The recent release of Dawson’s Creek on Netflix Canada is nveniently timed, sce 2020 marks two s sce the show’s groundbreakg kiss between gay characters Jack McPhee (Kerr Smh) and Ethan Brody (Adam Kfman). The show’s season 3 fale, “Te Love,” which aired May 2000, saw Jack travelg to Ethan’s llege Boston to profs his love to him. Stgglg to fd the right words, Jack clar “I want to show you that I n, and that I’m not aaid to… oh hell… this,” before kissg Ethan.
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- DAWSON'S CREEK: INSI THE GROUNDBREAKG CISN TO HAVE JACK E OUT AS GAY
- NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
- TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
DAWSON'S CREEK: INSI THE GROUNDBREAKG CISN TO HAVE JACK E OUT AS GAY
* is jack actually gay in dawson's creek *
One of the most important storyl vered by Dawson’s Creek was the season 2 cisn to have Jack (Kerr Smh) reveal he was gay. Asi om Rickie on 1994’s My So-Called Life, there hadn’t been an out gay teen on a major work seri before.
I had jt, my 20s, gone through the g-out procs and had told my parents I was gay. Rememberg the beloved character and his historic gay kiss….
NEARLY TWO S LATER, 'DAWSON'S CREEK' ACTOR REFLECTS ON HISTORIC GAY KISS
The recent release of Dawson’s Creek on Netflix Canada is nveniently timed, sce 2020 marks two s sce the show’s groundbreakg kiss between gay characters Jack McPhee (Kerr Smh) and Ethan Brody (Adam Kfman). ” His character and storyl served as a meangful exploratn of issu and stggl faced by gay men – and queer muni more broadly – many of which are still relevant now.
Although Jack was troduced as a love tert for Joey, he out as gay Episo 15 of Season 2, after which he and Joey choose to rema iends. What mak Jack particularly valuable is the way that his flaws, stggl, and growth speak to mon issu faced by young gay men.
TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
Through Jack, Dawson’s Creek provid an sightful and nuanced reflectn on major issu queer culture, particularly the way that his story explored problems wh ternalized homophobia and femmephobia, as well as healthy growth and velopment surroundg the issu. Shortly after Jack out as gay, he has a fight wh Joey that forhadows the issu that he will end up nontg through the rt of the show.