In morn media, characters whose sexualy li outsi of bary genr and sexualy reprentatns are few and far between. Most queer characters mastream Amerin televisn are labeled as eher gay or lbian, and a few rare s bisexual. Bisexualy, while least visible among sexual mori that f wh the prcribed LGBT acronym, is most visible outsi of the gay/straight dichotomy. Meanwhile the spectm of non-bary sexuali is largely ignored. In this say I will exame one character that breaks this mold and forc the morn viewer to nsir non-bary sexualy, Dean Craig Pelton of NBC/Yahoo’s Communy. The an is known for his somewhat flamboyant personaly, and throughout the seri his sexualy is revealed slowly, through small piec of rmatn that seem to ht, pecially at first, that Dean Pelton is gay. At first glance this may seem like the tired trope of “dg” a character as gay orr to appeal to queer dienc whout alienatg ls acceptg viewers. However, Craig Pelton is not merely d gay. What mak the an different is the fact that while his sexualy go unlabeled, he is still addrsed outright as non-heterosexual. Over the urse of the show Pelton reveals sexual tert men and women, and mak several statements that place him somewhere outsi of bary sexualy. In this paper I will show how Dean Pelton breaks new ground for sexualy polics televisn by challengg viewers’ unrstandg of what means to be queer.
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- GAY DON’T BEG TO COVER IT: NON-BARY SEXUALY COMMUNY’S DEAN PELTON”
- GAY DEAN
- IS "COMMUNY"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...{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 ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010/11:11 AMBY ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010 / 11:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS \"COMMUNY\"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+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":"ROB OWEN","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;}DEAN PELTON PLAYED BY JIM RASH {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 GAY ADVOCY GROUPS TALLY THE NUMBER OF GAY CHARACTERS PRIME TIME, THEY MAY NOT KNOW QUE WHAT TO DO WH CRAIG PELTON, THE BALD, SKNY GREENDALE COMMUNY COLLEGE LEAR ON NBC’S COMMUNY (8 PM THURSDAY).{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 HE SAYS, GAY IS PROBABLY AN OVER-SIMPLIFITN,” SAID SERI CREATOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAN HARMON OF THE RECURRG {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’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE SCRIB DEAN PELTON AS BISEXUAL, AND MORE THAN ANYTHG, HE’S PROBABLY A FOOL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHATEVER SEXUAL INTY VIEWERS ASCRIBE TO HIM. IN THE SHOW’S HALLOWEEN ZOMBIE EPISO, PELTON GLEEFULLY AGREED THAT HE WAS TOO STUPID TO ORCHTRATE A PLEX {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 YET COMMUNY'S WRERS HAVE LEFT PLENTY OF CLU POTG TO THE CHARACTER’S QUEER SEXUALY, AS WELL AS A FAIR NUMBER THAT SEEM SIGNED TO NFE THE ISSUE. AT TIM, HE SEEMS AS SEXUALLY AMBIGUO AS THE WEIRDLY ANDROGYNO SCHOOL MAST, THE “HUMAN BEG,” WHICH TAK THE FORM OF A SEXLS, FEATURELS, SPANX-ENVELOPED {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 A DEAN PELTON WEBISO AT , AN ATTRACTIVE -ED ONTO THE AN AND HE TRI TO SHOO HER OUT OF HIS OFFICE. BUT DO HE SHOO HER BEE HE’S NOT TERTED, OR IS BEE HE’S WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPRIETY OF AN ADMISTRATOR-STUNT RELATNSHIP? (THE WEBISOS BEG WH A HAND FLIPPG OVER A SIGN OM “YOUR AN IS OUT” TO “YOUR AN IS .”){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;}“HE’S A VERY MYSTER CHARACTER SEXUALLY,” HARMON SAID. “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TEAM HE’S PLAYG FOR, IF ANY. IT’S A CELEBRATN OF THE ENIGMA BEE HE’S HAD A LOT OF WEIRD STUFF PASSG.”{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;}DAN HARMON, FAR {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;}DPE HARMON’S STATEMENTS, WAS HARD NOT TO THK PELTON WAS PLAYG FOR TEAM GAY WHEN THE OCT. 14 EPISO, “BASIC ROCKET SCIENCE,” ABED (DANNY PUDI) NOT THAT PELTON HAS CIRCLED PUBLIC RTROOMS AND TCK STOPS ON 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;}“OK, THAT IS A DIFFERENT SI OF THE MAP AND THAT IS FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT,” PELTON SAYS, QUICKLY TURNG THE MAP {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;}“WHY DO THEY HAVE STAR RATGS?” ABED {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;}“LET’S GET TO WORK PEOPLE, E ON!” PELTON SAYS, TRYG TO CHANGE 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;}THIS SAME EPISO UNVEILED A NEW, STUNT-SIGNED SCHOOL FLAG (A WALMART-LIKE STARFISH LOGO AND THE SLOGAN “E PLURIB AN”). IN ANOTHER SCENE, JEFF (JOEL MCHALE) THREATENED TO STEP ON 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;}“AS MUCH AS I MIGHT ENJOY THAT, JEFEY, IF YOU DON’T GET BACK HERE TIME FOR THE LNCH CY COLLEGE WS!” PELTON {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’S RECENT BLANKET FORT EPISO PROVID MORE EVINCE FOR PELTON’S QUEER INTY WHEN BRTA (GILLIAN JABS) ASKED, “WHO WANTS TO HANG OUT A BLANKET FORT WH GROWN MEN THEIR UNRROOS?” PELTON PROMPTLY PRANCED TO THE ROOM AND RAISED HIS {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 THE CLU ALWAYS PROVI THE DEAN WH PLSIBLE NIABILY – WAS HE RAISG HIS HAND BEE HE WANTS TO PLAY WH GUYS UNRROOS OR BEE HE WANTS TO FEEL CLUD? THE SHOWNNERS LEAVE THE GTURE, LIKE PELTON’S SEXUALY, THE ZONE 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 ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THAT SAME EPISO REVEALED THE AN HAS HIRED A DRAMA PROFSOR TO SHOW UP AT A FAY DNER AND ACCE THE AN OF STEALG HIS GIRLIEND – A POSSIBLE SE TO FLECT FAY SPICNS ABOUT PELTON’S SEXUALY, OR IS HE JT TOO WEIRD TO SRE A GIRLIEND?{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;}DEAN PELTON HAS HAD A PRENCE COMMUNY SCE THE SHOW’S PILOT EPISO, BUT HIS ODR TENNCI BEGAN TO TAKE OFF AFTER AN EARLY FIRST-SEASON EPISO THAT SAW THE CHARACTER FETISHIZG DALMATIANS, AN EPISO THAT’S SPIRED 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;}“I THK PROBABLY ME OM THE DALMATIAN THG, THE IA HE HAD SOMETHG TO HI BUT HE DON’T SEEM TENT ON HIDG ,” HARMON SAID. “HIS RIVER NS A LTLE EPER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON.”{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 “DALMATIAN THG” BEGAN WHEN PELTON WAS SHOWN WATCHG A YOUTUBE VIO – SPIRED BY A REAL ONLE POST – OF A GUY WHO PATED HIMSELF AS A DALMATIAN AND VIOTAPED HIMSELF POSG {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 HOPE THIS DON’T AWAKEN SOMETHG ME,” PELTON {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;}HARMON SAID WORK EXECUTIV HATED THAT SCENE – “COULDN’T YOU JT HAVE HIM PLAYG SOLAIRE ON THE PUTER?” THEY SUGGTED – WHICH ONLY ENURAGED HIM TO ADD DALMATIAN MEMORABILIA THE BACKGROUND OF THE AN’S OFFICE AND TO REVEAL THE FIRST SEASON FALE THAT PELTON IS 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;}“WE JT SHOT ANOTHER EPISO ANOTHER STUME,” SAID RASH AN TERVIEW OM THE NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT THIS WEEK AFTER SHOOTG A MEO THE UPG MTV MOVIE WORST. PROM. EVER. “I THK ’S EVOLVG.”{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;}THIS TIME, PELTON WILL BE DRSED AS 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;}RASH SAID HE DO NOT THK OF THE CHARACTER AS GAY BEE PELTON HAS NEVER BEEN LABELED AS GAY A SCRIPT OR CHARACTER {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 THERE ARE CLU ALONG THE WAY, AND HE OBVLY HAS SOME DIFFERENT BEHAVRS, ’S STILL UNFED [THE WRERS’] EY,” RASH SAID. “I LIKE THE IA THAT I DON’T QUE KNOW [THE CHARACTER’S SEXUALY] YET. HE JT SEEMS TO BE POLYAMORO.”{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;}RASH RELLED A SCENE OM A FIRST-SEASON EPISO WHERE PELTON ASKED JEFF AND THE FEMALE PROFSOR JEFF WAS THEN DATG IF THEY WOULD EVER HAVE A THREE-WAY. THE QUTN ME THE GUISE OF AN OFFICIAL QUTNNAIRE BUT VIEWERS ULDN’T HELP WONRG IF PELTON SIMPLY MA UP THE QUTN FOR JEFF AND HIS {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;}“HE’S CLEARLY TERTED JEFF SOME PACY BUT I DON’T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO BE WH HIM OR BE HIM,” RASH SAID. “IT’S PROBABLY A LTLE B OF BOTH. I JT THK [PELTON] IS A VERY SEXUAL PERSON. I THK THERE IS SOMETHG TO HIS HOME LIFE AND I HOPE ONE DAY WE’LL FD OUT WHAT HIS PLACE IS LIKE AND IF HE’S GETTG SOME. I THK HE’S GETTG SOME SOME PACY.”{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;}HARMON CREDED RASH’S PERFORMANCE FOR SPIRG THE SHOW’S WRERS TO PH DEAN PELTON EVEN MORE UNUAL DIRECTNS. EARLY THE FIRST SEASON PELTON BEGAN TOUCHG JEFF. AT FIRST, THE MOMENTS WERE SCRIPTED, BUT THE ACTORS ADD ADDNAL TOUCH AS 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;}“IT WAS FELY THE SCRIPT AS FAR AS CHECKG OUT HIS CRISPY HAIR BUT AT THE TIME THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JT THE BALD GUY ADMIRG THE GUY WH HAIR,” RASH SAID. “AND THEN I TOUCHED HIS ABS ONE DAY AND I DON’T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE SCRIPT OR NOT.”{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;}TOUCHG JEFF’S ABS BEME THE WAY PELTON WOULD GREET {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 JT PUT MY HAND THERE AND WOULD NOT EVEN REFER TO AND SOMETIM MA TO THE FAL CUT FOR AIR AND SOMETIM DIDN’T,” RASH SAID. ONE OF THE EPISOS PELTON GOT HANDSY VOLVED JEFF PLAYG POOL HIS UNRWEAR AND THEN PLETELY {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;}“THEY ALWAYS WRE JOEL REMOVG HIS CLOTH AND THE POOL ONE, I ME UP TO HIM AND NOT EVEN MAKG A POT OF , TOUCHED HIS ABS,” RASH SAID. THE EPISO ALSO FEATURED PELTON TAKG A RATHER EXPLIC PICTURE OF JEFF DURG THE GAME AFTER HIS UNRWEAR ME OFF..{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;}RASH PLAYED A SEXUALLY NFED CHARACTER THE 2006 ABC TED DANSON THERAPY S HELP ME HELP {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 WAS A CLOSETED GUY WHO WAS MARRIED AND HAVG ISSU THERAPY AND THAT CHARACTER WAS PRIMED TO E OUT EVENTUALLY IF THE SERI HAD NTUED,” RASH SAID. “SO I’VE PLAYED A NUMBER OF CHARACTERS WHO HAVE BEEN NFLICTED OR TRANSN THEIR UNRSTANDG OF THEMSELV.”{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;}HE SAID WHAT HE LIK ABOUT PELTON IS HIS WILLGNS FOR OTHERS TO SEE HIM, SAY, DRSED AS A BEE, OR LETTG THE OTHER CHARACTERS KNOW HE’S OFF TO A HOTEL WH 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;}“IT’S LIKE, ‘HEY, ASK ME SOME QUTNS,’” RASH {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 ’S POSSIBLE THAT A FUTURE EPISO THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WH THE HELP OF JOHN OLIVER’S RECURRG {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 THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT VOLVG [PSYCHOLOGY] PROFSOR DUNN TRYG TO FIGURE ME OUT,” RASH SAID. “I THK THAT’S THEIR HEAD. TIME WILL TELL AS WE PLETE THE RT OF THE SEASON. I KNOW THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT MORE FETISH THEM. HE’S JT A VERY SEXUAL MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUPPRSED FOR A WHILE AND THEN HE BEME UNRKED. IT WOULD BE FUN TO GET TO HIS PSYCHE AND SEE WHAT [THE WRERS] WOULD GO WH.”{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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Most queer characters mastream Amerin televisn are labeled as eher gay or lbian, and a few rare s bisexual. Bisexualy, while least visible among sexual mori that f wh the prcribed LGBT acronym, is most visible outsi of the gay/straight dichotomy. The an is known for his somewhat flamboyant personaly, and throughout the seri his sexualy is revealed slowly, through small piec of rmatn that seem to ht, pecially at first, that Dean Pelton is gay.
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In morn media, characters whose sexualy li outsi of bary genr and sexualy reprentatns are few and far between. Most queer characters mastream Amerin televisn are labeled as eher gay or lbian, and a few rare s bisexual. Bisexualy, while least visible among sexual mori that f wh the prcribed LGBT acronym, is most visible outsi of the gay/straight dichotomy. Meanwhile the spectm of non-bary sexuali is largely ignored. In this say I will exame one character that breaks this mold and forc the morn viewer to nsir non-bary sexualy, Dean Craig Pelton of NBC/Yahoo’s Communy. The an is known for his somewhat flamboyant personaly, and throughout the seri his sexualy is revealed slowly, through small piec of rmatn that seem to ht, pecially at first, that Dean Pelton is gay. At first glance this may seem like the tired trope of “dg” a character as gay orr to appeal to queer dienc whout alienatg ls acceptg viewers. However, Craig Pelton is not merely d gay. What mak the an different is the fact that while his sexualy go unlabeled, he is still addrsed outright as non-heterosexual. Over the urse of the show Pelton reveals sexual tert men and women, and mak several statements that place him somewhere outsi of bary sexualy. In this paper I will show how Dean Pelton breaks new ground for sexualy polics televisn by challengg viewers’ unrstandg of what means to be queer. * dean pelton gay doesn't begin to cover it *
At first glance this may seem like the tired trope of “dg” a character as gay orr to appeal to queer dienc whout alienatg ls acceptg viewers. However, Craig Pelton is not merely d gay. Apr 2nd, 10:15 AMGay Don’t Beg to Cover It: Non-Bary Sexualy Communy’s Dean Pelton”.
IS "COMMUNY"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...{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 ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010/11:11 AMBY ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010 / 11:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS \"COMMUNY\"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+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":"ROB OWEN","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;}DEAN PELTON PLAYED BY JIM RASH {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 GAY ADVOCY GROUPS TALLY THE NUMBER OF GAY CHARACTERS PRIME TIME, THEY MAY NOT KNOW QUE WHAT TO DO WH CRAIG PELTON, THE BALD, SKNY GREENDALE COMMUNY COLLEGE LEAR ON NBC’S COMMUNY (8 PM THURSDAY).{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 HE SAYS, GAY IS PROBABLY AN OVER-SIMPLIFITN,” SAID SERI CREATOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAN HARMON OF THE RECURRG {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’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE SCRIB DEAN PELTON AS BISEXUAL, AND MORE THAN ANYTHG, HE’S PROBABLY A FOOL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHATEVER SEXUAL INTY VIEWERS ASCRIBE TO HIM. IN THE SHOW’S HALLOWEEN ZOMBIE EPISO, PELTON GLEEFULLY AGREED THAT HE WAS TOO STUPID TO ORCHTRATE A PLEX {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 YET COMMUNY'S WRERS HAVE LEFT PLENTY OF CLU POTG TO THE CHARACTER’S QUEER SEXUALY, AS WELL AS A FAIR NUMBER THAT SEEM SIGNED TO NFE THE ISSUE. AT TIM, HE SEEMS AS SEXUALLY AMBIGUO AS THE WEIRDLY ANDROGYNO SCHOOL MAST, THE “HUMAN BEG,” WHICH TAK THE FORM OF A SEXLS, FEATURELS, SPANX-ENVELOPED {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 A DEAN PELTON WEBISO AT , AN ATTRACTIVE -ED ONTO THE AN AND HE TRI TO SHOO HER OUT OF HIS OFFICE. BUT DO HE SHOO HER BEE HE’S NOT TERTED, OR IS BEE HE’S WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPRIETY OF AN ADMISTRATOR-STUNT RELATNSHIP? (THE WEBISOS BEG WH A HAND FLIPPG OVER A SIGN OM “YOUR AN IS OUT” TO “YOUR AN IS .”){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;}“HE’S A VERY MYSTER CHARACTER SEXUALLY,” HARMON SAID. “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TEAM HE’S PLAYG FOR, IF ANY. IT’S A CELEBRATN OF THE ENIGMA BEE HE’S HAD A LOT OF WEIRD STUFF PASSG.”{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;}DAN HARMON, FAR {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;}DPE HARMON’S STATEMENTS, WAS HARD NOT TO THK PELTON WAS PLAYG FOR TEAM GAY WHEN THE OCT. 14 EPISO, “BASIC ROCKET SCIENCE,” ABED (DANNY PUDI) NOT THAT PELTON HAS CIRCLED PUBLIC RTROOMS AND TCK STOPS ON 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;}“OK, THAT IS A DIFFERENT SI OF THE MAP AND THAT IS FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT,” PELTON SAYS, QUICKLY TURNG THE MAP {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;}“WHY DO THEY HAVE STAR RATGS?” ABED {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;}“LET’S GET TO WORK PEOPLE, E ON!” PELTON SAYS, TRYG TO CHANGE 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;}THIS SAME EPISO UNVEILED A NEW, STUNT-SIGNED SCHOOL FLAG (A WALMART-LIKE STARFISH LOGO AND THE SLOGAN “E PLURIB AN”). IN ANOTHER SCENE, JEFF (JOEL MCHALE) THREATENED TO STEP ON 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;}“AS MUCH AS I MIGHT ENJOY THAT, JEFEY, IF YOU DON’T GET BACK HERE TIME FOR THE LNCH CY COLLEGE WS!” PELTON {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’S RECENT BLANKET FORT EPISO PROVID MORE EVINCE FOR PELTON’S QUEER INTY WHEN BRTA (GILLIAN JABS) ASKED, “WHO WANTS TO HANG OUT A BLANKET FORT WH GROWN MEN THEIR UNRROOS?” PELTON PROMPTLY PRANCED TO THE ROOM AND RAISED HIS {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 THE CLU ALWAYS PROVI THE DEAN WH PLSIBLE NIABILY – WAS HE RAISG HIS HAND BEE HE WANTS TO PLAY WH GUYS UNRROOS OR BEE HE WANTS TO FEEL CLUD? THE SHOWNNERS LEAVE THE GTURE, LIKE PELTON’S SEXUALY, THE ZONE 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 ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THAT SAME EPISO REVEALED THE AN HAS HIRED A DRAMA PROFSOR TO SHOW UP AT A FAY DNER AND ACCE THE AN OF STEALG HIS GIRLIEND – A POSSIBLE SE TO FLECT FAY SPICNS ABOUT PELTON’S SEXUALY, OR IS HE JT TOO WEIRD TO SRE A GIRLIEND?{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;}DEAN PELTON HAS HAD A PRENCE COMMUNY SCE THE SHOW’S PILOT EPISO, BUT HIS ODR TENNCI BEGAN TO TAKE OFF AFTER AN EARLY FIRST-SEASON EPISO THAT SAW THE CHARACTER FETISHIZG DALMATIANS, AN EPISO THAT’S SPIRED 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;}“I THK PROBABLY ME OM THE DALMATIAN THG, THE IA HE HAD SOMETHG TO HI BUT HE DON’T SEEM TENT ON HIDG ,” HARMON SAID. “HIS RIVER NS A LTLE EPER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON.”{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 “DALMATIAN THG” BEGAN WHEN PELTON WAS SHOWN WATCHG A YOUTUBE VIO – SPIRED BY A REAL ONLE POST – OF A GUY WHO PATED HIMSELF AS A DALMATIAN AND VIOTAPED HIMSELF POSG {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 HOPE THIS DON’T AWAKEN SOMETHG ME,” PELTON {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;}HARMON SAID WORK EXECUTIV HATED THAT SCENE – “COULDN’T YOU JT HAVE HIM PLAYG SOLAIRE ON THE PUTER?” THEY SUGGTED – WHICH ONLY ENURAGED HIM TO ADD DALMATIAN MEMORABILIA THE BACKGROUND OF THE AN’S OFFICE AND TO REVEAL THE FIRST SEASON FALE THAT PELTON IS 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;}“WE JT SHOT ANOTHER EPISO ANOTHER STUME,” SAID RASH AN TERVIEW OM THE NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT THIS WEEK AFTER SHOOTG A MEO THE UPG MTV MOVIE WORST. PROM. EVER. “I THK ’S EVOLVG.”{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;}THIS TIME, PELTON WILL BE DRSED AS 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;}RASH SAID HE DO NOT THK OF THE CHARACTER AS GAY BEE PELTON HAS NEVER BEEN LABELED AS GAY A SCRIPT OR CHARACTER {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 THERE ARE CLU ALONG THE WAY, AND HE OBVLY HAS SOME DIFFERENT BEHAVRS, ’S STILL UNFED [THE WRERS’] EY,” RASH SAID. “I LIKE THE IA THAT I DON’T QUE KNOW [THE CHARACTER’S SEXUALY] YET. HE JT SEEMS TO BE POLYAMORO.”{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;}RASH RELLED A SCENE OM A FIRST-SEASON EPISO WHERE PELTON ASKED JEFF AND THE FEMALE PROFSOR JEFF WAS THEN DATG IF THEY WOULD EVER HAVE A THREE-WAY. THE QUTN ME THE GUISE OF AN OFFICIAL QUTNNAIRE BUT VIEWERS ULDN’T HELP WONRG IF PELTON SIMPLY MA UP THE QUTN FOR JEFF AND HIS {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;}“HE’S CLEARLY TERTED JEFF SOME PACY BUT I DON’T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO BE WH HIM OR BE HIM,” RASH SAID. “IT’S PROBABLY A LTLE B OF BOTH. I JT THK [PELTON] IS A VERY SEXUAL PERSON. I THK THERE IS SOMETHG TO HIS HOME LIFE AND I HOPE ONE DAY WE’LL FD OUT WHAT HIS PLACE IS LIKE AND IF HE’S GETTG SOME. I THK HE’S GETTG SOME SOME PACY.”{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;}HARMON CREDED RASH’S PERFORMANCE FOR SPIRG THE SHOW’S WRERS TO PH DEAN PELTON EVEN MORE UNUAL DIRECTNS. EARLY THE FIRST SEASON PELTON BEGAN TOUCHG JEFF. AT FIRST, THE MOMENTS WERE SCRIPTED, BUT THE ACTORS ADD ADDNAL TOUCH AS 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;}“IT WAS FELY THE SCRIPT AS FAR AS CHECKG OUT HIS CRISPY HAIR BUT AT THE TIME THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JT THE BALD GUY ADMIRG THE GUY WH HAIR,” RASH SAID. “AND THEN I TOUCHED HIS ABS ONE DAY AND I DON’T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE SCRIPT OR NOT.”{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;}TOUCHG JEFF’S ABS BEME THE WAY PELTON WOULD GREET {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 JT PUT MY HAND THERE AND WOULD NOT EVEN REFER TO AND SOMETIM MA TO THE FAL CUT FOR AIR AND SOMETIM DIDN’T,” RASH SAID. ONE OF THE EPISOS PELTON GOT HANDSY VOLVED JEFF PLAYG POOL HIS UNRWEAR AND THEN PLETELY {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;}“THEY ALWAYS WRE JOEL REMOVG HIS CLOTH AND THE POOL ONE, I ME UP TO HIM AND NOT EVEN MAKG A POT OF , TOUCHED HIS ABS,” RASH SAID. THE EPISO ALSO FEATURED PELTON TAKG A RATHER EXPLIC PICTURE OF JEFF DURG THE GAME AFTER HIS UNRWEAR ME OFF..{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;}RASH PLAYED A SEXUALLY NFED CHARACTER THE 2006 ABC TED DANSON THERAPY S HELP ME HELP {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 WAS A CLOSETED GUY WHO WAS MARRIED AND HAVG ISSU THERAPY AND THAT CHARACTER WAS PRIMED TO E OUT EVENTUALLY IF THE SERI HAD NTUED,” RASH SAID. “SO I’VE PLAYED A NUMBER OF CHARACTERS WHO HAVE BEEN NFLICTED OR TRANSN THEIR UNRSTANDG OF THEMSELV.”{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;}HE SAID WHAT HE LIK ABOUT PELTON IS HIS WILLGNS FOR OTHERS TO SEE HIM, SAY, DRSED AS A BEE, OR LETTG THE OTHER CHARACTERS KNOW HE’S OFF TO A HOTEL WH 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;}“IT’S LIKE, ‘HEY, ASK ME SOME QUTNS,’” RASH {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 ’S POSSIBLE THAT A FUTURE EPISO THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WH THE HELP OF JOHN OLIVER’S RECURRG {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 THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT VOLVG [PSYCHOLOGY] PROFSOR DUNN TRYG TO FIGURE ME OUT,” RASH SAID. “I THK THAT’S THEIR HEAD. TIME WILL TELL AS WE PLETE THE RT OF THE SEASON. I KNOW THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT MORE FETISH THEM. HE’S JT A VERY SEXUAL MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUPPRSED FOR A WHILE AND THEN HE BEME UNRKED. IT WOULD BE FUN TO GET TO HIS PSYCHE AND SEE WHAT [THE WRERS] WOULD GO WH.”{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
In morn media, characters whose sexualy li outsi of bary genr and sexualy reprentatns are few and far between. Most queer characters mastream Amerin televisn are labeled as eher gay or lbian, and a few rare s bisexual. Bisexualy, while least visible among sexual mori that f wh the prcribed LGBT acronym, is most visible outsi of the gay/straight dichotomy. Meanwhile the spectm of non-bary sexuali is largely ignored. In this say I will exame one character that breaks this mold and forc the morn viewer to nsir non-bary sexualy, Dean Craig Pelton of NBC/Yahoo’s Communy. The an is known for his somewhat flamboyant personaly, and throughout the seri his sexualy is revealed slowly, through small piec of rmatn that seem to ht, pecially at first, that Dean Pelton is gay. At first glance this may seem like the tired trope of “dg” a character as gay orr to appeal to queer dienc whout alienatg ls acceptg viewers. However, Craig Pelton is not merely d gay. What mak the an different is the fact that while his sexualy go unlabeled, he is still addrsed outright as non-heterosexual. Over the urse of the show Pelton reveals sexual tert men and women, and mak several statements that place him somewhere outsi of bary sexualy. In this paper I will show how Dean Pelton breaks new ground for sexualy polics televisn by challengg viewers’ unrstandg of what means to be queer. * dean pelton gay doesn't begin to cover it *
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When the Dean says gay don't beg to scribe him, do we know how he intifi if given the opportuny to expla ? The Dean is probably my send favore character and I jt fished the Gay Dean episo where they wanted him to jo the school board as a polil statement and pidgeon hole him to beg an openly "gay an" when 's clear that is bothersome to him bee 's a simple discriptn that don't accurately portray how he feels about himself.
GAY DON'T BEG TO COVER IT: NON-BARY SEXUALY MORN [PDF]
In morn media, characters whose sexualy li outsi of bary genr and sexualy reprentatns are few and far between. Most queer characters mastream Amerin televisn are labeled as eher gay or lbian, and a few rare s bisexual. Bisexualy, while least visible among sexual mori that f wh the prcribed LGBT acronym, is most visible outsi of the gay/straight dichotomy. Meanwhile the spectm of non-bary sexuali is largely ignored. In this say I will exame one character that breaks this mold and forc the morn viewer to nsir non-bary sexualy, Dean Craig Pelton of NBC/Yahoo’s Communy. The an is known for his somewhat flamboyant personaly, and throughout the seri his sexualy is revealed slowly, through small piec of rmatn that seem to ht, pecially at first, that Dean Pelton is gay. At first glance this may seem like the tired trope of “dg” a character as gay orr to appeal to queer dienc whout alienatg ls acceptg viewers. However, Craig Pelton is not merely d gay. What mak the an different is the fact that while his sexualy go unlabeled, he is still addrsed outright as non-heterosexual. Over the urse of the show Pelton reveals sexual tert men and women, and mak several statements that place him somewhere outsi of bary sexualy. In this paper I will show how Dean Pelton breaks new ground for sexualy polics televisn by challengg viewers’ unrstandg of what means to be queer. * dean pelton gay doesn't begin to cover it *
But wh that said, how do the Dean intify if given the chance to provi that rmatn bee gay don't even beg to scribe him. Communy (TV seri): Why is Dean Pelton referred to as 'pansexual' stead of 'gay'?
But retrospect, there's a more ronant aspect to the "Human Beg" mast, who — much like Pelton — rists simplistic viewers and crics have prumed that Dean Pelton is gay. Film and televisn characters who are stead "d" are sometim leveraged for stereotype-driven or homophobic humor, and lgerg cultural disfort wh same-sex romance and sexualy surely keeps many of the d characters the closet.
GAY DON’T BEG TO COVER IT: NON-BARY SEXUALY COMMUNY’S DEAN PELTON”
In morn media, characters whose sexualy li outsi of bary genr and sexualy reprentatns are few and far between. Most queer characters mastream Amerin televisn are labeled as eher gay or lbian, and a few rare s bisexual. Bisexualy, while least visible among sexual mori that f wh the prcribed LGBT acronym, is most visible outsi of the gay/straight dichotomy. Meanwhile the spectm of non-bary sexuali is largely ignored. In this say I will exame one character that breaks this mold and forc the morn viewer to nsir non-bary sexualy, Dean Craig Pelton of NBC/Yahoo’s Communy. The an is known for his somewhat flamboyant personaly, and throughout the seri his sexualy is revealed slowly, through small piec of rmatn that seem to ht, pecially at first, that Dean Pelton is gay. At first glance this may seem like the tired trope of “dg” a character as gay orr to appeal to queer dienc whout alienatg ls acceptg viewers. However, Craig Pelton is not merely d gay. What mak the an different is the fact that while his sexualy go unlabeled, he is still addrsed outright as non-heterosexual. Over the urse of the show Pelton reveals sexual tert men and women, and mak several statements that place him somewhere outsi of bary sexualy. In this paper I will show how Dean Pelton breaks new ground for sexualy polics televisn by challengg viewers’ unrstandg of what means to be queer. * dean pelton gay doesn't begin to cover it *
On ocsn, he n even e off as predatory — a tired misnceptn about gay and bisexual an average episo, Dean Pelton don't seem creepy; he off as iendly — though clgy — and loveable.
They're often assumed to be eher gay/lbian or straight, pendg on the person they're datg — an assumptn some viewers will likely make if Communy ever troduc a squeeze of Dean Pelton' last week's "Basic Story, " Annie fds a weddg rg the an's office, and briefly appears that the an has been married throughout the entire seri. Instead of tryg to peg Dean Pelton to a bary gay or straight inty, viewers should e the character to embrace a more nuanced unrstandg of sexualy. Gay Dean, Gay Dean, Gay Dean, Gay Dean!
Durg the 2015 semter at Greendale, school board members Carl and Richie ed a sndal by ncellg a Gay pri para that was to be held on mp.
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They hoped he'd be their token Gay board member and proof that Greendale was tolerant of people's sexualy.
In the middle of his requt Richie started dog a parody of the Dolly Parton song "Jolene" and changed the lyrics to "Gay Dean". Pelton was reluctant to accept their offer feelg that g out as a gay man was not really reprentative of what his orientatn tly was. Neverthels he cid to go along wh their plan and beme somethg of a gay in on mp.
The song "Gay Dean" is heard at var tim the Season Six episo "Queer Studi & Advanced Waxg".
Durg the 2015 semter at Greendale, school board members Carl and Richie ed a sndal by ncellg a Gay pri para that was to be held on mp. To bat the negative prs they cid to promote Craig Pelton to a posn on the school board. They hoped he'd be their token Gay... * dean pelton gay doesn't begin to cover it *
"Gay Dean" versn[]. Communy - Gay Dean Lyrics.
Here are some of my favore Dean Pelton quot. “ Um, i’m not openly anythg and gay don’t beg to ver .” “Don’t play that rd wh me young man, I make gayns look like mormonism.” “I... * dean pelton gay doesn't begin to cover it *
Gay Dean. I'm beggg you to be a gay Dean for the school board.
Inspirg to young gay men.
Dean Craig Pelton (Jim Rash) is a ma character NBC's s Communy. He is the well-meang, yet bumblg an of Greendale Communy College. He striv to rtore the prtige and serns of the school spe of patball wars and blanket and pillow forts. He has a obv csh on Jeff Wger. Regardg his sexualy, gay "don't even beg to ver " and mak up "approximately two sevenths" of what he is. He also has a weird fetish for dalmatians. Given his vast stume llectn, Dean Pelton n be nsired a splayer himself! This gui clus one of his bt known stum om the inic payday rap. * dean pelton gay doesn't begin to cover it *
Joe (theme song)" · "Open the Door" · "Ants Marchg"Season Six"How You've Grown" · "Pillar of Garbage" · "Gay Dean" · "I Have Been Vicki the Most" · "Starlight" · "Ends of the Earth". And obvly a good al of him nstantly beg funny is a cred to Jim Rash, who also helps havg a gay man play the character, for throwg himself headfirst to every crazy suatn the Dean fds himself , but as a queer person who thks you n have any person regardls of their inty be the ic relief of entertament so long as their ic inty isn’t centered around whatever mak them a “mory” and do so an offensive way, the Dean’s whole characterizatn as a queer character who’s sole purpose is not to be a stereotypil reprentatn or someone who’s there to be the “weird one” is somethg I’ve really e to appreciate.
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His sexualy is apparently extremely plited: while Pelton adms that gay is "heavily the mix" and "approximately two sevenths" of what he is, he don't intify as merely homosexual, statg that "gay don't even beg to ver " and that he "mak gayns look like Mormonism". In his own words, "If g out is a magic show and gayns is a rabb g out of a hat, I'm one of those never-endg handkerchiefs" ("Queer Studi & Advanced Waxg").
"Advanced Gay": Pelton enthiastilly attends the Hawthorns Pri Wip "Gay Bash" dance. If beg gay is a magic show and g out is pullg a rabb out of a hat then I'm like one of those never endg handkerchiefs. School board members Richie and Carl offer Craig a promotn to the school board if he be their token gay person.
"Queer Studi & Advanced Waxg": Pelton is asked by the school board to pretend to be gay orr to get a promotn.