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- NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
- 'DAWSON'S CREEK' EXEC REFLECTS ON GAY PLOT
- TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
But bis troducg viewers to an arguably excciatg ma character, the WB show also gave viewers one of the most inic moments televisn history back 2000: primetime TV’s first “passnate” gay 20 years later, Kerr Smh, who played Jack McPhee on the teen drama, reflected on the impact of that kiss an terview wh Too Fab. The storyle ends heartbreak — Ethan has got back together wh his ex-boyiend and don’t reciprote Jack’s feelgs — but history was ma “Dawson’s Creek, ” Will and Jack kissed on NBC’s “Will and Grace” to prott the fact that they had never seen two gay men kiss on televisn, and a few other shows, cludg “LA Law” and “Relativy” featured two women kissg.
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'DAWSON'S CREEK' EXEC REFLECTS ON GAY PLOT
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TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
Acrdg to Kev Williamson, who is the creator of Dawson’s Creek, the character Jack was always wrten to be gay and have a signifint g out story. A gay man himself, Williamson rightly felt that was sential for gay people to see reprentatns of themselv on screen. “Even before we brought Jack onto the show, was always signed to have him e out of the closet and be gay.
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Creator Kev Williamson tailed his cisn havg Jack (Kerr Smh) e out as gay durg season 2, explag, “Every sgle character has a tra of me them. “I had jt, my 20s, gone through the g-out procs and had told my parents I was gay. After rewatchg Dawson's Creek as an adult and gay guy, is surprisg how Dawson's Creek seemed to be wrten by a atboy at tim.