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Contents:
- THAT GAY EPISO: A BRAVE ‘GOLN GIRLS’ FORC BLANCHE TO DEAL WH HER HOMOPHOBIA
- WHY DO GAYS LOVE THE GOLN GIRLS?
- CO: THE GROUNDBREAKG GAY CHARACTER ‘THE GOLN GIRLS’ LEFT BEHD
THAT GAY EPISO: A BRAVE ‘GOLN GIRLS’ FORC BLANCHE TO DEAL WH HER HOMOPHOBIA
The Goln GirlsCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Dec 10, 198813+30mBlanche's brother Clayton is aaid to adm his homosexualy, so he claims he slept wh Rose. Blanche's brother Clayton is aaid to adm his homosexualy, so he claims he slept wh Rose. Blanche's brother Clayton is aaid to adm his homosexualy, so he claims he slept wh productn, box office & pany PhotosReview Like sister, like brother.
Bt of all, Blanche and Clayton's heart to heart, steals wh that le, 'the man's as gay as a piic basket, ' Markham was jt wonrful as Clayton, hopefully we'll get to see more of him, the stori they uld have. Bee culture and relign have ma beg gay a whole thg, g out means sudnly droppg all of that baggage the arms of the queer person and the people their liv. Sometim the relatnship breaks, and other tim the relatnship mov forward, obliv to the fact that left some sential luggage at the gay baggage claim.
WHY DO GAYS LOVE THE GOLN GIRLS?
Jt bee a fay member says they accept you beg gay don’t mean they accept you beg gay. As I wrote back Febary, The Goln Girls was ahead of s time when me to gay rights. Whereas most ss have a gay-of-the-week episo and that’s , we actually get to see Blanche (Rue McClanahan) really reckon her homophobia this follow-up to Season 4’s “Sred Straight.
“Sister of the Bri” om a team of gay wrers, Dperate Hoewiv creator Marc Cherry and playwright Jamie Wooten.
CO: THE GROUNDBREAKG GAY CHARACTER ‘THE GOLN GIRLS’ LEFT BEHD
Like wh The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s gay episo, which was -wrten by a gay man, “Sister of the Bri” smacks of specificy (while also beg ferocly funny). There’s a subtle lived- qualy to the episo’s gays, Blanche’s brother Clayton (Monte Markham) and his partner Doug (Michael Ayr), that’s missg om shows wrten by straight men. Clayton’s first episo alt wh Blanche balkg at havg a gay brother, and “Sister of the Bri” picks up… well, not where “Sred Straight” left off.
Dorothy has to remd Blanche that her brother is, you know, gay, but Blanche thks ’s jt a phase, like the one he went through when he was a teen. It’s easier for Blanche to ll a phase, sce that means she don’t have to expend any energy extguishg her homophobia. Her ratnale: “I don’t really md Clayton beg homosexual.