The Office’s Gay Cariture

Contents:

• WHY IS 'GAY' JOKE ON 'THE OFFICE' DIFFERENT THAN 'GAY' JOKE 'THE DILEMMA'?
• WHY "THE OFFICE" STILL HAS ONE OF TELEVISN'S BT 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;}CULTUREBY MARK BLANKENSHIPMAY 9, 2013/6:25 AMBY MARK BLANKENSHIPMAY 9, 2013 / 6:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY \"THE OFFICE\" STILL HAS ONE OF TELEVISN'S BT GAY CHARACTERS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-09T10:25:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-09T10:25:36.000+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":"MARK BLANKENSHIP","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{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;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_99317" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="601"] OSR WORTHY (NBC)[/PTN]{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;}TONIGHT IS THE SEND-TO-LAST EPISO OF THE OFFICE BEFORE NBC'S LONG-NNG S ABOUT FOLKS SELLG PAPER SCRANTON, ENDS FOR GOOD ON MAY 16. WHICH MEANS THERE ARE ONLY A FEW MORE CHANC TO SPEND TIME WH OSR MARTEZ, ONE OF THE MOST TERTG GAY CHARACTERS 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;}OSR (PLAYED MASTERFULLY BY STRAIGHT ACTOR OSR NUNEZ) GOT A LOT OF BUZZ BACK 2006, WHEN HE ME OUT THE SEASON 3 EPISO "GAY WCH HUNT." AT THE TIME, HE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS ON WORK TV. (THE EP EVEN EARNED SHOWNNER GREG DANIELS AN EMMY.){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;}THGS HAVE CHANGED SCE THEN, OF URSE: NOW THERE ARE GAY CHARACTERS APPEARG REGULARLY ON THE NEW NORMAL, MORN FAY, GO ON AND GLEE–NOT TO MENTN BLE SERI LIKE TE BLOOD, NURSE JACKIE, AND AMERIN HORROR STORY. (EVEN STARCHY OLD PBS HAS DOWNTON ABBEY'S THOMAS.) {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 OSR IS A STILL A CHARACTER WORTH CELEBRATG: FOR ONE THG, HIS STORYLE THIS SEASON HAS BEEN FASCATG. FOR WEEKS, HE WAS HAVG A SECRET AFFAIR WH ANGELA'S HBAND, SENATOR ROBERT. SCE ANGELA WORKED TWO FEET AWAY, THAT CREATED ALL SORTS OF CRACKLG DRAMA–AND NERVO LGHS WHEN OSR ACCINTALLY AGREED WH ANGELA'S ASSSMENT OF THE SENATOR'S MORNGTIME {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;}EVENTUALLY, THOUGH, THE AFFAIR WAS MENTNED A PROMO FOR THE DOCUMENTARY THE STAFF IS BEG FEATURED , WHICH PROMPTED SENATOR ROBERT TO E OUT AND REVEAL HIS LOVE FOR ANOTHER MAN. NOT OSR–ANOTHER DU {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;}WHOOPS {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;}IN LAST WEEK'S EPISO, "LIVG THE DREAM," ANGELA'S ENTIRE LIFE WAS FALLG APART–THE ERNMENT EVEN TOOK HER TS!–PROMPTG  OSR TO VE HER TO STAY WH HIM FOR 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;}SUDNLY, THE MAN WHO WAS CHEATG WH A WOMAN'S HBAND WAS EXTENDG HIS HAND TO HER IENDSHIP. I LOVE THIS STORYLE NOT ONLY BEE 'S MEATY, BUT BEE 'S NOT SPECIFILLY ABOUT OSR BEG GAY. WELL, OKAY, HIS SEXUALY MA THE AFFAIR WH ANGELA'S HBAND POSSIBLE. BUT THE STORYLE ISN'T ABOUT BULLYG OR MARRIAGE EQUALY. IT'S NOT ABOUT BIG GAY THEM. IT'S ABOUT OSR'S RELATNSHIP TO ANGELA–HIS KDNS, GUILT 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;}AND WAS JT ONE OF THE TERTG THGS THAT HAPPENED ON THE EPISO: ANDY QU, JIM AND PAM MA MAJOR RELATNSHIP CISNS, AND DWIGHT GOT PROMOTED TO BRANCH MANAGER. OSR AND ANGELA WERE FOLD TO THE LARGER MUNY 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;}IN OTHER WORDS, OSR IS ALLOWED TO BE PART OF THE LARGER TAPTRY. THERE ARE ALSO PLENTY OF EPISOS WHERE HIS SEXUALY DON'T GET MENTNED AT ALL. THAT'S SOMETHG TO CHEER: ON THE OFFICE, BEG GAY IS UN-SPECIAL ENOUGH THAT WE N FET ABOUT ENTIRELY SOMETIM. BUT 'S ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED ENOUGH THAT GETS TREATED WH PTH AND SENSIVELY WHEN IS THE CENTER 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;}I'LL BE TERTED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO OSR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS: I HOPE HE FDS A BOYIEND. I HOPE HE NNECTS WH THE RT OF THE STAFF AT DUNR-MUFFL AN TERTG WAY. AND I HOPE GETS REMEMBERED FONDLY AFTER THE SHOW GO OFF THE {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;}MARK BLANKENSHIP HAS NEVER DATED A SENATOR. HE TWEETS AS @{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY WCH HUNT QUOT
• GAY WCH HUNT
• SEASON 3 EPISO 1: GAY WCH HUNTTHE OFFICE (USA)TRACK 1 ON SEASON 3 SEP. 21, 20061 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORSEASON 3 EPISO 1: GAY WCH HUNT LYRICSRYAN: YEAH, I'M NOT A TEMP ANYMORE. I GOT JIM'S OLD JOB WHICH MEANS AT MY HIGH SCHOOL RNN WILL NOT SAY "RYAN HOWARD IS A TEMP", WILL SAY "RYAN HOWARD IS A JUNR SAL ASSOCIATE AT A MID-RANGE PAPER SUPPLY FIRM. THAT'LL SHOW EM.*FLASHBACK TO JIM AND PAM KISSG *JIM: YOU HAVE NO IA HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WAG TO DO THAT.PAM: ME TOO. I THK WE'RE JT DNK.JIM: NO I'M NOT DNK, ARE YOU DNK?PAM: NO ... JIMJIM: YOU'RE REALLY GONNA MARRY HIM? [PAM NODS] OK*CUTS TO DWIGHT TALKG TO CAMERA*DWIGHT: [FAKE CRYG] JIM IS GONE, HE'S GONE, I MISS HIM SO MUCH! I CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP ... JIM! [NORMAL VOICE] FALSE, I DO NOT MISS HIM.OPENG SEQUENCEMICHAEL: NO! THAT IS THE FUN OF THIS PLACE. I LL EVERYBODY "FAGGIE". WHY WOULD ANYBODY FD THAT OFFENSIVE?TOBY: OK I THK OSR WOULD JT LIKE IF YOU ED "LAME" OR SOMETHG LIKE THAT.MICHAEL: THAT'S WHAT FAGGIE MEANS!TOBY: NO NOT REALLY... [MICHAEL GROANS] APPARENTLY YOU LLED OSR "FAGGIE" FOR LIKG THE MOVIE SHAKPEARE LOVE MORE THAN AN ACTN MOVIE.MICHAEL: IT WASN'T JT AN ACTN MOVIE, WAS DIE HARD!TOBY: ALL RIGHT MICHAEL, BUT OSR'S REALLY GAY.MICHAEL: EXACTLY!TOBY: I MEAN FOR REAL.MICHAEL: YEAH, I KNOW.TOBY: NO, I MEAN HE'S ATTRACTED TO OTHER MEN.MICHAEL: OK, A LTLE TOO FAR, CROSSED THE LE.TOBY: OK, I AM TELLG YOU, OSR IS AN ACTUAL HOMOSEXUAL. YEAH, HE TOLD ME THIS MORNG. AND, OBVLY HE HOP HE N UNT ON YOUR DISCRETN.MICHAEL [TO MERA]: I WOULD HAVE NEVER LLED HIM THAT IF I KNEW. YOU DON'T... YOU DON'T LL RETARD PEOPLE "RETARDS". IT'S BAD TASTE. YOU LL YOUR IENDS "RETARDS" WHEN THEY'RE ACTG RETARD. AND I NSIR OSR A IEND.MICHAEL [TO OSR]: LISTEN MAN, I AM SO SORRY. I HAD NO IA.OSR: NO, 'S FE.MICHAEL: NO. NO 'S NOT. I FEEL TERRIBLE ABOUT . I HAVE BEEN LLG PEOPLE "FAGGIE" SCE I WAS JUNR HIGH, AND I HAVE NEVER MA THIS MISTAKE. IF I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE, IS BEE I AM JT SO FAR THE OPPOSE WAY, YOU KNOW? I'M JT... I, I N'T EVEN IMAGE... THE... THG. MAYBE WE ULD GO OUT FOR A BEER SOMETIME. AND YOU ULD TELL ME... HOW... YOU DO THAT TO ANOTHER DU.OSR: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT, WONRFUL IA, LET'S DO THAT.ANGELA: [ REFERENCE TO OSR BEG GAY] IT EXPLAS SO MUCH.OSR [TO CAMERA]: NO, I'M NOT GAY. AND I DON'T UNRSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD THK, THAT I'M GAY... IF... [SIGHS] UH... YEAH I'M GAY.*AT STAMFORD PAPER BRANCH*JIM: I N'T SAY WHETHER DUNR MIFFL PAPER IS LS FLAMMABLE, SIR, BUT I N ASSURE THAT IS CERTALY NOT MORE FLAMMABLE.JIM[TO CAMERA]: WHY DID I TRANSFER TO STAMFORD? I THK THAT'S PRETTY OBV. I GOT PROMOTED! AND YOU N'T BEAT THAT VIEW... RIGHT?ANDY: HEY, BIG TUNA! YOU'RE SGLE RIGHT?JIM: UH-HUH, YEAH. I AM.ANDY: SHE'S PRETTY HOT HUH? [JIM NODS] SHE'S PLETELY CRAZY. STEER CLEAR BIG TUNA. HEAD FOR OPEN WATERS.JIM: OK.ANDY: OK.JIM[TO CAMERA]: I ATE A TUNA SANDWICH, ON MY FIRST DAY. SO, ANDY STARTED LLG ME BIG TUNA. ...I DON'T THK ANY OF THEM ACTUALLY KNOW MY REAL NAME.ANDY[TO CAMERA]: BIG TUNA IS A SUPER AMB GUY, YOU KNOW? CUT YOUR THROAT TO GET AHEAD KD OF GUY, BUT I MEAN I'M NOT THREATENED BY HIM. I WENT TO CORNELL, YOU EVER HEARD OF ? [LGHS] I GRADUATED FOUR YEARS. I NEVER STUDIED ONCE. I WAS DNK THE WHOLE TIME, AND I SANG THE APPELLA GROUP, "HERE COM TREBLE."*CUTS TO STAMFORD BRANCH MEETG*JOSH: SO, END OF DAY WE ARE GOG TO HAVE A LTLE DIVERSY POLICY REHER, BEE OF SOME MORE PROBLEMS AT THE SCRANTON BRANCH. AND I HAVE A LIST OF BS STARTUPS I GOT OM THE CHAMBER. Y, I AM GOG TO NEED SOMEONE TO LD LL THEM.JIM: OH, I N DO THAT.KAREN[TO CAMERA]: JIM'S NICE ENOUGH. I DONT... I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL HE'S FTG HERE. HE'S ALWAYS LOOKG AT THE MERA LIKE THIS. [MAK CLASSIC "JIM"-MERA FACE] WHAT IS THAT?*CUTS BACK TO SCRANTON BRANCH*MICHAEL: CAN YOU TELL WHO'S GAY AND WHO'S NOT?DWIGHT: OF URSE.MICHAEL: WHAT ABOUT OSR?DWIGHT: ABSOLUTELY NOT.MICHAEL: WELL, HE IS.DWIGHT: WELL, HE'S NOT DRSED WOMEN'S CLOTH, SO...MICHAEL: [EP SIGH] THERE ULD BE OTHERS... I NEED TO KNOW. I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY ELSE.DWIGHT: YOU ULD ASSUME EVERYONE IS, AND NOT SAY ANYTHG OFFENSIVE.MICHAEL: YEAH, I'M SURE EVERYONE WOULD APPRECIATE ME TREATG THEM LIKE THEY WERE GAY. HEY, WHAT ABOUT ANGELA? SHE'S HARD AND SEVERE. SHE ULD BE A GAY WOMAN.DWIGHT: I REALLY DON'T THK SO. MICHAEL: I DON'T KNOW, I N IMAGE HER WH ANOTHER WOMAN, N'T YOU?DWIGHT: [CREEPY SE] MICHAEL: DO SOME REARCH. FD OUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO TELL BY JT LOOKG AT THEM.DWIGHT: JIM TOLD ME YOU ULD BUY GAY-DAR ONLE.MICHAEL: THAT'S RIDICULO.DWIGHT: YEAH PROBABLY. HE DIDN'T TELL THE TTH A LOT.MICHAEL: [SIGHS] LET'S LL HIM AND GET THE WEBSE.DWIGHT: DEFELY.*CUTS TO JIM ON THE PHONE WH MICHAEL*JIM: WHAT'S GAY-DAR? OH, OH, GAY-DAR, Y! NO, UH, I THK THEY HAVE AT SHARPER IMAGE. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I ULD CHECK FOR YOU. NO PROBLEM. [LOUDLY FAKE TYPG] IT'S SOLD OUT! YEAH SORRY ABOUT THAT, THAT'S A BUMMER.MICHAEL [HANGG UP THE PHONE]: WELL, THEY'RE SOLD OUT. DWIGHT: DAMN. [THKS] I'LL TRY BROOKSTONE.*CUTS TO JIM AT SK*JIM [TO CAMERA]: I MISS THAT.*CUTS TO PAM AT SK*ROY: CHICKEN OR FISH?PAM: [LOUD SIGH] CHICKEN.ROY: SO YOU HAV' A GOOD DAY?PAM: EXCELLENT, THANKS.ROY: GOOD, GLAD. OK.PAM[TO MERA]: YEAH, I DIDN'T GO THROUGH WH THE WEDDG. I GOT LD FEET, A FEW DAYS BEFORE. AND I N'T REALLY EXPLA . I JT HAD TO GET OUT OF THAT RELATNSHIP. WE STILL HAD TO PAY FOR ALL THE FOOD. SO WE OZE . BUT I'M, I'M DOG WELL. I HAVE MY OWN APARTMENT. I'M TAKG ART CLASS. AND I HAVE LUNCH FOR THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS.ROY: AFTER PAM DUMPED ME, I UM, I KDA STOPPED TAKG RE OF MYSELF THERE, AND UH, I H BOTTOM WHEN UH, DNK DRIVG ARRT. I'VE BEEN WORKG OUT AND UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE HER FOR GRANTED. I GOTTA W HER BACK.STANLEY[TO MERA]: I GOT THEM A TOASTER. THEY LLED OFF THE WEDDG AND GAVE THE TOASTER BACK TO ME. I TRIED TO RETURN THE TOASTER TO THE STORE, AND THEY SAID THEY NO LONGER SOLD THAT KD OF TOASTER. SO NOW MY HOE HAS GOT TWO TOASTERS.KELLY[TO OSR]: THAT IS SO OL THAT YOU'RE GAY. I TOTALLY UNRTIMATED YOU.OSR[TO MERA]: Y I'M SUPER OL. I AM AN ACUNTANT AT A FAILG PAPER SUPPLY PANY, SCRANTON. MUCH LIKE, UM, SIR IAN MCCLELLAN.ANGELA[TO MERA]: SURE, SOMETIM I WATCH WILL AND GRACE... AND I WANT TO THROW UP. IT'S TERRIBLY LOUD. I DO LIKE SOMETIM WHEN HARRY CONNICK JR. IS ON. HE'S SO TALENTED.*CUT TO MEREDH LICKG HAND SANIZER**AT STANFORD BRANCH*ANDY: OK. WHO PUT MY LCULATOR JELLO? GOOD ONE. BUT UH, SERLY, GUYS WHO DID THIS? SERLY GUYS, WHO DID THIS? I NEED TO KNOW WHO PUT MY LCULATOR JELLO, OR I'M GONNA LOSE MY FRICKIN' MIND! (KICKS TRASH N)*CUT TO JAN WALKG TO STANFORD BRANCH*JAN[TO MICHAEL HIS OFFICE]: YOU KNOW, 'S AMAZG TO ME THAT THIS DAY AND AGE, YOU ULD BE SO OBTE ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATN.MICHAEL: I WATCH THE L WORD. I WATCH, QUEER AS F***, SO...JAN: THAT'S NOT WHAT 'S LLED.TOBY: OK, MICHAEL, ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOU OTED OSR TODAY?MICHAEL: WHAT? WHAT DO THAT EVEN...JAN: COMG OUT, IS A SIGNIFINT MOMENT FOR A GAY PERSON, AND THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SELECT THE TIMG AND MANNER OF ANNOUNCG .MICHAEL: WELL, GAY PRI, RIGHT? GAY PRI PARA? IT'S NOT LIKE GAY... SHAME FTIVAL.TOBY: ALL RIGHT, NOW OSR'S FEELG DISCRIMATED AGAST BY HIS -WORKERS, PRIMARILY ANGELA, AND UM, THAT'S YOUR FLT.MICHAEL: I THK ANGELA MIGHT BE GAY. COULD OSR AND ANGELA BE HAVG A GAY AFFAIR? MAYBE! IS THAT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT?JAN: NO!MICHAEL: I DON'T KN--JAN: NO, 'S NOT POSSIBLE.MICHAEL: ANYTHG'S POSSIBLE.JAN: YOU KNOW, IMAGE... YOU WERE GAY.MICHAEL: [LGHS] WELL, I'M NOT GAY JAN, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BETTER THAN ANYBODY!JAN: MICHAEL, YOUR IMMATURY IS EXTREMELY DISAPPOTG AND MAY EVEN LEAD TO A LAWSU WHICH IS THE ABSOLUTE LAST THG THIS PANY NEEDS RIGHT NOW. DO YOU UNRSTAND?MICHAEL[TO MERA]: THE PANY HAS MA MY RPONSIBILY TODAY TO PUT AN END TO 100,000 YEARS OF BEG WEIRD OUT BY GAYS.*CUT TO OSR MICHAEL'S OFFICE*OSR: AM I THE FIRST GAY MAN YOU EVER KNEW?MICHAEL: TRICK QUTN! CSE YOU N'T ALWAYS TELL, SO... HOW WOULD I KNOW. IS THAT THE RIGHT ANSWER?PAM: MICHAEL, DWIGHT'S LOOKG AT GAY PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS PUTER.DWIGHT: UH, MICHAEL KNOWS PAM. HE ASKED ME TO DO THIS JT FOR HIM. HE HAS HIS OWN REASONS.MICHAEL: [LOOKG AT GAY PORN] NOTHG WRONG WH THIS STUFF. AT ALL. THIS IS FE. YOU KNOW WHAT. GAY PORN, STRAIGHT PORN, 'S ALL GOOD! I DON'T PARTICULARLY GET TO THIS. BUT UH, YOU KNOW WHAT. I TOTALLY SEE THE MER! AND ACTUALLY... IS QUE BETIFUL.DWIGHT: AH DAMN POP-UPS.OSR: WHAT ARE YOU DOG?!ANGELA: WATCHG SOME OF YOUR IENDS. (OSR PH THROUGH ANGELA AND DWIGHT TRI TO CHASE AFTER HIM)MICHAEL: [YELLG] ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY THE NFERENCE ROOM! I DON'T RE IF YOU ARE GAY, OR STRAIGHT, OR A LBIAN, OR OVERWEIGHT! JUST GET IN HERE! RIGHT NOW!*IN NFERENCE ROOM*MICHAEL: DID YOU KNOW THAT GAY ED TO MEAN HAPPY? WHEN I WAS GROWG UP MEANT LAME. AND NOW MEANS A MAN, WHO MAK LOVE TO OTHER MEN. WE'RE ALL HOMOS! HOMOSAPIENS. GAYS AREN'T NECSARILY WHO YOU THK THEY ARE, PEOPLE. I MEAN ANYBODY ULD BE GAY. BS-MEN. LIKE ANTIQUE ALERS, OR HAIRDRSERS, OR... ACUNTANTS. OSR, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THIS OPPORTUNY TO OFFICIALLY E OUT, TO EVERYBODY HERE. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO . GO AHEAD. STAND UP. I'M DOG THIS FOR YOU.OSR: Y I'M GAY. AND I DIDN'T PLAN ON SHARG THAT PART OF MY LIFE WH YOU TODAY, SO, WHATEVER. CAN I S DOWN NOW?CREED:[TO MERA]: I'M NOT OFFEND BY HOMOSEXUALY. IN THE SIXTI I MA LOVE TO MANY MANY WOMEN, OFTEN OUTDOORS, THE MUD AND THE RA. AND WAS POSSIBLE A MAN SLIPPED , AND THERE WOULD BE NO WAY OF KNOWG.MICHAEL: WHO SHOULD BE THE JUDG AND JURI OF OUR SOCIETY?ANGELA: JUDG AND JURI!MICHAEL: Y, THAT'S A GOOD POT. SHE HAS A GOOD POT. BEE GAY MARRIAGE CURRENTLY IS NOT LEGAL, UNR U.S. LAW. I BET A LOT OF STRAIGHT MEN WISH THAT APPLIED TO THEM. SO THEY ULD GO OUT THERE AND HAVE SOME TORRID UNABASHED MONKEY SEX AS MUCH AS THEY ULD. YOU KNOW? SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT?KEV: THAT SOUNDS GREAT.DWIGHT: I THK ALL THE OTHER OFFICE GAYS SHOULD INTIFY THEMSELV, OR I WILL DO FOR THEM.OSR: NO ONE ELSE THIS OFFICE IS GAY.DWIGHT: WHAT ABOUT PHYLLIS? SHE MAK ABSOLUTELY NO ATTEMPT TO BE FEME!PHYLLIS: I'M GETTG MARRIED TO BOB VANCE.MICHAEL: THAT'S GREAT. CONGRATULATNS PHYLLIS. THAT IS GREAT, AND ANKLY KD OF AMAZG! [LGHS] SEE? EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE!MICHAEL: BUT STILL, PHYLLIS, LLEGE? DID YOU EVER EXPERIMENT WH OTHER WOMEN? A LOT OF WOMEN DO!PHYLLIS: NO, YOU KNEW ME HIGH SCHOOL. COURSE, WE ALL THOUGHT YOU WERE GAY HIGH SCHOOL.MICHAEL: [LGHG] RIGHT! [SER] AND I TAKE THAT AS A PLIMENT.PHYLLIS: WELL WH YOUR TI AND YOUR MATCHG SOCKS AND-MICHAEL: WELL, I JT LIKE TO LOOK GOOD OK, SOOSR: YOU SOUND PRETTY FENSIVE MICHAEL.MICHAEL: NO, I AM JT G OUT MYSELF. I AM G OUT HETERO!OSR: I THK THE PROBLEM WH THIS OFFICE IS THAT YOU ARE SENDG MIXED SIGNALS ABOUT MY BEG HERE.MICHAEL: NO NO NO. THE ONLY SIGNAL THAT I AM SENDG IS GAY, GOOD. LOOK, IF I WAS GAY, I WOULD BE THE MOST FLAMBOYANT GAY YOU HAVE EVER SEEN. I WOULD BE LEADG THE PARA VERED FEATHERS, AND JT... I WOULD BE WAVG THAT RABOW FLAG.OSR: I DON'T THK I N WORK HERE ANY LONGER. THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST, MOST BACKWARDS DAY OF MY LIFE.MICHAEL: YOU MISUNRSTAND OK. YOU KNOW WHAT, OK. I UH, I'M GONNA PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH IS. YOU READY? I AM GOG TO EMBRACE OSR. YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH THIS ANGELA, BEE YOU N'T TCH ANYTHG. HERE WE GO. WE ARE GOG TO MAKE A STATEMENT. YOU AND I ARE GOG TO MAKE A STATEMENT TOGETHER. OSR IS MY IEND ...OSR: I WOULD RATHER NOT.MICHAEL: .. I JT DON'T RE WHO SE , DON'T BOTHER ME!OSR: NO, NO(PHG MICHAEL AWAY)! I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH YOU, EVER NSIR THAT? YOU'RE IGNORANT, AND SULTG, AND SMALL!MICHAEL: OK, UM... SORRY.OSR: MICHAEL... I'M SORRY. THAT WAS A GOOD IA. COME ON, E ON. (OSR AND MICHAEL HUG)MICHAEL: [SOBBG] I'M SORRY I LLED YOU FAGGIE. YOU'RE NOT FAGGIE. YOU'RE A A GOOD GUY.DWIGHT[TO MERA]: MICHAEL APPEARS TO BE GAY TOO. AND YET HE IS MY IEND. I GUS I DO HAVE A GAY IEND.MICHAEL: (EMBRACG OSR) YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOG TO RAISE THE STAK. I WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS. AND I WANT YOU TO BURN THIS TO YOUR BRAS. BEE THIS IS AN IMAGE THAT I WANT YOU PEOPLE TO REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME TO E. WHENEVER YOU E TO THE OFFICE I WANT YOU TO THK ABOUT THIS. [AWKWARDLY KISSG OSR] I DID . SEE. I'M STILL HERE. WE'RE ALL STILL HERE. [KEV CLAPS]MICHAEL: [DWIGHT GETS UP TO KISS OSR] OH E ON! DWIGHT! COME ON, MAN!MICHAEL[TO MERA]: WE ARE NOT THE PLAYGROUND ANYMORE. THERE ARE NEW L. WE HAVE TO BE MATURE. BUT WE N'T LOSE THE SPIR OF CHILD LIKE WONR. WHAT IS LOVE... ANYWAY? MAYBE 'S SUPPOSED TO BREAK ALL THE L. LIKE ME AND JAN. OR OSR... AND SOME GUY. LIFE IS SHORT. WHEN TWO PEOPLE FD EACH OTHER, WHAT SHOULD STAND THEIR WAY? I AM GLAD THAT TODAY SPURRED SOCIAL CHANGE. THAT'S PART OF MY JOB AS REGNAL MANAGER. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? EVEN IF DIDN'T, AT LEAST WE PUT THIS MATTER TO BED. ... THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. OR HE SAID. OH, THERE'S GILL. OSR'S ROOMMATE. I WONR IF HE KNOWS?OSR[TO MERA]: I WAS GOG TO QU. BUT JAN OFFERED ME A THREE MONTH PAID VATN AND A PANY R. ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SIGN SOMETHG SAYG I WON'T SUE. GILL AND I ARE GOG TO EUROPE. KIDS, SOMETIM PAYS TO BE GAY.*CUTS TO DWIGHT OPENG A BOX OM JIM NTAG "GAY-DAR"*DWIGHT: [READG THE NOTE WH THE GAY-DAR] "HOPE THIS HELPS. -JIM" NICE!OSR: [DWIGHT IS NNG THE GAY-DAR OVER OSR'S BODY] WHAT ARE YOU DOG?!DWIGHT: SHHH. DON'T BE SRED. [GAY-DAR BEEPS OVER OSR'S BELT BUCKLE] IT WORKS. [GAY-DAR GO OFF NEXT TO DWIGHT'S BELT BUCKLE] .. NO.EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• THE OFFICE’S GAY CARITURE

WHY IS 'GAY' JOKE ON 'THE OFFICE' DIFFERENT THAN 'GAY' JOKE 'THE DILEMMA'?

In the wake of the recent suicis as a rult of gay bullyg, Vce Vghn me unr fire when he fend his character’s joke the upg Ron Howard edy “The Dilemma.

WHY "THE OFFICE" STILL HAS ONE OF TELEVISN'S BT 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;}CULTUREBY MARK BLANKENSHIPMAY 9, 2013/6:25 AMBY MARK BLANKENSHIPMAY 9, 2013 / 6:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY \"THE OFFICE\" STILL HAS ONE OF TELEVISN'S BT GAY CHARACTERS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-09T10:25:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-09T10:25:36.000+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":"MARK BLANKENSHIP","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{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;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_99317" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="601"] OSR WORTHY (NBC)[/PTN]{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;}TONIGHT IS THE SEND-TO-LAST EPISO OF THE OFFICE BEFORE NBC'S LONG-NNG S ABOUT FOLKS SELLG PAPER SCRANTON, ENDS FOR GOOD ON MAY 16. WHICH MEANS THERE ARE ONLY A FEW MORE CHANC TO SPEND TIME WH OSR MARTEZ, ONE OF THE MOST TERTG GAY CHARACTERS 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;}OSR (PLAYED MASTERFULLY BY STRAIGHT ACTOR OSR NUNEZ) GOT A LOT OF BUZZ BACK 2006, WHEN HE ME OUT THE SEASON 3 EPISO "GAY WCH HUNT." AT THE TIME, HE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS ON WORK TV. (THE EP EVEN EARNED SHOWNNER GREG DANIELS AN EMMY.){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;}THGS HAVE CHANGED SCE THEN, OF URSE: NOW THERE ARE GAY CHARACTERS APPEARG REGULARLY ON THE NEW NORMAL, MORN FAY, GO ON AND GLEE–NOT TO MENTN BLE SERI LIKE TE BLOOD, NURSE JACKIE, AND AMERIN HORROR STORY. (EVEN STARCHY OLD PBS HAS DOWNTON ABBEY'S THOMAS.) {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 OSR IS A STILL A CHARACTER WORTH CELEBRATG: FOR ONE THG, HIS STORYLE THIS SEASON HAS BEEN FASCATG. FOR WEEKS, HE WAS HAVG A SECRET AFFAIR WH ANGELA'S HBAND, SENATOR ROBERT. SCE ANGELA WORKED TWO FEET AWAY, THAT CREATED ALL SORTS OF CRACKLG DRAMA–AND NERVO LGHS WHEN OSR ACCINTALLY AGREED WH ANGELA'S ASSSMENT OF THE SENATOR'S MORNGTIME {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;}EVENTUALLY, THOUGH, THE AFFAIR WAS MENTNED A PROMO FOR THE DOCUMENTARY THE STAFF IS BEG FEATURED , WHICH PROMPTED SENATOR ROBERT TO E OUT AND REVEAL HIS LOVE FOR ANOTHER MAN. NOT OSR–ANOTHER DU {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;}WHOOPS {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;}IN LAST WEEK'S EPISO, "LIVG THE DREAM," ANGELA'S ENTIRE LIFE WAS FALLG APART–THE ERNMENT EVEN TOOK HER TS!–PROMPTG  OSR TO VE HER TO STAY WH HIM FOR 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;}SUDNLY, THE MAN WHO WAS CHEATG WH A WOMAN'S HBAND WAS EXTENDG HIS HAND TO HER IENDSHIP. I LOVE THIS STORYLE NOT ONLY BEE 'S MEATY, BUT BEE 'S NOT SPECIFILLY ABOUT OSR BEG GAY. WELL, OKAY, HIS SEXUALY MA THE AFFAIR WH ANGELA'S HBAND POSSIBLE. BUT THE STORYLE ISN'T ABOUT BULLYG OR MARRIAGE EQUALY. IT'S NOT ABOUT BIG GAY THEM. IT'S ABOUT OSR'S RELATNSHIP TO ANGELA–HIS KDNS, GUILT 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;}AND WAS JT ONE OF THE TERTG THGS THAT HAPPENED ON THE EPISO: ANDY QU, JIM AND PAM MA MAJOR RELATNSHIP CISNS, AND DWIGHT GOT PROMOTED TO BRANCH MANAGER. OSR AND ANGELA WERE FOLD TO THE LARGER MUNY 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;}IN OTHER WORDS, OSR IS ALLOWED TO BE PART OF THE LARGER TAPTRY. THERE ARE ALSO PLENTY OF EPISOS WHERE HIS SEXUALY DON'T GET MENTNED AT ALL. THAT'S SOMETHG TO CHEER: ON THE OFFICE, BEG GAY IS UN-SPECIAL ENOUGH THAT WE N FET ABOUT ENTIRELY SOMETIM. BUT 'S ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED ENOUGH THAT GETS TREATED WH PTH AND SENSIVELY WHEN IS THE CENTER 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;}I'LL BE TERTED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO OSR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS: I HOPE HE FDS A BOYIEND. I HOPE HE NNECTS WH THE RT OF THE STAFF AT DUNR-MUFFL AN TERTG WAY. AND I HOPE GETS REMEMBERED FONDLY AFTER THE SHOW GO OFF THE {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;}MARK BLANKENSHIP HAS NEVER DATED A SENATOR. HE TWEETS AS @{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

”Vghn's character the movie says "electric rs are gay. "GLAAD (The Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) was quick to nmn the dialogue and urged supporters to enurage the stud to remove the phrase om the last week, NBC’s h show “The Office” featured a siar the October 14 episo entled “Sex Ed, ” Michael (Steve Carell) ntracts herp and orrs Osr (Osr Nunez) to his office bee they “once sucked face as part of an office prentatn to stroy the stigma about gay kissg” and now feels Osr may have given him “a sexually transmted disease.

”’s Edor--Chief Amelia McDonell-Parry, who told Pop Tarts prevly that “The Dilemma” gay joke was ‘lame’ and subsequently appropriate given the current social climate, don’t believe “The Office” should be pared to the film.

She said the show has an ongog theme portrayg Carell’s character is awkwardly appropriate when to the homosexualy of his employee, Osr. Though he often mak jok and appropriate or ignorant remarks about Osr beg gay -- cludg on this most recent episo -- 's Michael, not Osr, who the dience is really lghg at.

GAY WCH HUNT QUOT

“Couple that wh the fact that all of the so-lled ‘gay jok’ on ‘The Office’ are far better wrten than the one cheap shot, who's sole msage is that 'gay = lame, ' ‘The Dilemma’ and you have a clear cut se of not the same at all.

GAY WCH HUNT

”So what is and isn’t acceptable by Hollywood standards when to “gay” jok? “Our society has entered a lite terrory when to mg edy om gay characters and suatns.

SEASON 3 EPISO 1: GAY WCH HUNTTHE OFFICE (USA)TRACK 1 ON SEASON 3 SEP. 21, 20061 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORSEASON 3 EPISO 1: GAY WCH HUNT LYRICSRYAN: YEAH, I'M NOT A TEMP ANYMORE. I GOT JIM'S OLD JOB WHICH MEANS AT MY HIGH SCHOOL RNN WILL NOT SAY "RYAN HOWARD IS A TEMP", WILL SAY "RYAN HOWARD IS A JUNR SAL ASSOCIATE AT A MID-RANGE PAPER SUPPLY FIRM. THAT'LL SHOW EM.*FLASHBACK TO JIM AND PAM KISSG *JIM: YOU HAVE NO IA HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WAG TO DO THAT.PAM: ME TOO. I THK WE'RE JT DNK.JIM: NO I'M NOT DNK, ARE YOU DNK?PAM: NO ... JIMJIM: YOU'RE REALLY GONNA MARRY HIM? [PAM NODS] OK*CUTS TO DWIGHT TALKG TO CAMERA*DWIGHT: [FAKE CRYG] JIM IS GONE, HE'S GONE, I MISS HIM SO MUCH! I CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP ... JIM! [NORMAL VOICE] FALSE, I DO NOT MISS HIM.OPENG SEQUENCEMICHAEL: NO! THAT IS THE FUN OF THIS PLACE. I LL EVERYBODY "FAGGIE". WHY WOULD ANYBODY FD THAT OFFENSIVE?TOBY: OK I THK OSR WOULD JT LIKE IF YOU ED "LAME" OR SOMETHG LIKE THAT.MICHAEL: THAT'S WHAT FAGGIE MEANS!TOBY: NO NOT REALLY... [MICHAEL GROANS] APPARENTLY YOU LLED OSR "FAGGIE" FOR LIKG THE MOVIE SHAKPEARE LOVE MORE THAN AN ACTN MOVIE.MICHAEL: IT WASN'T JT AN ACTN MOVIE, WAS DIE HARD!TOBY: ALL RIGHT MICHAEL, BUT OSR'S REALLY GAY.MICHAEL: EXACTLY!TOBY: I MEAN FOR REAL.MICHAEL: YEAH, I KNOW.TOBY: NO, I MEAN HE'S ATTRACTED TO OTHER MEN.MICHAEL: OK, A LTLE TOO FAR, CROSSED THE LE.TOBY: OK, I AM TELLG YOU, OSR IS AN ACTUAL HOMOSEXUAL. YEAH, HE TOLD ME THIS MORNG. AND, OBVLY HE HOP HE N UNT ON YOUR DISCRETN.MICHAEL [TO MERA]: I WOULD HAVE NEVER LLED HIM THAT IF I KNEW. YOU DON'T... YOU DON'T LL RETARD PEOPLE "RETARDS". IT'S BAD TASTE. YOU LL YOUR IENDS "RETARDS" WHEN THEY'RE ACTG RETARD. AND I NSIR OSR A IEND.MICHAEL [TO OSR]: LISTEN MAN, I AM SO SORRY. I HAD NO IA.OSR: NO, 'S FE.MICHAEL: NO. NO 'S NOT. I FEEL TERRIBLE ABOUT . I HAVE BEEN LLG PEOPLE "FAGGIE" SCE I WAS JUNR HIGH, AND I HAVE NEVER MA THIS MISTAKE. IF I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE, IS BEE I AM JT SO FAR THE OPPOSE WAY, YOU KNOW? I'M JT... I, I N'T EVEN IMAGE... THE... THG. MAYBE WE ULD GO OUT FOR A BEER SOMETIME. AND YOU ULD TELL ME... HOW... YOU DO THAT TO ANOTHER DU.OSR: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT, WONRFUL IA, LET'S DO THAT.ANGELA: [ REFERENCE TO OSR BEG GAY] IT EXPLAS SO MUCH.OSR [TO CAMERA]: NO, I'M NOT GAY. AND I DON'T UNRSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD THK, THAT I'M GAY... IF... [SIGHS] UH... YEAH I'M GAY.*AT STAMFORD PAPER BRANCH*JIM: I N'T SAY WHETHER DUNR MIFFL PAPER IS LS FLAMMABLE, SIR, BUT I N ASSURE THAT IS CERTALY NOT MORE FLAMMABLE.JIM[TO CAMERA]: WHY DID I TRANSFER TO STAMFORD? I THK THAT'S PRETTY OBV. I GOT PROMOTED! AND YOU N'T BEAT THAT VIEW... RIGHT?ANDY: HEY, BIG TUNA! YOU'RE SGLE RIGHT?JIM: UH-HUH, YEAH. I AM.ANDY: SHE'S PRETTY HOT HUH? [JIM NODS] SHE'S PLETELY CRAZY. STEER CLEAR BIG TUNA. HEAD FOR OPEN WATERS.JIM: OK.ANDY: OK.JIM[TO CAMERA]: I ATE A TUNA SANDWICH, ON MY FIRST DAY. SO, ANDY STARTED LLG ME BIG TUNA. ...I DON'T THK ANY OF THEM ACTUALLY KNOW MY REAL NAME.ANDY[TO CAMERA]: BIG TUNA IS A SUPER AMB GUY, YOU KNOW? CUT YOUR THROAT TO GET AHEAD KD OF GUY, BUT I MEAN I'M NOT THREATENED BY HIM. I WENT TO CORNELL, YOU EVER HEARD OF ? [LGHS] I GRADUATED FOUR YEARS. I NEVER STUDIED ONCE. I WAS DNK THE WHOLE TIME, AND I SANG THE APPELLA GROUP, "HERE COM TREBLE."*CUTS TO STAMFORD BRANCH MEETG*JOSH: SO, END OF DAY WE ARE GOG TO HAVE A LTLE DIVERSY POLICY REHER, BEE OF SOME MORE PROBLEMS AT THE SCRANTON BRANCH. AND I HAVE A LIST OF BS STARTUPS I GOT OM THE CHAMBER. Y, I AM GOG TO NEED SOMEONE TO LD LL THEM.JIM: OH, I N DO THAT.KAREN[TO CAMERA]: JIM'S NICE ENOUGH. I DONT... I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL HE'S FTG HERE. HE'S ALWAYS LOOKG AT THE MERA LIKE THIS. [MAK CLASSIC "JIM"-MERA FACE] WHAT IS THAT?*CUTS BACK TO SCRANTON BRANCH*MICHAEL: CAN YOU TELL WHO'S GAY AND WHO'S NOT?DWIGHT: OF URSE.MICHAEL: WHAT ABOUT OSR?DWIGHT: ABSOLUTELY NOT.MICHAEL: WELL, HE IS.DWIGHT: WELL, HE'S NOT DRSED WOMEN'S CLOTH, SO...MICHAEL: [EP SIGH] THERE ULD BE OTHERS... I NEED TO KNOW. I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY ELSE.DWIGHT: YOU ULD ASSUME EVERYONE IS, AND NOT SAY ANYTHG OFFENSIVE.MICHAEL: YEAH, I'M SURE EVERYONE WOULD APPRECIATE ME TREATG THEM LIKE THEY WERE GAY. HEY, WHAT ABOUT ANGELA? SHE'S HARD AND SEVERE. SHE ULD BE A GAY WOMAN.DWIGHT: I REALLY DON'T THK SO. MICHAEL: I DON'T KNOW, I N IMAGE HER WH ANOTHER WOMAN, N'T YOU?DWIGHT: [CREEPY SE] MICHAEL: DO SOME REARCH. FD OUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO TELL BY JT LOOKG AT THEM.DWIGHT: JIM TOLD ME YOU ULD BUY GAY-DAR ONLE.MICHAEL: THAT'S RIDICULO.DWIGHT: YEAH PROBABLY. HE DIDN'T TELL THE TTH A LOT.MICHAEL: [SIGHS] LET'S LL HIM AND GET THE WEBSE.DWIGHT: DEFELY.*CUTS TO JIM ON THE PHONE WH MICHAEL*JIM: WHAT'S GAY-DAR? OH, OH, GAY-DAR, Y! NO, UH, I THK THEY HAVE AT SHARPER IMAGE. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I ULD CHECK FOR YOU. NO PROBLEM. [LOUDLY FAKE TYPG] IT'S SOLD OUT! YEAH SORRY ABOUT THAT, THAT'S A BUMMER.MICHAEL [HANGG UP THE PHONE]: WELL, THEY'RE SOLD OUT. DWIGHT: DAMN. [THKS] I'LL TRY BROOKSTONE.*CUTS TO JIM AT SK*JIM [TO CAMERA]: I MISS THAT.*CUTS TO PAM AT SK*ROY: CHICKEN OR FISH?PAM: [LOUD SIGH] CHICKEN.ROY: SO YOU HAV' A GOOD DAY?PAM: EXCELLENT, THANKS.ROY: GOOD, GLAD. OK.PAM[TO MERA]: YEAH, I DIDN'T GO THROUGH WH THE WEDDG. I GOT LD FEET, A FEW DAYS BEFORE. AND I N'T REALLY EXPLA . I JT HAD TO GET OUT OF THAT RELATNSHIP. WE STILL HAD TO PAY FOR ALL THE FOOD. SO WE OZE . BUT I'M, I'M DOG WELL. I HAVE MY OWN APARTMENT. I'M TAKG ART CLASS. AND I HAVE LUNCH FOR THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS.ROY: AFTER PAM DUMPED ME, I UM, I KDA STOPPED TAKG RE OF MYSELF THERE, AND UH, I H BOTTOM WHEN UH, DNK DRIVG ARRT. I'VE BEEN WORKG OUT AND UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE HER FOR GRANTED. I GOTTA W HER BACK.STANLEY[TO MERA]: I GOT THEM A TOASTER. THEY LLED OFF THE WEDDG AND GAVE THE TOASTER BACK TO ME. I TRIED TO RETURN THE TOASTER TO THE STORE, AND THEY SAID THEY NO LONGER SOLD THAT KD OF TOASTER. SO NOW MY HOE HAS GOT TWO TOASTERS.KELLY[TO OSR]: THAT IS SO OL THAT YOU'RE GAY. I TOTALLY UNRTIMATED YOU.OSR[TO MERA]: Y I'M SUPER OL. I AM AN ACUNTANT AT A FAILG PAPER SUPPLY PANY, SCRANTON. MUCH LIKE, UM, SIR IAN MCCLELLAN.ANGELA[TO MERA]: SURE, SOMETIM I WATCH WILL AND GRACE... AND I WANT TO THROW UP. IT'S TERRIBLY LOUD. I DO LIKE SOMETIM WHEN HARRY CONNICK JR. IS ON. HE'S SO TALENTED.*CUT TO MEREDH LICKG HAND SANIZER**AT STANFORD BRANCH*ANDY: OK. WHO PUT MY LCULATOR JELLO? GOOD ONE. BUT UH, SERLY, GUYS WHO DID THIS? SERLY GUYS, WHO DID THIS? I NEED TO KNOW WHO PUT MY LCULATOR JELLO, OR I'M GONNA LOSE MY FRICKIN' MIND! (KICKS TRASH N)*CUT TO JAN WALKG TO STANFORD BRANCH*JAN[TO MICHAEL HIS OFFICE]: YOU KNOW, 'S AMAZG TO ME THAT THIS DAY AND AGE, YOU ULD BE SO OBTE ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATN.MICHAEL: I WATCH THE L WORD. I WATCH, QUEER AS F***, SO...JAN: THAT'S NOT WHAT 'S LLED.TOBY: OK, MICHAEL, ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOU OTED OSR TODAY?MICHAEL: WHAT? WHAT DO THAT EVEN...JAN: COMG OUT, IS A SIGNIFINT MOMENT FOR A GAY PERSON, AND THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SELECT THE TIMG AND MANNER OF ANNOUNCG .MICHAEL: WELL, GAY PRI, RIGHT? GAY PRI PARA? IT'S NOT LIKE GAY... SHAME FTIVAL.TOBY: ALL RIGHT, NOW OSR'S FEELG DISCRIMATED AGAST BY HIS -WORKERS, PRIMARILY ANGELA, AND UM, THAT'S YOUR FLT.MICHAEL: I THK ANGELA MIGHT BE GAY. COULD OSR AND ANGELA BE HAVG A GAY AFFAIR? MAYBE! IS THAT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT?JAN: NO!MICHAEL: I DON'T KN--JAN: NO, 'S NOT POSSIBLE.MICHAEL: ANYTHG'S POSSIBLE.JAN: YOU KNOW, IMAGE... YOU WERE GAY.MICHAEL: [LGHS] WELL, I'M NOT GAY JAN, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BETTER THAN ANYBODY!JAN: MICHAEL, YOUR IMMATURY IS EXTREMELY DISAPPOTG AND MAY EVEN LEAD TO A LAWSU WHICH IS THE ABSOLUTE LAST THG THIS PANY NEEDS RIGHT NOW. DO YOU UNRSTAND?MICHAEL[TO MERA]: THE PANY HAS MA MY RPONSIBILY TODAY TO PUT AN END TO 100,000 YEARS OF BEG WEIRD OUT BY GAYS.*CUT TO OSR MICHAEL'S OFFICE*OSR: AM I THE FIRST GAY MAN YOU EVER KNEW?MICHAEL: TRICK QUTN! CSE YOU N'T ALWAYS TELL, SO... HOW WOULD I KNOW. IS THAT THE RIGHT ANSWER?PAM: MICHAEL, DWIGHT'S LOOKG AT GAY PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS PUTER.DWIGHT: UH, MICHAEL KNOWS PAM. HE ASKED ME TO DO THIS JT FOR HIM. HE HAS HIS OWN REASONS.MICHAEL: [LOOKG AT GAY PORN] NOTHG WRONG WH THIS STUFF. AT ALL. THIS IS FE. YOU KNOW WHAT. GAY PORN, STRAIGHT PORN, 'S ALL GOOD! I DON'T PARTICULARLY GET TO THIS. BUT UH, YOU KNOW WHAT. I TOTALLY SEE THE MER! AND ACTUALLY... IS QUE BETIFUL.DWIGHT: AH DAMN POP-UPS.OSR: WHAT ARE YOU DOG?!ANGELA: WATCHG SOME OF YOUR IENDS. (OSR PH THROUGH ANGELA AND DWIGHT TRI TO CHASE AFTER HIM)MICHAEL: [YELLG] ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY THE NFERENCE ROOM! I DON'T RE IF YOU ARE GAY, OR STRAIGHT, OR A LBIAN, OR OVERWEIGHT! JUST GET IN HERE! RIGHT NOW!*IN NFERENCE ROOM*MICHAEL: DID YOU KNOW THAT GAY ED TO MEAN HAPPY? WHEN I WAS GROWG UP MEANT LAME. AND NOW MEANS A MAN, WHO MAK LOVE TO OTHER MEN. WE'RE ALL HOMOS! HOMOSAPIENS. GAYS AREN'T NECSARILY WHO YOU THK THEY ARE, PEOPLE. I MEAN ANYBODY ULD BE GAY. BS-MEN. LIKE ANTIQUE ALERS, OR HAIRDRSERS, OR... ACUNTANTS. OSR, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THIS OPPORTUNY TO OFFICIALLY E OUT, TO EVERYBODY HERE. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO . GO AHEAD. STAND UP. I'M DOG THIS FOR YOU.OSR: Y I'M GAY. AND I DIDN'T PLAN ON SHARG THAT PART OF MY LIFE WH YOU TODAY, SO, WHATEVER. CAN I S DOWN NOW?CREED:[TO MERA]: I'M NOT OFFEND BY HOMOSEXUALY. IN THE SIXTI I MA LOVE TO MANY MANY WOMEN, OFTEN OUTDOORS, THE MUD AND THE RA. AND WAS POSSIBLE A MAN SLIPPED , AND THERE WOULD BE NO WAY OF KNOWG.MICHAEL: WHO SHOULD BE THE JUDG AND JURI OF OUR SOCIETY?ANGELA: JUDG AND JURI!MICHAEL: Y, THAT'S A GOOD POT. SHE HAS A GOOD POT. BEE GAY MARRIAGE CURRENTLY IS NOT LEGAL, UNR U.S. LAW. I BET A LOT OF STRAIGHT MEN WISH THAT APPLIED TO THEM. SO THEY ULD GO OUT THERE AND HAVE SOME TORRID UNABASHED MONKEY SEX AS MUCH AS THEY ULD. YOU KNOW? SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT?KEV: THAT SOUNDS GREAT.DWIGHT: I THK ALL THE OTHER OFFICE GAYS SHOULD INTIFY THEMSELV, OR I WILL DO FOR THEM.OSR: NO ONE ELSE THIS OFFICE IS GAY.DWIGHT: WHAT ABOUT PHYLLIS? SHE MAK ABSOLUTELY NO ATTEMPT TO BE FEME!PHYLLIS: I'M GETTG MARRIED TO BOB VANCE.MICHAEL: THAT'S GREAT. CONGRATULATNS PHYLLIS. THAT IS GREAT, AND ANKLY KD OF AMAZG! [LGHS] SEE? EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE!MICHAEL: BUT STILL, PHYLLIS, LLEGE? DID YOU EVER EXPERIMENT WH OTHER WOMEN? A LOT OF WOMEN DO!PHYLLIS: NO, YOU KNEW ME HIGH SCHOOL. COURSE, WE ALL THOUGHT YOU WERE GAY HIGH SCHOOL.MICHAEL: [LGHG] RIGHT! [SER] AND I TAKE THAT AS A PLIMENT.PHYLLIS: WELL WH YOUR TI AND YOUR MATCHG SOCKS AND-MICHAEL: WELL, I JT LIKE TO LOOK GOOD OK, SOOSR: YOU SOUND PRETTY FENSIVE MICHAEL.MICHAEL: NO, I AM JT G OUT MYSELF. I AM G OUT HETERO!OSR: I THK THE PROBLEM WH THIS OFFICE IS THAT YOU ARE SENDG MIXED SIGNALS ABOUT MY BEG HERE.MICHAEL: NO NO NO. THE ONLY SIGNAL THAT I AM SENDG IS GAY, GOOD. LOOK, IF I WAS GAY, I WOULD BE THE MOST FLAMBOYANT GAY YOU HAVE EVER SEEN. I WOULD BE LEADG THE PARA VERED FEATHERS, AND JT... I WOULD BE WAVG THAT RABOW FLAG.OSR: I DON'T THK I N WORK HERE ANY LONGER. THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST, MOST BACKWARDS DAY OF MY LIFE.MICHAEL: YOU MISUNRSTAND OK. YOU KNOW WHAT, OK. I UH, I'M GONNA PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH IS. YOU READY? I AM GOG TO EMBRACE OSR. YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH THIS ANGELA, BEE YOU N'T TCH ANYTHG. HERE WE GO. WE ARE GOG TO MAKE A STATEMENT. YOU AND I ARE GOG TO MAKE A STATEMENT TOGETHER. OSR IS MY IEND ...OSR: I WOULD RATHER NOT.MICHAEL: .. I JT DON'T RE WHO SE , DON'T BOTHER ME!OSR: NO, NO(PHG MICHAEL AWAY)! I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH YOU, EVER NSIR THAT? YOU'RE IGNORANT, AND SULTG, AND SMALL!MICHAEL: OK, UM... SORRY.OSR: MICHAEL... I'M SORRY. THAT WAS A GOOD IA. COME ON, E ON. (OSR AND MICHAEL HUG)MICHAEL: [SOBBG] I'M SORRY I LLED YOU FAGGIE. YOU'RE NOT FAGGIE. YOU'RE A A GOOD GUY.DWIGHT[TO MERA]: MICHAEL APPEARS TO BE GAY TOO. AND YET HE IS MY IEND. I GUS I DO HAVE A GAY IEND.MICHAEL: (EMBRACG OSR) YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOG TO RAISE THE STAK. I WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS. AND I WANT YOU TO BURN THIS TO YOUR BRAS. BEE THIS IS AN IMAGE THAT I WANT YOU PEOPLE TO REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME TO E. WHENEVER YOU E TO THE OFFICE I WANT YOU TO THK ABOUT THIS. [AWKWARDLY KISSG OSR] I DID . SEE. I'M STILL HERE. WE'RE ALL STILL HERE. [KEV CLAPS]MICHAEL: [DWIGHT GETS UP TO KISS OSR] OH E ON! DWIGHT! COME ON, MAN!MICHAEL[TO MERA]: WE ARE NOT THE PLAYGROUND ANYMORE. THERE ARE NEW L. WE HAVE TO BE MATURE. BUT WE N'T LOSE THE SPIR OF CHILD LIKE WONR. WHAT IS LOVE... ANYWAY? MAYBE 'S SUPPOSED TO BREAK ALL THE L. LIKE ME AND JAN. OR OSR... AND SOME GUY. LIFE IS SHORT. WHEN TWO PEOPLE FD EACH OTHER, WHAT SHOULD STAND THEIR WAY? I AM GLAD THAT TODAY SPURRED SOCIAL CHANGE. THAT'S PART OF MY JOB AS REGNAL MANAGER. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? EVEN IF DIDN'T, AT LEAST WE PUT THIS MATTER TO BED. ... THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. OR HE SAID. OH, THERE'S GILL. OSR'S ROOMMATE. I WONR IF HE KNOWS?OSR[TO MERA]: I WAS GOG TO QU. BUT JAN OFFERED ME A THREE MONTH PAID VATN AND A PANY R. ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SIGN SOMETHG SAYG I WON'T SUE. GILL AND I ARE GOG TO EUROPE. KIDS, SOMETIM PAYS TO BE GAY.*CUTS TO DWIGHT OPENG A BOX OM JIM NTAG "GAY-DAR"*DWIGHT: [READG THE NOTE WH THE GAY-DAR] "HOPE THIS HELPS. -JIM" NICE!OSR: [DWIGHT IS NNG THE GAY-DAR OVER OSR'S BODY] WHAT ARE YOU DOG?!DWIGHT: SHHH. DON'T BE SRED. [GAY-DAR BEEPS OVER OSR'S BELT BUCKLE] IT WORKS. [GAY-DAR GO OFF NEXT TO DWIGHT'S BELT BUCKLE] .. NO.EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

While gay topics are fally beg treated more openly and directly, ocsnally attempts to make thgs funny are gog to ph certa people’s buttons, and probably rightly so many s, ” Huver said.

“Whout a specific outcry om the public, ’s unlikely that ‘The Office’ scene would be leted, and there are likely many gay dience members who found genue humor . So as an open public dialogue on gay issu a nd characters ntu to evolve, there may be several unexpected landm for film and TV edy wrers along the way. But today’s polilly and socially charged climate, Michael Stt’s blatant misogyny, homophobia, and racism e off worse than ever.

“Gay Wch Hunt” (Season 3, Episo 1). This is the episo where we fd out that Osr is gay.

THE OFFICE’S GAY CARITURE

Stream "Gay Wch Hunt" on Netflix. Which means there are only a few more chanc to spend time wh Osr Martez, one of the most tertg gay characters on (played masterfully by straight actor Osr Nunez) got a lot of buzz back 2006, when he me out the Season 3 episo "Gay Wch Hunt. " At the time, he was one of the only openly gay characters on work TV.

)Thgs have changed sce then, of urse: Now there are gay characters appearg regularly on The New Normal, Morn Fay, Go On and Glee–not to mentn ble seri like Te Blood, Nurse Jackie, and Amerin Horror Story. I love this storyle not only bee 's meaty, but bee 's not specifilly about Osr beg gay. It's not about Big Gay Them.