WE WANTED TO BE A REVEAL THAT WAS ABOUT AN EMOTNAL AND ROMANTIC NNECTN THAT IS DRIVG SO MUCH OF THE STORY THE PRENT DAY. TO DO THAT WE FELT LIKE WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL AND HAVE PLAY AS AN EMOTNAL AND ROMANTIC NNECTN. THE SEXUAL PONENT IS OBV AND CLEAR AND HAS WEIGHT, BUT ’S NOT JT A STORY ABOUT A SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROBERT LEVE: WHEN YOU  FALLY KNOW ALL OF , WHAT YOU’RE REALIZG IS NOT THAT HE HAD SOMETHG, BUT YOU’RE REALIZG WHAT IS LOST. AT THAT MOMENT HE’S LOST SOMETHG THAT WAS MUCH MORE THAN PHYSIL. IT GAVE HIM A SENSE OF PURPOSE, GAVE HIM INTY, MA HIM FEEL LOVE AND ACCEPTED AND VERY QUICKLY AFTER THE REVEAL. IT FALLS A LOT ON TOBY AND RUPERT AND LOUISE JT HOW MUCH IMPORTANT WAS AND HOW VASTATG WAS WHEN ALL FELL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’LL BE WATCHG THE SCEN THE ‘PRENT’ DIFFERENTLY BEE OF THIS RMATN. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE REACTN OF YOUR DIENCE AND HOW THEY’LL SEE FLT MOVG FORWARD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JS: I THK THERE ARE GOG TO BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT REACTNS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STORI THAT’S SO BAKED TO THE SHOW AND SO BAKED TO WHO FLT IS. I FEEL LIKE ’S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS AS A STORYTELLER YOU JT HAVE TO PLANT THE FLAG AND KNOW THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT STORY TO TELL AND FEELS EMOTNALLY RRECT AND ’S DOG ALL THE RIGHT THGS. WE JT HOPE THAT PEOPLE GET . IT’S A CHARGED MOMENT. IT’S UNEXPECTED BUT FEELS RIGHT AND I THK THAT’S ALL YOU N REALLY HOPE FOR AT SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE GOG TO BE DIENCE MEMBERS THAT ARE GOG TO WANT TO SEE THIS PLAY OUT FUTURE EPISOS AND SEASONS.  WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO ASK WHY FLT ISN'T CHECKG OUT A GAY BAR NASS? OR AT LEAST HAVG FLGS OR RELATNSHIPS WH MEN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JS: I THK WHAT MIRANDA SAYS TO HIM [EPISO] 2.05 IS REAL. IN THIS MOMENT OF PRE-EXILE THE FLASHBACK, HE IS ABLE TO ENGAGE ROMANTILLY AND EMOTNALLY AND SEXUALLY WH THOMAS, BUT THERE’S A PART OF HIM THAT IS NFLICTED ABOUT AND THAT LIV A TIME WHERE IF YOU ARE A PERSON WHO R WHAT PEOPLE THK OF YOU AND R WHAT YOUR APPEARANCE IS, MAK PLITED TO WRTLE WH THAT PONENT OF YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REMEMBER THE EARLY PART OF THE SEASON WHEN SILVER IS THROWG AT FLT-- AND WHEN MIRANDA IS THROWG AT HIM: ‘YOU’RE A PERSON WHO R ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SEE YOU.’  THAT BE REAL LATER. I THK WILL EXIST NEGATIVE SPACE FOR A WHILE, BUT ’S NOT FOTTEN. IT’S AN TENT ON OUR PART TO TELL A STORY ABOUT A GUY THAT NO MATTER HOW POLILLY BALANCED HE N FD A WAY TO BE OR HOW MOTIVATED TO BE TOWARDS THE MONEY, OR HIS IALS OR NASS OR WHATEVER, THERE’S A BROKEN PIECE OF HIS SELF IMAGE THAT HE NEEDS TO NTUE TO WRTLE WH. I THK AT SOME POT WE WANT TO BRG THAT BACK…AND SHOW WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE ASKG ALL THE WRONG QUTNS ABOUT WHY YOU’RE UNBALANCED AND UNSETTLED. IT’S NOT LIKE HE HAS THIS MOMENT…’S TRMATIC. THIS ONE MOMENT WHERE HE GIV TO NOT JT A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP – I’M NOT SURE THAT WE THK ’S HIS FIRST HOMOSEXUAL SEXUAL RELATNSHIP – BUT A ROMANTIC ONE, A REAL ONE AND ONE WH SOMEONE WH WHOM HE HAS SOCIAL NNECTNS. IT FEELS LIK TO HAVE THAT GO AS BAD AS DID, I DON’T KNOW THAT ULD GO WORSE THAN THAT FOR A FIRST TIME. YOU RRY THAT BAGGAGE WH YOU. THAT’S A NOT A POOL YOU JUMP BACK TO AGA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’VE TALKED TO TOBY ABOUT BEG NTROL AS CAPTA OF A SHIP. IS SAFE TO SAY THAT FEEDS TO ALL OF THIS? THE NEED TO KEEP HIMSELF NTROL EVERY WAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JS: TOTALLY. I THK THAT’S WHERE THAT OM, THE NEED TO NTROL THGS IS SO THEY DON’T REACT TO THE THGS THEY N’T NTROL. PLAC WHERE YOU’VE BEEN HURT BEFORE AND MAKG SURE THAT DON’T HAPPEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! TOBY STEPHENS ON HOW KNOWG HIS CHARACTER'S BACKSTORY HAS RMED HIS PORTRAYAL...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THAT WE KNOW FLT'S PAST, WHAT WILL WE SEE NEXT ON THE SERI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BACKLOT: HOW WAS FOR YOU THIS SEASON TO GET MORE BACK STORY TO FLT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOBY STEPHENS: YEAH, WAS FUN, BEE I KNEW WHERE WAS GOG. [THE PRODUCERS HAD] ALREADY TOLD ME ABOUT THE WHOLE BACK STORY WHEN I STARTED FILMG. THERE WAS A QUTN OF WHETHER WE WERE GOG TO START DOG THAT THE FIRST SEASON, BUT I THK THEY MA THE RIGHT CISN, HOLDG OFF FOR THE SEND SEASON. BEE EVEN THOUGH ’S PROBABLY CHALLENGG FOR AN DIENCE, AT TIM, FLT’S BEHAVR, I THK ’S KD OF GREAT THAT YOU’VE GOT THIS GUY WHO’S JT THROWN UP THIS WALL. AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HE’S THKG. THE DIENCE IS KD OF QUTNG WHETHER HE IS A PSYCHOPATH OR THERE IS SOMETHG ELSE. ‘WHAT IS THAT’S DRIVG THIS GUY?’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHAT IS THIS MRS. BARLOW ABOUT? WHAT’S THIS WHOLE THG? AND THEN THE SEND SEASON STARTS REVEALG PIECEMEAL, AND ’S LIKE THIS PUZZLE THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER. AND I REALLY ENJOYED DOG . IT WAS EXHSTG, AT TIM PLAYG BASILLY TWO PARTS, ALMOST THE SAME TIME, BEE THE WHOLE, WHAT’S THE KD OF FUN THG IS YOU’RE PLAYG SOMEBODY WHO’S A DIFFERENT, ALMOST A DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I KNOW I WASN’T ED TO SEEG YOU SO CLEAN-SHAVEN THE FLASHBACKS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TS: YEAH, BUT THAT’S GREAT. I THK AN DIENCE…I THK ’LL BE REALLY REWARDG THE END, BEE WILL TAKE THEM ON THIS JOURNEY AND THEY’LL SUDNLY UNRSTAND. THEY THK THEY KNOW THIS PERSON OR THEY HAVE PRENCEIVED VIEWS OF HIM. IN THE SEND SEASON THEY’RE TOTALLY BLOWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER THE SEASON WE SEE HIM TRYG TO REGA HIS STAT AS CAPTA. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT TO HIS INTY TO BE CAPTA AND MAYBE RM SOME OF WHAT’S GOG ON TERNALLY? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TS: I THK ’S ENORMOLY IMPORTANT TO HIM. I THK ’S ALSO A QUTN OF NTROL AND I DON’T THK HE N BEAR ANYBODY ELSE BEG NTROL. IT’S NOT SOME EGO THG WHERE HE WANTS TO BE CAPTA AND HE WANTS PEOPLE TO LOOK UP TO HIM. IT’S JT, “I DO NOT WANT ANYBODY ELSE, I DO NOT TST ANYBODY ELSE TO BE NTROL OF MY STY.” IT’S NOT AN ARROGANCE, ’S JT, “I KNOW THEY’RE NOT PABLE OF , AND I AM THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO N REALLY DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS SAFE TO SAY WE’RE GOG TO SEE MORE OF FLT’S HUMANY THIS PART OF THE STORY AND MAY RM WHAT WE’RE SEEG THE PRENT DAY OF THE SERI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TS: YEAH, I THK HE IS MUCH MORE HUMAN, BUT NOT A KD OF A SENTIMENTAL WAY. I THK ’S PAFUL AND ’S PLITED AND DON’T ROLVE ANYTHG. I DON’T THK YOU GO, “OH, I GET , NOW WE N MOVE ON.” IT’S NOT FORTABLE, ASKS MORE QUTNS, REALLY, AND YOU FEEL SAD OF THE DIRECTN HE ENDS UP HAVG TO GO KNOWG WHAT YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIVEN THE PAST, WOULD YOU SAY ’S HARD FOR HIM TO BE AROUND MRS. BARLOW BEE OF THE MEMORI JT HER PRENCE BRGS ON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TS: I THK THAT’S PART OF . I THK ’S SUCH A PLITED AND RICH RELATNSHIP. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IS ’S SO REAL S PLEXY THAT HE STILL LOV HER. HE STILL LOV HER AND SHE IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT REALLY HE N NFI AND SHE’S THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS ANY KD OF NTROL OVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAT, TO A CERTA EXTENT, MANAGED TO FD A WAY OF ALG WH FLT, WHERE THEY WERE EQUALS. BUT AFTER GAT IS GONE, THERE IS NO ONE. I THK SILVER IS TRYG TO FD HIS WAY THERE SOMEHOW, BUT HE N’T GET THERE. HE’S GOT WHAT THE DIENCE GETS THE FIRST SEASON, WHICH IS THE WALL IS UP. HE’S TRYG TO GET THROUGH , BUT FLT WON’T LET HIM. BUT [MRS.] BARLOW HAS THAT ACCS AND THERE’S AN TERPENNCE. IT’S VERY UNHEALTHY AND ’S NOT EASY, BUT THEY RELY ON ONE ANOTHER, AND THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER. THERE’S A KD OF EP LOVE THERE, AND I FD THAT PART REAL BEE RELATNSHIPS ARE LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ISN’T ALWAYS EASY, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY THERE’S SOMETHG THAT LOCKS YOU WH SOMEBODY. AND ’S TERTG BEE-- I WON’T TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS-- BUT THAT STILL IS KD OF BEG PLAYED OUT SEASON THREE [WHICH THE ST IS CURRENTLY SHOOTG SOUTH AI]. THGS CHANGE MASSIVELY DURG THE SEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW WOULD YOU SAY YOU’VE BEEN CHALLENGED DIFFERENTLY SEASON TWO AS AN ACTOR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TS: I HAD TO ALMOST PLAY A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CHARACTER THE YOUNGER PART. THE MORE DIFFERENT HE IS THE YOUNGER VERSN, THE MORE YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT OF WHAT HE’S BEE AND THE TRAGEDY OF WHAT HE’S BEE, REALLY, LOCKED TO THIS PERSON. AND ALSO, THE MANDS PHYSILLY ON ME WERE MUCH MORE. THERE’S NOTHG ELSE THAT’S DOG THIS KD OF STUFF, WHERE YOU ARE HAVG TO DO THE TENSE ACTG SCEN, LONG SCEN, AND THEN YOU’RE HAVG TO DO THE ENORMO ACTN SEQUENC, WHICH ARE REALLY MANDG AS WELL TOWARDS THE LAST END OF THE SEASON, WHERE THGS REALLY BUILD. AND WAS FULL-ON. WE WERE DOG THE HUGE, GREAT BIG SEQUENC THAT WERE CREDIBLY ELABORATE AND THAT WAS JT EXHSTG. SO BY THE END OF THE SEASON, I WAS TOTALLY IED BUT A GREAT WAY. I’M NOT PLAG ABOUT BEE NOWHERE ELSE WOULD I GET THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BLACK SAILS AIRS SATURDAYS AT 9PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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• WHAT WORKED – AND DIDN'T WORK – ABOUT "SPARTAC"' SHOCKG GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY TIM O'LEARYMARCH 8, 2010/12:47 AMBY TIM O'LEARYMARCH 8, 2010 / 12:47 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHAT WORKED – AND DIDN'T WORK – ABOUT \"SPARTAC\"' SHOCKG GAY TWIST","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-03-08T05:47:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-03-08T05:47:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TIM O'LEARY","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE STARZ WORK BEGAN S ADVERTISEMENT MPAIGN FOR SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND, SEEMED OBV THAT THIS WOULD BE A SHOW UNLIKE ANY OTHER ON TELEVISN. CLEARLY TAKG S VISUAL CUE OM THE FILM 300 AND S BASIC STORYLE OM GLADIATOR, WAS TO BE A SERI THAT WOULD PH THE BOUNDARI OF SEX AND VLENCE ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THEN, ANOTHER BIG REVEAL: THERE WOULD BE EQUAL PARTS MALE AND FEMALE NUDY – ALMOST UNHEARD OF WHEN TO AMERIN ENTERTAMENT. AND IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH TO LURE GAY AND BISEXUAL MALE VIEWERS, WE GOT THE SOP THAT THERE WOULD ALSO BE – GET THIS – A GAY GLADIATOR. AND NOT JT ANY GLADIATOR, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGT AND TOUGHT ON THE SHOW!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BAR AKA THE BEAST OF CARTHAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY NOW WE WERE HOOKED, AND STARZ NOT ONLY KEPT THEIR WORD, BUT EXCEED . Y, THERE WAS AMPLE EYE NDY THAT GAY MALE VIEWERS ULD ENJOY, AND Y, THERE WAS CERTALY A BAD-ASS GAY GLADIATOR, BUT THE WRERS WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND BY SHOWSG THE FACT THAT THE GAY GLADIATOR, BAR, WAS A MTED AND LOVG RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER SLAVE NAMED PIETROS. EVEN BETTER, NONE OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS THOUGHT ANY LS OF HIM OR ANYTHG NEGATIVE ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SEEMED TOO GOOD TO BE TE. IT EVEN ED SOME TO WONR WHO EXACTLY THE TARGET MOGRAPHIC FOR THIS SHOW WAS. SURELY, HETEROSEXUAL MEN AGED 18-35 WOULD BE UNFORTABLE WH THE LEVEL OF TIMACY SHOWN BETWEEN BAR AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT REALLY, THEY NEEDN’T HAVE WORRIED. BAR ONLY APPEARED FIVE EPISOS BEFORE HE WAS SAVAGELY MURRED BY A ROOMFUL OF MEN ONE OF THE SHOW’S PATENTLY GRAPHIC AND GOME SLGHTER SCEN. IN THE FOLLOWG EPISO HIS LOVER, PIETROS, BELIEVG BAR HAD BOUGHT HIS OWN EEDOM AND ABANDONED HIM, HANGED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BAR AND PIETROS ARE HARDLY THE FIRST GAY CHARACTERS TO DIE ON TELEVISN. IN FACT, THE PAST FOUR WEEKS ALONE WE'VE ALSO SEEN AD GLBT CHARACTERS ON BIG LOVE, LAW & ORR: SVU AND NCIS: LOS ANGEL. SADLY, THIS HIGH ATH TOLL FOR QUEER CHARACTERS IS NOTHG NEW FOR AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE BODY UNT FOR EACH EPISO OF SPARTAC IS HIGH, THE LOSS OF BAR FELT PECIALLY DISAPPOTG THAT WE WERE LOSG SUCH A UNIQUE CHARACTER. AFTER ALL, HE WAS A KILLG MACHE, REFERRED TO AS THE "BEAST OF CARTHAGE." HOW MANY PAST GAY CHARACTERS HAVE WE SEEN THAT E OTHER CHARACTERS TO QUAKE WH FEAR AT THE VERY MENTN OF THEIR NAME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE ... WHAT WENT RIGHT AND WHAT WENT WRONG.  {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAKE NO MISTAKE – BAR WAS NO SAT. IN FACT, A PREV EPISO HE MURRED A CHILD UNR ORRS OM HIS MASTER. BUT THE TWISTED MORALY OF THE WORLD OF SPARTAC, THAT N BE EXCED, FOR BAR HAD NO REAL CHOICE; IF HE REFED, THE CHILD WOULD STILL BE KILLED, AND BAR ALONG WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT'S TROUBLG HERE IS PARTLY THE TIRED OLD TROP THAT THE ATHS FELL BACK ON. SCE THE CHARACTERS  ARE SENDARY, THEY ARE VERY EXPENDABLE AND THEIR ATHS ARE, OR WILL BE, ED TO ILLTRATE AND FURTHER THE MA CHARACTER'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORSE, BAR IS BTALLY KILLED BY A GROUP OF (PRUMABLY) STRAIGHT MEN, SOMETHG WE’VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGA. PIETROS, WHO IS NOT A GLADIATOR BUT A SLAVE, AND TH SMALLER AND WEAKER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER MEN, IS FIRST RAPED AND BEATEN BY ANOTHER SLAVE BEFORE HE KILLS HIMSELF OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW DO SERVE CRED, HOWEVER, FOR NOT FALLG BACK ON A VERY SPECIFIC TROPE: BAR'S AND PIETROS' ATH HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTG TO DO WH THEIR SEXUALY. JT THE OPPOSE, FACT: THEIR RELATNSHIP WAS PRENTED UNQUTNABLY AS A NORMAL, NON-NTROVERSIAL PART OF LIFE THE LUD WHERE THEY TRAED, AND NONE OF THE OTHER GLADIATORS BATTED AN EYE WHEN THEY EXPRSED AFFECTN FOR EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERHAPS WAS BEE OF THIS ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR RELATNSHIP THAT THEIR LOSS IS FELT SO SEVERELY BY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WANT TO MAKE ONE THG VERY CLEAR. I NO WAY BELIEVE THEIR ATHS WERE DUE TO ANY MALIC TENT BY THOSE PENNG THE SCRIPTS. THE WRERS AND CREATORS OF THE SERI SERVE A LOT – A LOT – OF PRAISE FOR CLUDG OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS AND TREATG THEIR RELATNSHIP THE WAY THEY DID. I N’T IMAGE HOW MANY BATTL THEY MT HAVE FOUGHT TO GET BAR AND PIETROS ONTO OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT’S MORE, BAR WAS NOT THE ONLY CHARACTER TO DIE THE EPISO THAT FEATURED HIS MURR; THE OTHER VICTIM WAS SURA, SPARTAC’ WIFE. THIS IS HIGHLY SIGNIFINT, AS THE WRERS SEEMED TO BE GOG TO GREAT LENGTHS TO NNECT THE TWO ATHS; OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE EQUATG THE LOVE BETWEEN SPARTAC AND SURA WH THE LOVE BETWEEN BAR AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOTH ATHS WERE MEANT TO ELIC FEELGS OF SORROW OM THE VIEWER, AND ARE NO DOUBT GOG TO PROPEL SPARTAC TOWARD THE REBELLN FOR WHICH THE REBEL SLAVE IS SO FAMOLY KNOWN. HAVG THE WRERS PLACE THE SAME SIGNIFINCE ON BOTH THE GAY AND STRAIGHT CHARACTERS THIS MANNER IS HIGHLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THEIR ATHS SEEMS LIKE SUCH A WASTE. THERE ARE ALREADY PREC FEW GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, AND BAR WAS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE WE’VE EVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON A PERSONAL NOTE, BAR AND PIETROS WERE SPECIAL TO ME THAT I AM, WELL, AN UNBELIEVABLE GEEK WHEN THE SHOWS I LIKE TO WATCH. I WAS WEANED ON STAR WARS AND THE MATRIX, AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LOVER OF ACTN/SCI-FI/FANTASY GENRE SHOWS AND MOVI. ONE OF THE REAL LET-DOWNS WH THE PROGRAMS WAS THAT THEY RARELY EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THE EXISTENCE OF GAY PEOPLE, LET ALONE FEATURE POWERFUL GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHEN GAY CHARACTERS DO APPEAR, THERE IS A FEELG EXCEMENT: FALLY, WE'VE MA . WE'VE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THEN TO HAVE THEM KILLED OFF SO SUDNLY AND HORRIFILLY ... LEAV A BAD TASTE ONE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE ... WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.  {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT LLS TO MD THAT FEELG OF LOSS WHEN THE CHARACTER OF IANTO WAS KILLED OFF ON THE SCI-FI H TORCHWOOD LAST SUMMER. PARALLELS N CERTALY BE MA: BOTH WERE ACTN-ORIENTED MEN ON GENRE SHOWS, BOTH WERE EPLY LOVE, AND BOTH WERE KILLLED UNR TERRIBLY TRAGIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ATH OF IANTO JON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IANTO WAS A FASCATG CHARACTER: SOMEONE WE WATCHED GROW TO HIS OWN SK, SLOWLY BEG FORTABLE WH HIS SEXUALY AND HIS ATTRACTN TO ANOTHER MAN. THE FACT THAT MOST OF HIS SCREEN TIME WAS VOTED TO CHASG DOWN ALIENS MA THOSE SMALL HUMAN MOMENTS THAT MUCH MORE ABSORBG, AND MA HIS BTAL MURR SO VASTATG THAT OCCURRED JT AS HE WAS FALLY ABLE TO ACCEPT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN’T A MAN, MANY GAY MALE FANS RELL FEELG EQUALLY VASTATED WHEN THE CHARACTER OF TARA WAS KILLED ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. HERE WAS A STRONG, TELLIGENT YOUNG GAY WOMAN A BETIFUL,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTED RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER WOMAN, AND JT AS THEIR RELATNSHIP BE STRONGER THAN EVER – ED, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWG THE FIRST TIME WE AS AN DIENCE SEE THEM MAKE LOVE – TARA WAS THOUGHTLSLY GUNNED DOWN BY A MOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE TIME, THERE WERE EVEN FEWER GAY CHARACTERS THAN THERE ARE NOW, AND HER LOSS ALT A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BLOW TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ATH OF TARA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS AN DIENCE, WE HAVEN’T HAD THE TIME TO NNECT WH BAR OR PIETROS THAT WE HAD WH IANTO AND TARA, BUT NOHELS THERE REMAS THE FEELG THAT AN CREDIBLE OPPORTUNY HAS BEEN SQUANRED. BAR AND PIETROS ULD HAVE BEEN A GAY UPLE THE LIK OF WHICH WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE ON TELEVISN — A BTAL GAY WARRR AND HIS BRAVE, LOVG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOO BAD ALL WE HAVE NOW IS THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• MIKE WHE AND ‘THE WHE LOT’ STARS BREAK DOWN THAT JAW-DROPPG TWIST: I WANT TO ‘MAKE GAY SEX TRANSGRSIVE AGA’

THE BT GAY CLUBS MIAMI FOR A NIGHT OUT WH THE BOYS

Once home to a rabow of LGBTQ-iendly loung, bars and clubs, many of Miami’s most pendable gay clubs like Magnum, Mova and Sre are sadly no more. We might be experiencg an extend drought of gay clubs and bars Miami, but there’s plenty of actn to be had if you know where to fd .

So, whout further adi: Our roundup of the bt gay clubs Miami right now.

It’s like a regular podst, but wh a gay twist. Zach and Mason, two homosexuals wh graduate gre Law and Public Policy discs everythg om Congrs to Drag Race. This podst featur News and Polics, pl TV, Movi, and Pop Culture, but wh a Gay Twist.

WH A GAY TWIST

Satisfied wh the product, a mystery thriller about a suburban English teacher who happens to be gay, Zubro still lacked an agent or publishg ntact to gui him; so he turned to the pag of Wrer’s Digt. Mart’s Prs; Zubro remembered readg about Michael Denneny, a senr edor there, the gay prs. A founr of the gay magaze Christopher Street, Denneny is a wily rpected advote of gay fictn the mastream lerary marketplace.

LOL L: MURR MYSTERY WH A GAY TWIST

When the ad teacher’s gay teenage son ns away, the actn shifts to Chigo’s north si–an unrground htler bar near Clark and Diversey and secret sadomasochist parti artsy River North. In time-honored tective-fictn tradn, Mason’s qut for the tth turns up a memorable set of spects, cludg an urbane gay-bar owner who liv a mansn and ns a secret porn bs and a pair of school admistrators whose relatnship rells that of Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre The Malte Faln. Agast this villay, Zubro plac the idyllic relatnship between Mason and his lover, Stt Carpenter, a closeted gay baseball star on an unnamed Chigo team.

WH A GAY TWIST

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WH A GAY TWIST

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"BLACK SAILS" ACTOR TOBY STEPHENS AND SHOW CREATORS ON THAT SURPRISG GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY JIM HALTERMANFEBARY 23, 2015/1:18 PMBY JIM HALTERMANFEBARY 23, 2015 / 1:18 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"BLACK SAILS\" ACTOR TOBY STEPHENS AND SHOW CREATORS ON THAT SURPRISG GAY TWIST","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-02-23T18:18:58.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-02-23T18:18:58.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOMAS HATON (RUPERT PENRY-JON) AND JAM FLT (TOBY STEPHENS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} A SCENE OM SATURDAY'S BLACK SAILS EPISO. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTHG LIKE A TV SHOW ACTN HERO G OUT TO STIR UP THE CRACKPOTS, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE WROTE ABOUT BLACK SAILS' BIG GAY REVEAL YTERDAY AND, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED, THE MENTS SECTN FOR THAT POST HAVE GOTTEN QUE HEATED. MANY PEOPLE LOVE THAT THE STARZ PIRATE SERI REVEALED THAT [SPOILER ALERT!] LEAD CHARACTER CAPTA JAM FLT (TOBY STEPHENS) HAD A SAME SEX ROMANCE. OTHER FANS OF THE SHOW ARE APOPLECTIC -- SHOUTG THEIR DISGT AND ACCG STARZ AND THE SHOW'S PRODUCERS OF VG TO THE GAY MUNY AND PHG A SO-LLED GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FUNNY, THERE NEVER SEEMED TO BE AN ISSUE WH BLACK SAILS' P GRAPHIC VLENCE, HETEROSEXUAL SEX SCEN -- AND EVEN SEXY LBIAN CHARACTERS JUMPG THE SACK TOGETHER. BUT THE REVELATN THAT A MALE CHARACTER'S GREAT LOVE WAS WH ANOTHER MAN --- THAT IS SOMEHOW REPREHENSIBLE AND WORTH ABANDONG THE SHOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(L TO R) RUPERT PENRY-JON, TOBY STEPHENS AND LOUISE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SATURDAY'S BIG REVEAL FILLED A LOT OF QUTNS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY HAD BEEN GOG ON BACK ENGLAND BETWEEN FLT AND MRS. BARLOW (LOUISE BARN) AND HER SENSIVE HBAND THOMAS HATON (RUPERT PENRY-JON). SO WHILE WE BETTER UNRSTAND FLT'S PAST, WHAT DO THIS MEAN MOVG FORWARD? TO FD OUT, WE TALKED WH BLACK SAILS CREATORS JONATHAN D. STEBERG AND ROBERT LEVE AND, SEPARATELY, WH TOBY STEPHENS ABOUT HOW LONG THIS CHARACTER REVELATN HAS BEEN THE WORKS AND WHAT WE N EXPECT MOVG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FIRST UP, HERE'S OUR Q&A WH STEBERG AND LEVE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEBACKLOT: TELL HOW YOU CRAFTED THE SCEN BETWEEN FLT AND THOMAS HATON. THEY’RE SO TIMATE AND MORE EMOTNAL THAN I WAS EXPECTG. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE CISNS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JON STEBERG: THE STORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. IT’S SOMETHG THAT’S ALWAYS HAD S OWN GRAVY WH THE NSTCTN OF . FROM THE FIRST SEASON WE KNEW WHERE WE WANTED TO GO. THE TRICK WAS, WE WANTED TO PLAY AS A REVEAL, TO HAVE THE MIRANDA AFFAIR FEEL LIKE WAS THE THG THAT WAS GOG TO BE THE FOREONT OF EVERYBODY’S ATTENTN. SO HOW DO YOU BUILD THIS ROMANCE THE BACKGROUND WHOUT TIPPG THAT ’S A ROMANCE? IT’S TRICKY BEE EVERYONE TO WH THEIR OWN PRENCEIVED NOTNS. IT’S HARD TO KNOW WHERE PEOPLE’S ASSUMPTNS ARE GOG TO BEG AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK RUPERT AND TOBY WERE REALLY GOOD AT BEG ABLE TO NVEY THIS IENDSHIP THAT WAS VERY EPLY FELT. YOU GOT THAT THEY WERE BONDG WHAT SENTIALLY AMOUNTS TO VERY SMALL SNIPPETS OF SCREEN TIME. BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THAT MOMENT [THE KISS], HOPEFULLY ’S SURPRISG BUT FEELS EARNED AND EMOTNAL AND YOU UNRSTAND WHAT BOTH OF THE GUYS ARE FEELG AND THKG AND WHERE THEIR MUTUAL ATTRACTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE TO SAY, ONCE I SAW THE EPISO, FELY WASN’T MIMIZED TO ONE BIG SEX SCENE WHICH, WH BLACK SAILS AND STARZ, YOU ULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WH. IT WAS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN JT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JS: THE ERNG PRCIPLE FOR THE STORY IS THAT ABOVE EVERYTHG ELSE ’S AN EMOTNAL NNECTN. WE DIDN’T WANT TO BE A SHOCK REVEAL FOR ’S OWN SAKE. WE WANTED TO BE A REVEAL THAT WAS ABOUT AN EMOTNAL AND ROMANTIC NNECTN THAT IS DRIVG SO MUCH OF THE STORY THE PRENT DAY. TO DO THAT WE FELT LIKE WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL AND HAVE PLAY AS AN EMOTNAL AND ROMANTIC NNECTN. THE SEXUAL PONENT IS OBV AND CLEAR AND HAS WEIGHT, BUT ’S NOT JT A STORY ABOUT A SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROBERT LEVE: WHEN YOU  FALLY KNOW ALL OF , WHAT YOU’RE REALIZG IS NOT THAT HE HAD SOMETHG, BUT YOU’RE REALIZG WHAT IS LOST. AT THAT MOMENT HE’S LOST SOMETHG THAT WAS MUCH MORE THAN PHYSIL. IT GAVE HIM A SENSE OF PURPOSE, GAVE HIM INTY, MA HIM FEEL LOVE AND ACCEPTED AND VERY QUICKLY AFTER THE REVEAL. IT FALLS A LOT ON TOBY AND RUPERT AND LOUISE JT HOW MUCH IMPORTANT WAS AND HOW VASTATG WAS WHEN ALL FELL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’LL BE WATCHG THE SCEN THE ‘PRENT’ DIFFERENTLY BEE OF THIS RMATN. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE REACTN OF YOUR DIENCE AND HOW THEY’LL SEE FLT MOVG FORWARD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JS: I THK THERE ARE GOG TO BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT REACTNS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STORI THAT’S SO BAKED TO THE SHOW AND SO BAKED TO WHO FLT IS. I FEEL LIKE ’S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS AS A STORYTELLER YOU JT HAVE TO PLANT THE FLAG AND KNOW THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT STORY TO TELL AND FEELS EMOTNALLY RRECT AND ’S DOG ALL THE RIGHT THGS. WE JT HOPE THAT PEOPLE GET . IT’S A CHARGED MOMENT. IT’S UNEXPECTED BUT FEELS RIGHT AND I THK THAT’S ALL YOU N REALLY HOPE FOR AT SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE GOG TO BE DIENCE MEMBERS THAT ARE GOG TO WANT TO SEE THIS PLAY OUT FUTURE EPISOS AND SEASONS.  WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO ASK WHY FLT ISN'T CHECKG OUT A GAY BAR NASS? OR AT LEAST HAVG FLGS OR RELATNSHIPS WH MEN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JS: I THK WHAT MIRANDA SAYS TO HIM [EPISO] 2.05 IS REAL. IN THIS MOMENT OF PRE-EXILE THE FLASHBACK, HE IS ABLE TO ENGAGE ROMANTILLY AND EMOTNALLY AND SEXUALLY WH THOMAS, BUT THERE’S A PART OF HIM THAT IS NFLICTED ABOUT AND THAT LIV A TIME WHERE IF YOU ARE A PERSON WHO R WHAT PEOPLE THK OF YOU AND R WHAT YOUR APPEARANCE IS, MAK PLITED TO WRTLE WH THAT PONENT OF YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REMEMBER THE EARLY PART OF THE SEASON WHEN SILVER IS THROWG AT FLT-- AND WHEN MIRANDA IS THROWG AT HIM: ‘YOU’RE A PERSON WHO R ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SEE YOU.’  THAT BE REAL LATER. I THK WILL EXIST NEGATIVE SPACE FOR A WHILE, BUT ’S NOT FOTTEN. IT’S AN TENT ON OUR PART TO TELL A STORY ABOUT A GUY THAT NO MATTER HOW POLILLY BALANCED HE N FD A WAY TO BE OR HOW MOTIVATED TO BE TOWARDS THE MONEY, OR HIS IALS OR NASS OR WHATEVER, THERE’S A BROKEN PIECE OF HIS SELF IMAGE THAT HE NEEDS TO NTUE TO WRTLE WH. I THK AT SOME POT WE WANT TO BRG THAT BACK…AND SHOW WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE ASKG ALL THE WRONG QUTNS ABOUT WHY YOU’RE UNBALANCED AND UNSETTLED. IT’S NOT LIKE HE HAS THIS MOMENT…’S TRMATIC. THIS ONE MOMENT WHERE HE GIV TO NOT JT A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP – I’M NOT SURE THAT WE THK ’S HIS FIRST HOMOSEXUAL SEXUAL RELATNSHIP – BUT A ROMANTIC ONE, A REAL ONE AND ONE WH SOMEONE WH WHOM HE HAS SOCIAL NNECTNS. IT FEELS LIK TO HAVE THAT GO AS BAD AS DID, I DON’T KNOW THAT ULD GO WORSE THAN THAT FOR A FIRST TIME. YOU RRY THAT BAGGAGE WH YOU. THAT’S A NOT A POOL YOU JUMP BACK TO AGA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’VE TALKED TO TOBY ABOUT BEG NTROL AS CAPTA OF A SHIP. IS SAFE TO SAY THAT FEEDS TO ALL OF THIS? THE NEED TO KEEP HIMSELF NTROL EVERY WAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JS: TOTALLY. I THK THAT’S WHERE THAT OM, THE NEED TO NTROL THGS IS SO THEY DON’T REACT TO THE THGS THEY N’T NTROL. PLAC WHERE YOU’VE BEEN HURT BEFORE AND MAKG SURE THAT DON’T HAPPEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! TOBY STEPHENS ON HOW KNOWG HIS CHARACTER'S BACKSTORY HAS RMED HIS PORTRAYAL...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THAT WE KNOW FLT'S PAST, WHAT WILL WE SEE NEXT ON THE SERI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BACKLOT: HOW WAS FOR YOU THIS SEASON TO GET MORE BACK STORY TO FLT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOBY STEPHENS: YEAH, WAS FUN, BEE I KNEW WHERE WAS GOG. [THE PRODUCERS HAD] ALREADY TOLD ME ABOUT THE WHOLE BACK STORY WHEN I STARTED FILMG. THERE WAS A QUTN OF WHETHER WE WERE GOG TO START DOG THAT THE FIRST SEASON, BUT I THK THEY MA THE RIGHT CISN, HOLDG OFF FOR THE SEND SEASON. BEE EVEN THOUGH ’S PROBABLY CHALLENGG FOR AN DIENCE, AT TIM, FLT’S BEHAVR, I THK ’S KD OF GREAT THAT YOU’VE GOT THIS GUY WHO’S JT THROWN UP THIS WALL. AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HE’S THKG. THE DIENCE IS KD OF QUTNG WHETHER HE IS A PSYCHOPATH OR THERE IS SOMETHG ELSE. ‘WHAT IS THAT’S DRIVG THIS GUY?’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHAT IS THIS MRS. BARLOW ABOUT? WHAT’S THIS WHOLE THG? AND THEN THE SEND SEASON STARTS REVEALG PIECEMEAL, AND ’S LIKE THIS PUZZLE THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER. AND I REALLY ENJOYED DOG . IT WAS EXHSTG, AT TIM PLAYG BASILLY TWO PARTS, ALMOST THE SAME TIME, BEE THE WHOLE, WHAT’S THE KD OF FUN THG IS YOU’RE PLAYG SOMEBODY WHO’S A DIFFERENT, ALMOST A DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I KNOW I WASN’T ED TO SEEG YOU SO CLEAN-SHAVEN THE FLASHBACKS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TS: YEAH, BUT THAT’S GREAT. I THK AN DIENCE…I THK ’LL BE REALLY REWARDG THE END, BEE WILL TAKE THEM ON THIS JOURNEY AND THEY’LL SUDNLY UNRSTAND. THEY THK THEY KNOW THIS PERSON OR THEY HAVE PRENCEIVED VIEWS OF HIM. IN THE SEND SEASON THEY’RE TOTALLY BLOWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER THE SEASON WE SEE HIM TRYG TO REGA HIS STAT AS CAPTA. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT TO HIS INTY TO BE CAPTA AND MAYBE RM SOME OF WHAT’S GOG ON TERNALLY? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TS: I THK ’S ENORMOLY IMPORTANT TO HIM. I THK ’S ALSO A QUTN OF NTROL AND I DON’T THK HE N BEAR ANYBODY ELSE BEG NTROL. IT’S NOT SOME EGO THG WHERE HE WANTS TO BE CAPTA AND HE WANTS PEOPLE TO LOOK UP TO HIM. IT’S JT, “I DO NOT WANT ANYBODY ELSE, I DO NOT TST ANYBODY ELSE TO BE NTROL OF MY STY.” IT’S NOT AN ARROGANCE, ’S JT, “I KNOW THEY’RE NOT PABLE OF , AND I AM THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO N REALLY DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS SAFE TO SAY WE’RE GOG TO SEE MORE OF FLT’S HUMANY THIS PART OF THE STORY AND MAY RM WHAT WE’RE SEEG THE PRENT DAY OF THE SERI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TS: YEAH, I THK HE IS MUCH MORE HUMAN, BUT NOT A KD OF A SENTIMENTAL WAY. I THK ’S PAFUL AND ’S PLITED AND DON’T ROLVE ANYTHG. I DON’T THK YOU GO, “OH, I GET , NOW WE N MOVE ON.” IT’S NOT FORTABLE, ASKS MORE QUTNS, REALLY, AND YOU FEEL SAD OF THE DIRECTN HE ENDS UP HAVG TO GO KNOWG WHAT YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIVEN THE PAST, WOULD YOU SAY ’S HARD FOR HIM TO BE AROUND MRS. BARLOW BEE OF THE MEMORI JT HER PRENCE BRGS ON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TS: I THK THAT’S PART OF . I THK ’S SUCH A PLITED AND RICH RELATNSHIP. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IS ’S SO REAL S PLEXY THAT HE STILL LOV HER. HE STILL LOV HER AND SHE IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT REALLY HE N NFI AND SHE’S THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS ANY KD OF NTROL OVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAT, TO A CERTA EXTENT, MANAGED TO FD A WAY OF ALG WH FLT, WHERE THEY WERE EQUALS. BUT AFTER GAT IS GONE, THERE IS NO ONE. I THK SILVER IS TRYG TO FD HIS WAY THERE SOMEHOW, BUT HE N’T GET THERE. HE’S GOT WHAT THE DIENCE GETS THE FIRST SEASON, WHICH IS THE WALL IS UP. HE’S TRYG TO GET THROUGH , BUT FLT WON’T LET HIM. BUT [MRS.] BARLOW HAS THAT ACCS AND THERE’S AN TERPENNCE. IT’S VERY UNHEALTHY AND ’S NOT EASY, BUT THEY RELY ON ONE ANOTHER, AND THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER. THERE’S A KD OF EP LOVE THERE, AND I FD THAT PART REAL BEE RELATNSHIPS ARE LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ISN’T ALWAYS EASY, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY THERE’S SOMETHG THAT LOCKS YOU WH SOMEBODY. AND ’S TERTG BEE-- I WON’T TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS-- BUT THAT STILL IS KD OF BEG PLAYED OUT SEASON THREE [WHICH THE ST IS CURRENTLY SHOOTG SOUTH AI]. THGS CHANGE MASSIVELY DURG THE SEND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW WOULD YOU SAY YOU’VE BEEN CHALLENGED DIFFERENTLY SEASON TWO AS AN ACTOR?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TS: I HAD TO ALMOST PLAY A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CHARACTER THE YOUNGER PART. THE MORE DIFFERENT HE IS THE YOUNGER VERSN, THE MORE YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT OF WHAT HE’S BEE AND THE TRAGEDY OF WHAT HE’S BEE, REALLY, LOCKED TO THIS PERSON. AND ALSO, THE MANDS PHYSILLY ON ME WERE MUCH MORE. THERE’S NOTHG ELSE THAT’S DOG THIS KD OF STUFF, WHERE YOU ARE HAVG TO DO THE TENSE ACTG SCEN, LONG SCEN, AND THEN YOU’RE HAVG TO DO THE ENORMO ACTN SEQUENC, WHICH ARE REALLY MANDG AS WELL TOWARDS THE LAST END OF THE SEASON, WHERE THGS REALLY BUILD. AND WAS FULL-ON. 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WHAT WORKED – AND DIDN'T WORK – ABOUT "SPARTAC"' SHOCKG GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY TIM O'LEARYMARCH 8, 2010/12:47 AMBY TIM O'LEARYMARCH 8, 2010 / 12:47 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHAT WORKED – AND DIDN'T WORK – ABOUT \"SPARTAC\"' SHOCKG GAY TWIST","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-03-08T05:47:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-03-08T05:47:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TIM O'LEARY","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE STARZ WORK BEGAN S ADVERTISEMENT MPAIGN FOR SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND, SEEMED OBV THAT THIS WOULD BE A SHOW UNLIKE ANY OTHER ON TELEVISN. CLEARLY TAKG S VISUAL CUE OM THE FILM 300 AND S BASIC STORYLE OM GLADIATOR, WAS TO BE A SERI THAT WOULD PH THE BOUNDARI OF SEX AND VLENCE ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THEN, ANOTHER BIG REVEAL: THERE WOULD BE EQUAL PARTS MALE AND FEMALE NUDY – ALMOST UNHEARD OF WHEN TO AMERIN ENTERTAMENT. AND IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH TO LURE GAY AND BISEXUAL MALE VIEWERS, WE GOT THE SOP THAT THERE WOULD ALSO BE – GET THIS – A GAY GLADIATOR. AND NOT JT ANY GLADIATOR, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGT AND TOUGHT ON THE SHOW!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BAR AKA THE BEAST OF CARTHAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY NOW WE WERE HOOKED, AND STARZ NOT ONLY KEPT THEIR WORD, BUT EXCEED . Y, THERE WAS AMPLE EYE NDY THAT GAY MALE VIEWERS ULD ENJOY, AND Y, THERE WAS CERTALY A BAD-ASS GAY GLADIATOR, BUT THE WRERS WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND BY SHOWSG THE FACT THAT THE GAY GLADIATOR, BAR, WAS A MTED AND LOVG RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER SLAVE NAMED PIETROS. EVEN BETTER, NONE OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS THOUGHT ANY LS OF HIM OR ANYTHG NEGATIVE ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SEEMED TOO GOOD TO BE TE. IT EVEN ED SOME TO WONR WHO EXACTLY THE TARGET MOGRAPHIC FOR THIS SHOW WAS. SURELY, HETEROSEXUAL MEN AGED 18-35 WOULD BE UNFORTABLE WH THE LEVEL OF TIMACY SHOWN BETWEEN BAR AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT REALLY, THEY NEEDN’T HAVE WORRIED. BAR ONLY APPEARED FIVE EPISOS BEFORE HE WAS SAVAGELY MURRED BY A ROOMFUL OF MEN ONE OF THE SHOW’S PATENTLY GRAPHIC AND GOME SLGHTER SCEN. IN THE FOLLOWG EPISO HIS LOVER, PIETROS, BELIEVG BAR HAD BOUGHT HIS OWN EEDOM AND ABANDONED HIM, HANGED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BAR AND PIETROS ARE HARDLY THE FIRST GAY CHARACTERS TO DIE ON TELEVISN. IN FACT, THE PAST FOUR WEEKS ALONE WE'VE ALSO SEEN AD GLBT CHARACTERS ON BIG LOVE, LAW & ORR: SVU AND NCIS: LOS ANGEL. SADLY, THIS HIGH ATH TOLL FOR QUEER CHARACTERS IS NOTHG NEW FOR AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE BODY UNT FOR EACH EPISO OF SPARTAC IS HIGH, THE LOSS OF BAR FELT PECIALLY DISAPPOTG THAT WE WERE LOSG SUCH A UNIQUE CHARACTER. AFTER ALL, HE WAS A KILLG MACHE, REFERRED TO AS THE "BEAST OF CARTHAGE." HOW MANY PAST GAY CHARACTERS HAVE WE SEEN THAT E OTHER CHARACTERS TO QUAKE WH FEAR AT THE VERY MENTN OF THEIR NAME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE ... WHAT WENT RIGHT AND WHAT WENT WRONG.  {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAKE NO MISTAKE – BAR WAS NO SAT. IN FACT, A PREV EPISO HE MURRED A CHILD UNR ORRS OM HIS MASTER. BUT THE TWISTED MORALY OF THE WORLD OF SPARTAC, THAT N BE EXCED, FOR BAR HAD NO REAL CHOICE; IF HE REFED, THE CHILD WOULD STILL BE KILLED, AND BAR ALONG WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT'S TROUBLG HERE IS PARTLY THE TIRED OLD TROP THAT THE ATHS FELL BACK ON. SCE THE CHARACTERS  ARE SENDARY, THEY ARE VERY EXPENDABLE AND THEIR ATHS ARE, OR WILL BE, ED TO ILLTRATE AND FURTHER THE MA CHARACTER'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORSE, BAR IS BTALLY KILLED BY A GROUP OF (PRUMABLY) STRAIGHT MEN, SOMETHG WE’VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGA. PIETROS, WHO IS NOT A GLADIATOR BUT A SLAVE, AND TH SMALLER AND WEAKER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER MEN, IS FIRST RAPED AND BEATEN BY ANOTHER SLAVE BEFORE HE KILLS HIMSELF OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW DO SERVE CRED, HOWEVER, FOR NOT FALLG BACK ON A VERY SPECIFIC TROPE: BAR'S AND PIETROS' ATH HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTG TO DO WH THEIR SEXUALY. JT THE OPPOSE, FACT: THEIR RELATNSHIP WAS PRENTED UNQUTNABLY AS A NORMAL, NON-NTROVERSIAL PART OF LIFE THE LUD WHERE THEY TRAED, AND NONE OF THE OTHER GLADIATORS BATTED AN EYE WHEN THEY EXPRSED AFFECTN FOR EACH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERHAPS WAS BEE OF THIS ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR RELATNSHIP THAT THEIR LOSS IS FELT SO SEVERELY BY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WANT TO MAKE ONE THG VERY CLEAR. I NO WAY BELIEVE THEIR ATHS WERE DUE TO ANY MALIC TENT BY THOSE PENNG THE SCRIPTS. THE WRERS AND CREATORS OF THE SERI SERVE A LOT – A LOT – OF PRAISE FOR CLUDG OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS AND TREATG THEIR RELATNSHIP THE WAY THEY DID. I N’T IMAGE HOW MANY BATTL THEY MT HAVE FOUGHT TO GET BAR AND PIETROS ONTO OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT’S MORE, BAR WAS NOT THE ONLY CHARACTER TO DIE THE EPISO THAT FEATURED HIS MURR; THE OTHER VICTIM WAS SURA, SPARTAC’ WIFE. THIS IS HIGHLY SIGNIFINT, AS THE WRERS SEEMED TO BE GOG TO GREAT LENGTHS TO NNECT THE TWO ATHS; OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE EQUATG THE LOVE BETWEEN SPARTAC AND SURA WH THE LOVE BETWEEN BAR AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOTH ATHS WERE MEANT TO ELIC FEELGS OF SORROW OM THE VIEWER, AND ARE NO DOUBT GOG TO PROPEL SPARTAC TOWARD THE REBELLN FOR WHICH THE REBEL SLAVE IS SO FAMOLY KNOWN. HAVG THE WRERS PLACE THE SAME SIGNIFINCE ON BOTH THE GAY AND STRAIGHT CHARACTERS THIS MANNER IS HIGHLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THEIR ATHS SEEMS LIKE SUCH A WASTE. THERE ARE ALREADY PREC FEW GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, AND BAR WAS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE WE’VE EVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON A PERSONAL NOTE, BAR AND PIETROS WERE SPECIAL TO ME THAT I AM, WELL, AN UNBELIEVABLE GEEK WHEN THE SHOWS I LIKE TO WATCH. I WAS WEANED ON STAR WARS AND THE MATRIX, AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LOVER OF ACTN/SCI-FI/FANTASY GENRE SHOWS AND MOVI. ONE OF THE REAL LET-DOWNS WH THE PROGRAMS WAS THAT THEY RARELY EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THE EXISTENCE OF GAY PEOPLE, LET ALONE FEATURE POWERFUL GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHEN GAY CHARACTERS DO APPEAR, THERE IS A FEELG EXCEMENT: FALLY, WE'VE MA . WE'VE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THEN TO HAVE THEM KILLED OFF SO SUDNLY AND HORRIFILLY ... LEAV A BAD TASTE ONE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE ... WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.  {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT LLS TO MD THAT FEELG OF LOSS WHEN THE CHARACTER OF IANTO WAS KILLED OFF ON THE SCI-FI H TORCHWOOD LAST SUMMER. PARALLELS N CERTALY BE MA: BOTH WERE ACTN-ORIENTED MEN ON GENRE SHOWS, BOTH WERE EPLY LOVE, AND BOTH WERE KILLLED UNR TERRIBLY TRAGIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ATH OF IANTO JON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IANTO WAS A FASCATG CHARACTER: SOMEONE WE WATCHED GROW TO HIS OWN SK, SLOWLY BEG FORTABLE WH HIS SEXUALY AND HIS ATTRACTN TO ANOTHER MAN. THE FACT THAT MOST OF HIS SCREEN TIME WAS VOTED TO CHASG DOWN ALIENS MA THOSE SMALL HUMAN MOMENTS THAT MUCH MORE ABSORBG, AND MA HIS BTAL MURR SO VASTATG THAT OCCURRED JT AS HE WAS FALLY ABLE TO ACCEPT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN’T A MAN, MANY GAY MALE FANS RELL FEELG EQUALLY VASTATED WHEN THE CHARACTER OF TARA WAS KILLED ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. HERE WAS A STRONG, TELLIGENT YOUNG GAY WOMAN A BETIFUL,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTED RELATNSHIP WH ANOTHER WOMAN, AND JT AS THEIR RELATNSHIP BE STRONGER THAN EVER – ED, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWG THE FIRST TIME WE AS AN DIENCE SEE THEM MAKE LOVE – TARA WAS THOUGHTLSLY GUNNED DOWN BY A MOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE TIME, THERE WERE EVEN FEWER GAY CHARACTERS THAN THERE ARE NOW, AND HER LOSS ALT A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BLOW TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ATH OF TARA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS AN DIENCE, WE HAVEN’T HAD THE TIME TO NNECT WH BAR OR PIETROS THAT WE HAD WH IANTO AND TARA, BUT NOHELS THERE REMAS THE FEELG THAT AN CREDIBLE OPPORTUNY HAS BEEN SQUANRED. BAR AND PIETROS ULD HAVE BEEN A GAY UPLE THE LIK OF WHICH WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE ON TELEVISN — A BTAL GAY WARRR AND HIS BRAVE, LOVG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOO BAD ALL WE HAVE NOW IS THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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