Offerg scen of unfettable mp and troducg one of the first out gay characters to mass dienc, the primetime TV seri Dynasty achieved inic stat, pecially among LGBTQ+ dienc.
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TELEVISN: DYNASTY’S DISMAL GAY CHARACTER
It seemed like a good ia at the time. But the plan to put a posive gay character global TV h Dynasty soon fell short of s origal good tentns. Al Corley, who origally played the Carrgton dynasty’s homosexual son, left the show at the end of the send season. He plaed about “the * dynasty 1980 gay *
But the plan to put a posive gay character global TV h Dynasty soon fell short of s origal good tentns. Al Corley, who origally played the Carrgton dynasty’s homosexual son, left the show at the end of the send season.
His plat fell on af ears: by the end of the entire seri the so-lled homosexual son had been to bed wh more women than men. This was far om seri -creator Esther Shapiro’s 1981 claratn that Steven, “was, is and always will be, gay.
From that pot onwards, he would be “a well-round gay man. ” Given Dynasty’s huge global reach this would have sent out an important msage about homosexuals and homosexualy to untri wh antiquated views on this. For example, spe his repeated claratns that we was homosexual (see film clip below, for example) some of his sexual behavur wh women suggted very strongly that he was lookg for ‘a cure’.
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The notn of portrayg a gay man a posive light was still very ntroversial, particularly when the vehicle for dog so was the most popular, mastream soap. They opposed LGBT rights iativ at every turn and would have been outraged at a mastream soap opera prentg a well-round gay character. There is much more tail on the portrayal of LGBT people on televisn the 80s my book Gay the 80s available here.
Offerg scen of unfettable mp and troducg one of the first out gay characters to mass dienc, the primetime TV seri Dynasty achieved inic stat, pecially among LGBTQ+ dienc. Between troducg one of the first out gay characters to mass dienc and offerg up scen of unfettable mp, the h prime-time seri quickly beme inic TV, pecially among LGBTQ+ dienc. VELTMAN: Drollger says this is one of the first appearanc of an openly gay central character a prime-time TV drama.
Up to that pot, gay characters were eher the closet or played for lghs. DROLLINGER: Even lookg later on, when gay characters were televisn shows like "Melrose Place, " they didn't have as much character velopment as Steven did.
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The rival prime-time soap "Dallas" featured a dramatic gay character for two episos 1979 - K Mawarg. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "DALLAS")MARK WHEELER: (As K Mawarg) I'm a homosexual, Bobby.
VELTMAN: Yet most fans agree Steven Carrgton is by no means the gayt thg about "Dynasty. ”Jack Coleman as Steven Carrgton / ABCSteven Carrgton—played first by Al Corley, then by Jack Coleman—was Blake Carrgton’s gay son (though he did have relatnships wh women, too).