24 years later, we explore why the gay character behd the first male-on-male kiss to air on Amerin primetime TV has all but vanished.
Contents:
- LOOKG BACK ON THE HISTORIC GAY ‘THAT 70S SHOW’ STORYLE THAT SHOULD’VE BEEN
- 'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
- FLASHBACK: 'THAT '70S SHOW'S VERY SPECIAL GAY EPISO DO NOT AGE WELL
- GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
LOOKG BACK ON THE HISTORIC GAY ‘THAT 70S SHOW’ STORYLE THAT SHOULD’VE BEEN
* 70s show gay kiss *
In realy, Buddy was gay and had a major csh on Eric.
'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
"That '70s Show" has been given the reboot treatment at Netflix, and the s has troduced a new character Ozzie who out as gay. * 70s show gay kiss *
Due to Eric's nstant talk about his plited relatnship wh Donna Pctti, Buddy thought that Eric might also be gay. Grace's character, of urse, wasn't gay and acted plete shock.
The 1998 kiss om the actors occurred jt mere months before another gay kiss on Dawson's Creek. It wasn't the first gay kiss, however, sce there were several shows prr to That '70s Show that featured a smooch between two female characters.
FLASHBACK: 'THAT '70S SHOW'S VERY SPECIAL GAY EPISO DO NOT AGE WELL
The Inceptn star rells Myster Sk, reliv his landmark gay kiss on That '70s Show and reasons wh mors about his own sexual orientatn. * 70s show gay kiss *
The seri was also set the '70s when many people weren't open to homosexualy, and the suatn was a product of the tim.
GROUNDBREAKG ON-SCREEN GAY KISS THROUGH HISTORY
24 years later, the show aired on is seeg a rurgence, but the gay character volved this historic first is nowhere to be found.
Reactns supposedly ranged om the typil overt homophobia to disfort wh Eric’s reactn to this kiss, as well as some feelg that the character’s queerns was played for lghs. The seri didn’t see another gay character until a pair of neighbors eight seasons later, and even Jeff and Josh were mostly ic relief characters meant to make Eric’s straight-laced father Red unfortable.
Meanwhile, upg sequel seri That ’90s Show has already announced a gay character as part of the ma iend group. While was highly ntroversial, the late ’90s and 2000s saw a rise gay rol on TV shows and movi that troduced dienc to a realy too many were pretendg to ny.