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- NEIL GAIMAN TEAS THE TRANS CHARACTER "INTEGRAL" TO "THE SANDMAN" SEASON 2"IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE SEASON 2," THE IC SERI CREATOR {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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 8, 2022/5:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2700PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}NETFLIXBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 8, 2022 / 5:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEIL GAIMAN TEAS THE TRANS CHARACTER \"INTEGRAL\" TO \"THE SANDMAN\" SEASON 2","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-08-08T21:00:02.999+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-08-08T21:00:02.999+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"ICS, SANDMAN, TORI AMOS","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;}SCE THE ORIGAL PUBLITN OF THE SANDMAN IC SERI, THE ADVENTUR OF DREAM (ALSO KNOWN AS MORPHS) AND HIS SIX ENDLS SIBLGS, DEATH, DELIRIUM, DIRE, DPAIR, DTCTN, AND DTY, HAVE HAD A FERVENT QUEER FANBASE. SIAR TO HOW LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO THE X-MEN, THE REARS FELT A FAIARY WH THE FANTASTIL AND OTHERWORLDLY CHARACTERS OF THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE, WHO EXIST OUTSI OF THE EVERYDAY HUMAN {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 THE SANDMAN FIRST H IC STANDS BACK THE LATE '80S, WAS ONE OF THE ONLY ICS WH QUEER CHARACTERS AND STORYL, AND THE NEW NETFLIX SERI STAYS TE TO THE SOURCE MATERIAL WH MULTIPLE LGBTQ CHARACTERS, SAME-SEX HOOKUPS, AND RELATNSHIPS, NOT TO MENTN JOHN CAMERON MCHELL AS A DRAG QUEEN, AN APPEARANCE OM OUT SCREEN LEGEND STEPHEN FRY, AND A CREEPY GAY SERIAL KILLER KNOWN AS 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;}THE SANDMAN HAS HAD A VOTED LGBTQ FANBASE ALMOST SCE S EARLY DAYS OF PUBLITN, BUT WHEN DID THE SERI' WRER AND CREATOR NEIL GAIMAN FIRST REALIZE THAT LGBTQ REARS WERE VOURG HIS TALE OF MORPHS?{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;}"PROBABLY SOMEWHERE THE VERY EARLY '90S," THE ACCLAIMED AMERIN GODS THOR TELLS LOGO. "BEE TWO THGS WERE HAPPENG WHEN THE ICS WERE G OUT: THE FIRST EVER [NVENTN] SIGNGS THAT I DID FOR SANDMAN, THE PEOPLE AT THE SIGNGS WERE UNIFORMLY WHE MALE AND BETWEEN THE AG OF 15 AND 21 BEE THOSE WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WENT TO IC BOOK STOR."MIKE MARSLAND/{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;}"THEN OVER THE NEXT UPLE OF YEARS, THAT STARTED CHANGG," GAIMAN EXPLAS. "AND VERY SOON THERE WAS A 50/50 GENR BALANCE GOG ON AND I WOULD HAVE LARGE, SWEATY, UNSHAVEN MEN G UP TO ME AT NVENTNS SAYG, 'YOU BROUGHT WOMEN TO MY STORE, MY IC BOOK STORE. NO WOMEN HAD EVER E TO MY STORE AND YOU BROUGHT THE WOMEN TO MY STORE, MAN. I GOT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND.' AND SO THERE WOULD BE A LOT 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;}"AND EVEN WH THAT, THE PEOPLE THE [SIGNG] L, I WOULD BE STARTG TO MEET MORE AND MORE LGBT PEOPLE WHO WERE JT NOT THE KD OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD EVER READ ICS, BUT THEY WERE FDG SANDMAN AND THEY WERE FDG THEMSELV SANDMAN," HE NTU. "THAT WAS HUGE. AND FOR ME, I'D PUT ALL OF THE LGBT PEOPLE THERE BEE THEY WERE MY IENDS AND I WANTED SANDMAN TO REFLECT THE WORLD THAT I LIVED . AND IF I'D NOT PUT GAY CHARACTERS , IF I HADN'T PUT LBIAN CHARACTERS , IF I DIDN'T HAVE TRANS PEOPLE , WOULD'VE BEEN UNTE TO MY WORLD. SO JT SEEMED LIKE SOMETHG THAT I WOULD TAKE FOR GRANTED. I WANTED TO BE ABOUT PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY SEEMED TO RPOND TO THAT."{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;}TOM STURRIDGE, THE BRISH ACTOR WHO PLAYS THE TLE CHARACTER THE NETFLIX ADAPTATN, TELLS LOGO HE WAS AWARE OF THE ICS' QUEER FANBASE, EXPLAG "'S EXTRAORDARY HOW AHEAD OF S TIME IS. IN S EXPLORATN OF THAT MUNY OF GENR GENERAL, OF REPRENTATN OF WOMEN, OF ALL KDS OF SEXUALY." {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 KD OF MD-BLOWG TO THK THAT NEIL FIRST BEGAN WRG 1989 WHERE OBVLY THE WORLD WAS A DIFFERENT PLACE, BUT Y, I THK I WAS FULLY AWARE OF THROUGH THE READG OF ," STURRIDGE NTU. "THEN AS FAR AS IENDS GO, ACTUALLY, 'S ONLY BEEN SCE I'VE STARTED DOG PRS FOR BEE I DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT MUCH, NO ONE REALLY KNEW WHAT I WAS DOG, BUT NOW PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT AND 'S ASTONISHG HOW IMPORTANT IS TO SO MANY DIFFERENT KDS OF PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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;}ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHARACTER WHO APPEARS HALFWAY THROUGH THE ORIGAL SANDMAN N IS WANDA, WHO IS TRODUCED THE STORY ARC, "A GAME OF YOU," WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF BARBIE (WHO HAS A SMALL ROLE THE NETFLIX SERI) AND HER GROUP OF IENDS NEW YORK. WANDA IS A CLOSE IEND OF BARBIE, AND GAIMAN ASSUR IF THE STREAMER RENEWS THE SANDMAN FOR A SEND SEASON THAT FANS WILL GET TO SEE WANDA BROUGHT TO LIFE ON THE SCREEN:{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;}"OH, Y, ABSOLUTELY. WANDA IS AN ABSOLUTELY TEGRAL PART OF THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE AND 'A GAME OF YOU,'" HE EXPLAS. "AND IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE SEASON 2, WANDA WILL BE A HUGE, HUGE PART... IT'S GOG TO BE SO MUCH FUN STG FABULO TRANS ACTORS."{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 ADDN TO WANDA, SOMEONE ELSE WHO ULD MAKE A MEO AN UPG SEASON IS PIANO GODSS TORI AMOS, WHO HAS BEEN IENDS WH GAIMAN SCE THE EARLY '90S. AMOS DISVERED THE SANDMAN ICS THROUGH A IEND, AND WORKED REFERENC TO THE CHARACTERS TO HER SONGS, LIKE "TEAR IN YOUR HAND" WHERE SHE SGS ABOUT "HANGG OUT WH THE DREAM KG."MATTHEW BAKER/GETTY {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;}AMOS' MIC HAS BEEN A GATEWAY FOR HER VOTED QUEER FANBASE TO DISVER GAIMAN'S WORK — ADDN TO AMOS' LYRIL EASTER EGGS, REARS HAVE ALSO NOTED THE SIARI BETWEEN AMOS AND DELIRIUM. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS EVER A NVERSATN TO HAVE THE SGER VOLVED WH THE SANDMAN PRODUCTN, EHER THROUGH A MEO OR NTRIBUTG A SONG AS SHE DID FOR THE GOOD OMENS AMAZON ADAPTATN, GAIMAN TEAS WE MIGHT HEAR HER IF THE SERI {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 PUT THIS WAY: IN THE SANDMAN IC, WHEN YOU GET TO 'BRIEF LIV,' RIGHT AT THE BEGNG, 'TEAR IN YOUR HAND' IS PLAYG THE BACKGROUND AND I ULD NOT IMAGE NOT ASKG TORI FOR THE RIGHTS TO HAVE 'TEAR' PLAYG DURG THAT SEQUENCE BEE WOULD JT FEEL LIKE WE WERE BETRAYG . I'M ACTUALLY GETTG REALLY NERVO AND EXCED BEE I WANT TO SEND TORI A LK SO THAT SHE N GET A LTLE HEADSTART ON EVERYBODY AND WATCH SANDMAN."{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;}AFTER THE TEAS OM GAIMAN, HOPEFULLY THE DREAMS OF THE SANDMAN SEASON 2 BEE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;WIDTH:M(100%,342PX);MARG:0 TO;POSN:RELATIVE;MARG-TOP:LC(0PX + 24PX);MARG-BOTTOM:24PX;MARG-TOP:24PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FLOAT:RIGHT;MARG-RIGHT:80PX;MARG-LEFT:24PX;}}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;GAP:6PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;MAX-HEIGHT:104PX;WIDTH:100%;LE-HEIGHT:24PX;PADDG:16PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 2PX 4PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);} A{LOR:#354A4E;TEXT-OVERFLOW:ELLIPSIS;WHE-SPACE:PRE-LE;-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:3;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;OVERFLOW:HIDN;} A:HOVER{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.6REM/1.5 "D REGULAR",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;MAX-HEIGHT:104PX;WIDTH:100%;LE-HEIGHT:24PX;PADDG:16PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 2PX 4PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);} A{LOR:#354A4E;TEXT-OVERFLOW:ELLIPSIS;WHE-SPACE:PRE-LE;-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:3;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;OVERFLOW:HIDN;} A:HOVER{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;}SAILG "OCEAN TO OCEAN," TORI AMOS SEARCH FOR MAGIC AND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}ICSSANDMANTORI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ‘THE SANDMAN’ KEPT A DISTURBG LBIAN PLOT—AND IS BETTER FOR ITTWISTSWH THE NEED FOR POSIVE QUEER REPRENTATN DOMATG DISURSE ABOUT TV, ’S A SURPRISE THAT “THE SANDMAN” DIDN’T SHY AWAY OM A NTROVERSIAL BUT NECSARY STORYLE.ER BRADYUPDATED AUG. 10, 2022 5:19AM EDT / PUBLISHED AUG. 10, 2022 4:42AM EDT NETFLIXTHE LANDSPE FOR LBIAN-ADJACENT TELEVISN IS A B STRANGE RIGHT NOW. FOR EVERY PRTIGE SERI LIKE YELLOWJACKETS, THERE IS A NCELED CHEY ROMP LIKE FIRST KILL. A MORE SATISFYG BALANCE BETWEEN SER DRAMAS AND EASY-TO-WATCH GUILTY PLEASUR HASN’T PARTICULARLY BEEN ACHIEVED YET, EVEN IF LBIAN REPRENTATN HAS CREASED ON BOTH BLE AND STREAMG RECENT YEARS.GLAAD’S WHERE WE ARE ON TV REPORT FOR THE 2021-2022 SEASON REPORTS THAT LBIAN CHARACTERS MAKE UP 40 PERCENT OF LGBTQ+ CHARACTERS ON SHOWS CURRENTLY BROADSTG. HOWEVER, WHETHER THE CHARACTERS ARE WRTEN TO BE MORE THAN JT WALKG STEREOTYP PENDS ON WHO YOU ASK. SERLY, THK OF THE LBIAN CHARACTERS YOU SEE ON TV CURRENTLY, THEN THK ABOUT IF THEY ARE GIVEN ANY STORYL BIS THOSE VOLVG THEIR SEXUALY. CAN YOU THK OF ANY THAT DON’T?THAT BRGS TO NETFLIX’S RECENTLY RELEASED SERI, THE SANDMAN. ADAPTG THE NEIL GAIMAN, SAM KIETH, AND MIKE DRGENBERG ICS OF THE SAME NAME, LARGELY TELLS THE STORY OF DREAM (TOM STURRIDGE), A POWERFUL BEG ATTEMPTG TO RTORE HIS FULL POWERS AFTER A LENGTHY ABSENCE. WHEN ARRIVED ON NETFLIX ON AUG. 5, WAS MET WH MOSTLY POSIVE REVIEWS BASED ON S FAHFULNS TO S SOURCE MATERIAL.THE SHOW ACTUALLY DO A FAIRLY GOOD JOB AT CLUDG LGBTQ+ CHARACTERS THAT ARE MORE THAN THEIR INTI—MASON ALEXANR PARK’S ERATN OF DIRE HAS THE CHANCE TO BE A NONBARY AWAKENG FOR SOME VIEWERS. THIS IS PARTLY BEE THE ENTIRE NCEPT OF THE SANDMAN IS ONE THAT NNOT BE CIRCUMVENTED TO STRICT BARI OR SOCIETAL NORMS. WHILE MIGHT NOT BE A W FOR EVERYONE WHO WATCH , YOU N’T NY THAT SUCCEEDS SHOWSG LGBTQ+ INTI THAT AREN’T THERE FOR SHALLOW REPRENTATN POTS. LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX AND THERE MIGHT NOT BE A CHARACTER THAT FI WHAT MAK FOR GOOD LGBTQ+ CLN BETTER THAN DAISY HEAD’S JUDY. SHE MAK HER APPEARANCE THE EPISO “24/7,” WHICH IS DIRECTLY ADAPTED OM THE “24 HOURS” STORY OM THE FIRST SANDMAN VOLUME, TLED “PRELUS & NOCTURN.” WHILE SHE IS EXPLICLY A LBIAN BOTH THE IC STORY AND THE EPISO, SHE HAS A STORYLE THE FORMER THAT I ASSUMED WOULD BE PLETELY WRTEN OUT OF THE ADAPTATN DUE TO S NTROVERSIAL NATURE. LO AND BEHOLD, WAS PRERVED ALMOST TO A T THE SERI, A MOVE THAT WAS THE BT ONE TO MAKE OUR CURRENT MEDIA CLIMATE.IN ORR TO GET AN IA OF WHY THIS CISN WAS THE BT ONE, LET’S REP JUDY’S JOURNEY THROUGHOUT “24/7.” SHE ARRIV AT A DER A DISTRSED STATE, NOT UNLIKE THE OTHER ATTENDANTS OF THE RTRANT. IT TURNS OUT THE PATRONS OF THE DER WERE ALL PUT UNR A CURSE BY JOHN DEE (DAVID THEWLIS), WHICH PROGRS AS THE EPISO GO ON.AS SHE SCRIB TO THE WARS, SHE AND HER UNSEEN GIRLIEND, DONNA, HAD GOTTEN TO A PRETTY NASTY FIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE. JUDY HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK TOUCH WH DONNA SCE THAT FIGHT, SPE HER NUMERO ATTEMPTS TO DO SO. WHEN SHE RECEIV A LL OM A MUTUAL IEND, SHE HOP THAT WILL FD A LEAD HER SEARCH, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THE IEND HASN’T HEARD OM DONNA. THE EXCHANGE IS AWKWARD. IT IS CLEAR TO THE DIENCE THAT SOMETHG SEEMS UP WH THE IEND, BUT JUDY EHER N’T PICK UP OR IGNOR ALTOGETHER.THE TE STORY BEHD JUDY’S FIGHT WH HER GIRLIEND IS STEADILY REVEALED. SHE EVENTUALLY NFS THAT SHE EQUENTLY GETS JEALO AND PARANOID OVER WHAT DONNA DO. WHEN ASKED WHETHER THE FEELGS HAVE ANY BASIS REALY, JUDY ADMS THAT THEY DON’T, KNOWG EP DOWN THAT HER GIRLIEND WOULD NEVER ACTUALLY BE UNFAHFUL SPE HER PARANOIA.THIS SHADY AND IRRATNAL BEHAVR PLANTS THE SEEDS OF THE ULTIMATE SECRET THAT JUDY WAS HIDG. AFTER ENGAGG A HEFTY MAKEOUT SSN WH DER WARS BETTE (EMMA DUNN), SHE REVEALS THAT SHE HAD H DONNA THE FACE DURG THEIR FIGHT THE PREV NIGHT, LEADG THE LATTER TO WALK OUT ON HER. IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT THE EXTENT OF THE VLENCE WAS, NOR IF JUDY ACTUALLY IS REMORSEFUL FOR WHAT SHE DID. HOWEVER, ANYONE PAYG ATTENTN TO THE HTS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE EPISO REGARDG HER TE NATURE SHOULD REALIZE THAT JUDY IS JEALO, NTROLLG, AND NOW THAT SHE H DONNA, ABIVE. NEEDLS TO SAY, SHE ISN’T A STELLAR EXAMPLE OF POSIVE LBIAN REPRENTATN ON TELEVISN. GIVEN HOW THE FIRST SEASON OF THE SANDMAN PREMIERED ON NETFLIX DIRECTLY AFTER THE STREAMER NCELLED THE TEEN-CENTERED ROMANCE FIRST KILL, WHICH HAD A LBIAN UPLE AS S CENTRAL PROTAGONISTS, IS LIKELY THAT SOME VIEWERS MIGHT VIEW THIS JUXTAPOSN AN UNFAVORABLE LIGHT. AFTER ALL, WHY IS A BURGEONG AND RELATIVELY HEALTHY ROMANCE BETWEEN TWO YOUNG WOMEN NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE STREAMER, BUT ’S PERFECTLY OKAY FOR A LBIAN CHARACTER TO BE ABIVE? WHOUT THE PROPER NTEXT, ULD SEEM LIKE THE PLATFORM IS ATTEMPTG TO MONIZE LBIANS BY SHOWG THEM A WORSE LIGHT RATHER THAN A POSIVE ONE.WHILE IS TE THAT NETFLIX AND OTHER STREAMG PLATFORMS OFTEN FAIL WH THEIR LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN, THIS EXAMPLE DON’T EXACTLY HOLD UP. THE TTH IS THAT REPRENTATN ON TELEVISN BY SELF IS NOT ENOUGH TO PROPERLY REPLITE REAL LIFE. JT BEE THERE ARE LBIAN CHARACTERS ON A CERTA SHOW DON’T MEAN THEIR CHARACTERIZATN IS ANY WAY REPRENTATIVE OF ACTUAL RELATNSHIPS OFF SCREEN. THIS N BE APPLIED TO ANY LGBTQ+ INTY, AS WELL—HOW MANY QUEER PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY BE WILLG TO ENGAGE AN A PELLA P!NK RENDN AS SHOWN THEY/THEM?UNFORTUNATELY, DOMTIC PHYSIL AND SEXUAL VLENCE IS SOMETHG THAT WOMEN WH SEXUAL ATTRACTN TO OTHER WOMEN ARE NOT HERENTLY IMMUNE TO. ACRDG TO THE NATNAL INTIMATE PARTNER AND SEXUAL VLENCE SURVEY OM 2010, AROUND 43 PERCENT OF WOMEN THAT INTIFY AS LBIANS HAD EXPERIENCED “RAPE, PHYSIL VLENCE, AND/OR STALKG BY AN TIMATE PARTNER DURG THEIR LIFETIME.” SPANNG TO THE GENERAL SAPPHIC MUNY, AROUND 61 PERCENT OF BISEXUAL WOMEN REPORTED THE SAME ANSWER.WHILE THIS DATA ULD BE NSIRED OUTDATED, MORE RECENT STUDI BACK UP S CLAIMS. ONE NDUCTED BY LGBTQ+-CENTRIC SUPPORT ANIZATN NETWORK/LA RED 2019 SAID THAT AROUND 62 PERCENT OF LBIAN PARTICIPANTS REACHED OUT FOR HELP “WHEN THEY FELT UNSAFE THEIR RELATNSHIP(S).” ANOTHER REPORT, THIS TIME CREATED BY THE LOS ANGEL LGBT CENTER, POSS THAT TRADNAL/HETEROSEXUAL-CENTERED METHODS OF DOMTIC VLENCE TERVENTN ARE EFFECTIVE WHEN NDUCTED LGBTQ+ RELATNSHIPS. THIS IS DUE TO A NUMBER OF REASONS, WH THE POTENTIAL FOR OUTG CHIEF AMONG THEM. LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX THE STATISTICS SHOULD NOT BE ED TO AME LBIAN RELATNSHIPS AS DANGERO. ON THE NTRARY, AS IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN UNFORTABLE TTH THAT EXISTS ALL RELATNSHIPS, WHETHER BETWEEN A STRAIGHT UPLE OR A GAY UPLE: THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT SOMEONE THE RELATNSHIP ULD ABE THEIR POWER. BY IGNORG THE FACT THAT SOME LBIANS EXPERIENCE ABE AT THE HANDS OF THEIR PARTNERS, WE ARE PRETENDG THAT THE SHEER POSSIBILY OF SUCH EXPERIENC IS IMPOSSIBLE SIMPLY BEE THE RELATNSHIP IS BETWEEN TWO WOMEN.I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF PISM ART. OF URSE, MANY VIEWERS ARE LOOKG FOR THE SAME TYP OF CHEY ROMANC AND UNREALISTIC STORI THAT STRAIGHT UPL CENTER AROUND ALL THE TIME. WE DO NEED MORE OF THOSE TYP OF STORI, WHETHER THROUGH MOVI, TELEVISN, OR OTHER FORMS OF ART. IT IS A SHAME THAT TELEVISN SHOWS AREN’T PROVIDG SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN TO PROPERLY TELL THE STORI. ON THE OTHER HAND, IS UNFAIR TO WRE OFF A RARE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HOW SOME LGBTQ+ PEOPLE N END UP ABG THEIR PARTNERS BEE ISN’T PART OF ONE OF THE MORE POSIVE STORI.THIS IS PRECISELY WHY THE SANDMAN PRERVG THE SUBPLOT OF JUDY’S SECRET ABE IS SO IMPORTANT. WHEN WE ASK FOR BETTER LBIAN REPRENTATN MEDIA, WE SHOULD BE ASKG FOR MORE PLEX AND REALISTIC PICTNS OF THE RELATNSHIPS. THIS MEANS NOT SHYG AWAY OM POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT RELATNSHIPS OR UNLIKEABLE CHARACTERS, EVEN IF THAT UNLIKEABILY REACH S EXTREM.OF URSE, THIS DON’T MEAN EXPECTG ALL LBIAN CHARACTERS MOVG FORWARD TO BE ASSHOL, BUT WHEN A TERRIBLE CHARACTER WHO IS TERRIBLE TO HER LOVER IS EXPLICLY LABELED AS A LBIAN, SHOULDN’T TOMATILLY BE NSIRED BAD REPRENTATN. WHEN WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT TOXIC AND SOMETIM ABIVE RELATNSHIPS N OCCUR REGARDLS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN, WE ARE PRENTG A MORE THENTIC AND NUANCED LOOK AT LGBTQ+ ROMANCE, SOMETHG WE NEED NOW MORE THAN EVER. ER BRADY
NEIL GAIMAN TEAS THE TRANS CHARACTER "INTEGRAL" TO "THE SANDMAN" SEASON 2"IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE SEASON 2," THE IC SERI CREATOR {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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 8, 2022/5:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2700PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}NETFLIXBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 8, 2022 / 5:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEIL GAIMAN TEAS THE TRANS CHARACTER \"INTEGRAL\" TO \"THE SANDMAN\" SEASON 2","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-08-08T21:00:02.999+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-08-08T21:00:02.999+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"ICS, SANDMAN, TORI AMOS","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;}SCE THE ORIGAL PUBLITN OF THE SANDMAN IC SERI, THE ADVENTUR OF DREAM (ALSO KNOWN AS MORPHS) AND HIS SIX ENDLS SIBLGS, DEATH, DELIRIUM, DIRE, DPAIR, DTCTN, AND DTY, HAVE HAD A FERVENT QUEER FANBASE. SIAR TO HOW LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO THE X-MEN, THE REARS FELT A FAIARY WH THE FANTASTIL AND OTHERWORLDLY CHARACTERS OF THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE, WHO EXIST OUTSI OF THE EVERYDAY HUMAN {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 THE SANDMAN FIRST H IC STANDS BACK THE LATE '80S, WAS ONE OF THE ONLY ICS WH QUEER CHARACTERS AND STORYL, AND THE NEW NETFLIX SERI STAYS TE TO THE SOURCE MATERIAL WH MULTIPLE LGBTQ CHARACTERS, SAME-SEX HOOKUPS, AND RELATNSHIPS, NOT TO MENTN JOHN CAMERON MCHELL AS A DRAG QUEEN, AN APPEARANCE OM OUT SCREEN LEGEND STEPHEN FRY, AND A CREEPY GAY SERIAL KILLER KNOWN AS 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;}THE SANDMAN HAS HAD A VOTED LGBTQ FANBASE ALMOST SCE S EARLY DAYS OF PUBLITN, BUT WHEN DID THE SERI' WRER AND CREATOR NEIL GAIMAN FIRST REALIZE THAT LGBTQ REARS WERE VOURG HIS TALE OF MORPHS?{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;}"PROBABLY SOMEWHERE THE VERY EARLY '90S," THE ACCLAIMED AMERIN GODS THOR TELLS LOGO. "BEE TWO THGS WERE HAPPENG WHEN THE ICS WERE G OUT: THE FIRST EVER [NVENTN] SIGNGS THAT I DID FOR SANDMAN, THE PEOPLE AT THE SIGNGS WERE UNIFORMLY WHE MALE AND BETWEEN THE AG OF 15 AND 21 BEE THOSE WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WENT TO IC BOOK STOR."MIKE MARSLAND/{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;}"THEN OVER THE NEXT UPLE OF YEARS, THAT STARTED CHANGG," GAIMAN EXPLAS. "AND VERY SOON THERE WAS A 50/50 GENR BALANCE GOG ON AND I WOULD HAVE LARGE, SWEATY, UNSHAVEN MEN G UP TO ME AT NVENTNS SAYG, 'YOU BROUGHT WOMEN TO MY STORE, MY IC BOOK STORE. NO WOMEN HAD EVER E TO MY STORE AND YOU BROUGHT THE WOMEN TO MY STORE, MAN. I GOT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND.' AND SO THERE WOULD BE A LOT 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;}"AND EVEN WH THAT, THE PEOPLE THE [SIGNG] L, I WOULD BE STARTG TO MEET MORE AND MORE LGBT PEOPLE WHO WERE JT NOT THE KD OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD EVER READ ICS, BUT THEY WERE FDG SANDMAN AND THEY WERE FDG THEMSELV SANDMAN," HE NTU. "THAT WAS HUGE. AND FOR ME, I'D PUT ALL OF THE LGBT PEOPLE THERE BEE THEY WERE MY IENDS AND I WANTED SANDMAN TO REFLECT THE WORLD THAT I LIVED . AND IF I'D NOT PUT GAY CHARACTERS , IF I HADN'T PUT LBIAN CHARACTERS , IF I DIDN'T HAVE TRANS PEOPLE , WOULD'VE BEEN UNTE TO MY WORLD. SO JT SEEMED LIKE SOMETHG THAT I WOULD TAKE FOR GRANTED. I WANTED TO BE ABOUT PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY SEEMED TO RPOND TO THAT."{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;}TOM STURRIDGE, THE BRISH ACTOR WHO PLAYS THE TLE CHARACTER THE NETFLIX ADAPTATN, TELLS LOGO HE WAS AWARE OF THE ICS' QUEER FANBASE, EXPLAG "'S EXTRAORDARY HOW AHEAD OF S TIME IS. IN S EXPLORATN OF THAT MUNY OF GENR GENERAL, OF REPRENTATN OF WOMEN, OF ALL KDS OF SEXUALY." {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 KD OF MD-BLOWG TO THK THAT NEIL FIRST BEGAN WRG 1989 WHERE OBVLY THE WORLD WAS A DIFFERENT PLACE, BUT Y, I THK I WAS FULLY AWARE OF THROUGH THE READG OF ," STURRIDGE NTU. "THEN AS FAR AS IENDS GO, ACTUALLY, 'S ONLY BEEN SCE I'VE STARTED DOG PRS FOR BEE I DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT MUCH, NO ONE REALLY KNEW WHAT I WAS DOG, BUT NOW PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT AND 'S ASTONISHG HOW IMPORTANT IS TO SO MANY DIFFERENT KDS OF PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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;}ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHARACTER WHO APPEARS HALFWAY THROUGH THE ORIGAL SANDMAN N IS WANDA, WHO IS TRODUCED THE STORY ARC, "A GAME OF YOU," WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF BARBIE (WHO HAS A SMALL ROLE THE NETFLIX SERI) AND HER GROUP OF IENDS NEW YORK. WANDA IS A CLOSE IEND OF BARBIE, AND GAIMAN ASSUR IF THE STREAMER RENEWS THE SANDMAN FOR A SEND SEASON THAT FANS WILL GET TO SEE WANDA BROUGHT TO LIFE ON THE SCREEN:{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;}"OH, Y, ABSOLUTELY. WANDA IS AN ABSOLUTELY TEGRAL PART OF THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE AND 'A GAME OF YOU,'" HE EXPLAS. "AND IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE SEASON 2, WANDA WILL BE A HUGE, HUGE PART... IT'S GOG TO BE SO MUCH FUN STG FABULO TRANS ACTORS."{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 ADDN TO WANDA, SOMEONE ELSE WHO ULD MAKE A MEO AN UPG SEASON IS PIANO GODSS TORI AMOS, WHO HAS BEEN IENDS WH GAIMAN SCE THE EARLY '90S. AMOS DISVERED THE SANDMAN ICS THROUGH A IEND, AND WORKED REFERENC TO THE CHARACTERS TO HER SONGS, LIKE "TEAR IN YOUR HAND" WHERE SHE SGS ABOUT "HANGG OUT WH THE DREAM KG."MATTHEW BAKER/GETTY {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;}AMOS' MIC HAS BEEN A GATEWAY FOR HER VOTED QUEER FANBASE TO DISVER GAIMAN'S WORK — ADDN TO AMOS' LYRIL EASTER EGGS, REARS HAVE ALSO NOTED THE SIARI BETWEEN AMOS AND DELIRIUM. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS EVER A NVERSATN TO HAVE THE SGER VOLVED WH THE SANDMAN PRODUCTN, EHER THROUGH A MEO OR NTRIBUTG A SONG AS SHE DID FOR THE GOOD OMENS AMAZON ADAPTATN, GAIMAN TEAS WE MIGHT HEAR HER IF THE SERI {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 PUT THIS WAY: IN THE SANDMAN IC, WHEN YOU GET TO 'BRIEF LIV,' RIGHT AT THE BEGNG, 'TEAR IN YOUR HAND' IS PLAYG THE BACKGROUND AND I ULD NOT IMAGE NOT ASKG TORI FOR THE RIGHTS TO HAVE 'TEAR' PLAYG DURG THAT SEQUENCE BEE WOULD JT FEEL LIKE WE WERE BETRAYG . I'M ACTUALLY GETTG REALLY NERVO AND EXCED BEE I WANT TO SEND TORI A LK SO THAT SHE N GET A LTLE HEADSTART ON EVERYBODY AND WATCH SANDMAN."{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;}AFTER THE TEAS OM GAIMAN, HOPEFULLY THE DREAMS OF THE SANDMAN SEASON 2 BEE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;WIDTH:M(100%,342PX);MARG:0 TO;POSN:RELATIVE;MARG-TOP:LC(0PX + 24PX);MARG-BOTTOM:24PX;MARG-TOP:24PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FLOAT:RIGHT;MARG-RIGHT:80PX;MARG-LEFT:24PX;}}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;GAP:6PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;MAX-HEIGHT:104PX;WIDTH:100%;LE-HEIGHT:24PX;PADDG:16PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 2PX 4PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);} A{LOR:#354A4E;TEXT-OVERFLOW:ELLIPSIS;WHE-SPACE:PRE-LE;-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:3;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;OVERFLOW:HIDN;} A:HOVER{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.6REM/1.5 "D REGULAR",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;MAX-HEIGHT:104PX;WIDTH:100%;LE-HEIGHT:24PX;PADDG:16PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 2PX 4PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);} A{LOR:#354A4E;TEXT-OVERFLOW:ELLIPSIS;WHE-SPACE:PRE-LE;-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:3;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;OVERFLOW:HIDN;} A:HOVER{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;}SAILG "OCEAN TO OCEAN," TORI AMOS SEARCH FOR MAGIC AND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}ICSSANDMANTORI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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‘THE SANDMAN’ KEPT A DISTURBG LBIAN PLOT—AND IS BETTER FOR ITTWISTSWH THE NEED FOR POSIVE QUEER REPRENTATN DOMATG DISURSE ABOUT TV, ’S A SURPRISE THAT “THE SANDMAN” DIDN’T SHY AWAY OM A NTROVERSIAL BUT NECSARY STORYLE.ER BRADYUPDATED AUG. 10, 2022 5:19AM EDT / PUBLISHED AUG. 10, 2022 4:42AM EDT NETFLIXTHE LANDSPE FOR LBIAN-ADJACENT TELEVISN IS A B STRANGE RIGHT NOW. FOR EVERY PRTIGE SERI LIKE YELLOWJACKETS, THERE IS A NCELED CHEY ROMP LIKE FIRST KILL. A MORE SATISFYG BALANCE BETWEEN SER DRAMAS AND EASY-TO-WATCH GUILTY PLEASUR HASN’T PARTICULARLY BEEN ACHIEVED YET, EVEN IF LBIAN REPRENTATN HAS CREASED ON BOTH BLE AND STREAMG RECENT YEARS.GLAAD’S WHERE WE ARE ON TV REPORT FOR THE 2021-2022 SEASON REPORTS THAT LBIAN CHARACTERS MAKE UP 40 PERCENT OF LGBTQ+ CHARACTERS ON SHOWS CURRENTLY BROADSTG. HOWEVER, WHETHER THE CHARACTERS ARE WRTEN TO BE MORE THAN JT WALKG STEREOTYP PENDS ON WHO YOU ASK. SERLY, THK OF THE LBIAN CHARACTERS YOU SEE ON TV CURRENTLY, THEN THK ABOUT IF THEY ARE GIVEN ANY STORYL BIS THOSE VOLVG THEIR SEXUALY. CAN YOU THK OF ANY THAT DON’T?THAT BRGS TO NETFLIX’S RECENTLY RELEASED SERI, THE SANDMAN. ADAPTG THE NEIL GAIMAN, SAM KIETH, AND MIKE DRGENBERG ICS OF THE SAME NAME, LARGELY TELLS THE STORY OF DREAM (TOM STURRIDGE), A POWERFUL BEG ATTEMPTG TO RTORE HIS FULL POWERS AFTER A LENGTHY ABSENCE. WHEN ARRIVED ON NETFLIX ON AUG. 5, WAS MET WH MOSTLY POSIVE REVIEWS BASED ON S FAHFULNS TO S SOURCE MATERIAL.THE SHOW ACTUALLY DO A FAIRLY GOOD JOB AT CLUDG LGBTQ+ CHARACTERS THAT ARE MORE THAN THEIR INTI—MASON ALEXANR PARK’S ERATN OF DIRE HAS THE CHANCE TO BE A NONBARY AWAKENG FOR SOME VIEWERS. THIS IS PARTLY BEE THE ENTIRE NCEPT OF THE SANDMAN IS ONE THAT NNOT BE CIRCUMVENTED TO STRICT BARI OR SOCIETAL NORMS. WHILE MIGHT NOT BE A W FOR EVERYONE WHO WATCH , YOU N’T NY THAT SUCCEEDS SHOWSG LGBTQ+ INTI THAT AREN’T THERE FOR SHALLOW REPRENTATN POTS. LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX AND THERE MIGHT NOT BE A CHARACTER THAT FI WHAT MAK FOR GOOD LGBTQ+ CLN BETTER THAN DAISY HEAD’S JUDY. SHE MAK HER APPEARANCE THE EPISO “24/7,” WHICH IS DIRECTLY ADAPTED OM THE “24 HOURS” STORY OM THE FIRST SANDMAN VOLUME, TLED “PRELUS & NOCTURN.” WHILE SHE IS EXPLICLY A LBIAN BOTH THE IC STORY AND THE EPISO, SHE HAS A STORYLE THE FORMER THAT I ASSUMED WOULD BE PLETELY WRTEN OUT OF THE ADAPTATN DUE TO S NTROVERSIAL NATURE. LO AND BEHOLD, WAS PRERVED ALMOST TO A T THE SERI, A MOVE THAT WAS THE BT ONE TO MAKE OUR CURRENT MEDIA CLIMATE.IN ORR TO GET AN IA OF WHY THIS CISN WAS THE BT ONE, LET’S REP JUDY’S JOURNEY THROUGHOUT “24/7.” SHE ARRIV AT A DER A DISTRSED STATE, NOT UNLIKE THE OTHER ATTENDANTS OF THE RTRANT. IT TURNS OUT THE PATRONS OF THE DER WERE ALL PUT UNR A CURSE BY JOHN DEE (DAVID THEWLIS), WHICH PROGRS AS THE EPISO GO ON.AS SHE SCRIB TO THE WARS, SHE AND HER UNSEEN GIRLIEND, DONNA, HAD GOTTEN TO A PRETTY NASTY FIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE. JUDY HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK TOUCH WH DONNA SCE THAT FIGHT, SPE HER NUMERO ATTEMPTS TO DO SO. WHEN SHE RECEIV A LL OM A MUTUAL IEND, SHE HOP THAT WILL FD A LEAD HER SEARCH, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THE IEND HASN’T HEARD OM DONNA. THE EXCHANGE IS AWKWARD. IT IS CLEAR TO THE DIENCE THAT SOMETHG SEEMS UP WH THE IEND, BUT JUDY EHER N’T PICK UP OR IGNOR ALTOGETHER.THE TE STORY BEHD JUDY’S FIGHT WH HER GIRLIEND IS STEADILY REVEALED. SHE EVENTUALLY NFS THAT SHE EQUENTLY GETS JEALO AND PARANOID OVER WHAT DONNA DO. WHEN ASKED WHETHER THE FEELGS HAVE ANY BASIS REALY, JUDY ADMS THAT THEY DON’T, KNOWG EP DOWN THAT HER GIRLIEND WOULD NEVER ACTUALLY BE UNFAHFUL SPE HER PARANOIA.THIS SHADY AND IRRATNAL BEHAVR PLANTS THE SEEDS OF THE ULTIMATE SECRET THAT JUDY WAS HIDG. AFTER ENGAGG A HEFTY MAKEOUT SSN WH DER WARS BETTE (EMMA DUNN), SHE REVEALS THAT SHE HAD H DONNA THE FACE DURG THEIR FIGHT THE PREV NIGHT, LEADG THE LATTER TO WALK OUT ON HER. IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT THE EXTENT OF THE VLENCE WAS, NOR IF JUDY ACTUALLY IS REMORSEFUL FOR WHAT SHE DID. HOWEVER, ANYONE PAYG ATTENTN TO THE HTS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE EPISO REGARDG HER TE NATURE SHOULD REALIZE THAT JUDY IS JEALO, NTROLLG, AND NOW THAT SHE H DONNA, ABIVE. NEEDLS TO SAY, SHE ISN’T A STELLAR EXAMPLE OF POSIVE LBIAN REPRENTATN ON TELEVISN. GIVEN HOW THE FIRST SEASON OF THE SANDMAN PREMIERED ON NETFLIX DIRECTLY AFTER THE STREAMER NCELLED THE TEEN-CENTERED ROMANCE FIRST KILL, WHICH HAD A LBIAN UPLE AS S CENTRAL PROTAGONISTS, IS LIKELY THAT SOME VIEWERS MIGHT VIEW THIS JUXTAPOSN AN UNFAVORABLE LIGHT. AFTER ALL, WHY IS A BURGEONG AND RELATIVELY HEALTHY ROMANCE BETWEEN TWO YOUNG WOMEN NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE STREAMER, BUT ’S PERFECTLY OKAY FOR A LBIAN CHARACTER TO BE ABIVE? WHOUT THE PROPER NTEXT, ULD SEEM LIKE THE PLATFORM IS ATTEMPTG TO MONIZE LBIANS BY SHOWG THEM A WORSE LIGHT RATHER THAN A POSIVE ONE.WHILE IS TE THAT NETFLIX AND OTHER STREAMG PLATFORMS OFTEN FAIL WH THEIR LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN, THIS EXAMPLE DON’T EXACTLY HOLD UP. THE TTH IS THAT REPRENTATN ON TELEVISN BY SELF IS NOT ENOUGH TO PROPERLY REPLITE REAL LIFE. JT BEE THERE ARE LBIAN CHARACTERS ON A CERTA SHOW DON’T MEAN THEIR CHARACTERIZATN IS ANY WAY REPRENTATIVE OF ACTUAL RELATNSHIPS OFF SCREEN. THIS N BE APPLIED TO ANY LGBTQ+ INTY, AS WELL—HOW MANY QUEER PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY BE WILLG TO ENGAGE AN A PELLA P!NK RENDN AS SHOWN THEY/THEM?UNFORTUNATELY, DOMTIC PHYSIL AND SEXUAL VLENCE IS SOMETHG THAT WOMEN WH SEXUAL ATTRACTN TO OTHER WOMEN ARE NOT HERENTLY IMMUNE TO. ACRDG TO THE NATNAL INTIMATE PARTNER AND SEXUAL VLENCE SURVEY OM 2010, AROUND 43 PERCENT OF WOMEN THAT INTIFY AS LBIANS HAD EXPERIENCED “RAPE, PHYSIL VLENCE, AND/OR STALKG BY AN TIMATE PARTNER DURG THEIR LIFETIME.” SPANNG TO THE GENERAL SAPPHIC MUNY, AROUND 61 PERCENT OF BISEXUAL WOMEN REPORTED THE SAME ANSWER.WHILE THIS DATA ULD BE NSIRED OUTDATED, MORE RECENT STUDI BACK UP S CLAIMS. ONE NDUCTED BY LGBTQ+-CENTRIC SUPPORT ANIZATN NETWORK/LA RED 2019 SAID THAT AROUND 62 PERCENT OF LBIAN PARTICIPANTS REACHED OUT FOR HELP “WHEN THEY FELT UNSAFE THEIR RELATNSHIP(S).” ANOTHER REPORT, THIS TIME CREATED BY THE LOS ANGEL LGBT CENTER, POSS THAT TRADNAL/HETEROSEXUAL-CENTERED METHODS OF DOMTIC VLENCE TERVENTN ARE EFFECTIVE WHEN NDUCTED LGBTQ+ RELATNSHIPS. THIS IS DUE TO A NUMBER OF REASONS, WH THE POTENTIAL FOR OUTG CHIEF AMONG THEM. LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX THE STATISTICS SHOULD NOT BE ED TO AME LBIAN RELATNSHIPS AS DANGERO. ON THE NTRARY, AS IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN UNFORTABLE TTH THAT EXISTS ALL RELATNSHIPS, WHETHER BETWEEN A STRAIGHT UPLE OR A GAY UPLE: THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT SOMEONE THE RELATNSHIP ULD ABE THEIR POWER. BY IGNORG THE FACT THAT SOME LBIANS EXPERIENCE ABE AT THE HANDS OF THEIR PARTNERS, WE ARE PRETENDG THAT THE SHEER POSSIBILY OF SUCH EXPERIENC IS IMPOSSIBLE SIMPLY BEE THE RELATNSHIP IS BETWEEN TWO WOMEN.I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF PISM ART. OF URSE, MANY VIEWERS ARE LOOKG FOR THE SAME TYP OF CHEY ROMANC AND UNREALISTIC STORI THAT STRAIGHT UPL CENTER AROUND ALL THE TIME. WE DO NEED MORE OF THOSE TYP OF STORI, WHETHER THROUGH MOVI, TELEVISN, OR OTHER FORMS OF ART. IT IS A SHAME THAT TELEVISN SHOWS AREN’T PROVIDG SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN TO PROPERLY TELL THE STORI. ON THE OTHER HAND, IS UNFAIR TO WRE OFF A RARE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HOW SOME LGBTQ+ PEOPLE N END UP ABG THEIR PARTNERS BEE ISN’T PART OF ONE OF THE MORE POSIVE STORI.THIS IS PRECISELY WHY THE SANDMAN PRERVG THE SUBPLOT OF JUDY’S SECRET ABE IS SO IMPORTANT. WHEN WE ASK FOR BETTER LBIAN REPRENTATN MEDIA, WE SHOULD BE ASKG FOR MORE PLEX AND REALISTIC PICTNS OF THE RELATNSHIPS. THIS MEANS NOT SHYG AWAY OM POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT RELATNSHIPS OR UNLIKEABLE CHARACTERS, EVEN IF THAT UNLIKEABILY REACH S EXTREM.OF URSE, THIS DON’T MEAN EXPECTG ALL LBIAN CHARACTERS MOVG FORWARD TO BE ASSHOL, BUT WHEN A TERRIBLE CHARACTER WHO IS TERRIBLE TO HER LOVER IS EXPLICLY LABELED AS A LBIAN, SHOULDN’T TOMATILLY BE NSIRED BAD REPRENTATN. WHEN WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT TOXIC AND SOMETIM ABIVE RELATNSHIPS N OCCUR REGARDLS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN, WE ARE PRENTG A MORE THENTIC AND NUANCED LOOK AT LGBTQ+ ROMANCE, SOMETHG WE NEED NOW MORE THAN EVER. ER BRADY
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