There’s a sectn of Jonathan Abrams’ All The Piec Matter: The Insi Story Of The Wire about the blk-and-you’ll-miss- scene which the Wire character puty missner of operatns William Rawls (John Doman) appears at a gay bar. Doman kept wonrg whether that reveal would lead to a major plot arc for…
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WHAT GAY BARS TELL ABOUT THE GOLN AGE OF TELEVISN
Rawls is a married man wh children and a closeted homosexual.
In a scene which tak place a gay bar, Rawls is shown briefly the background. In S3E10 of The Wire, we briefly see Rawls the background of a gay bar. Not once is ever explicly stated Rawls is gay and I love how nuanced the flhg out of his character is.
But as I have been watchg through “Friday Night Lights” for the first time, stck me that some of the shows have another element mon: surprisg enunters gay “Friday Night Lights, ” Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarn) acpani her iend Dev Boland (Stephanie Hunt) to the gay bar clost to their small town of Dillon, Tex., as a gture of solidary.