What ‘Grace & Frankie’ Gets Right & Wrong About Gay Friendship | Decir

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• MART SHEEN AND SAM WATERSTON GO GAY FOR PAY (AND LGHS) ON ‘GRACE AND FRANKIE’
• WHAT ‘GRACE & FRANKIE’ GETS RIGHT & WRONG ABOUT GAY FRIENDSHIP
• THE BERGSTES    FRANKIE FRANC "FRANKIE" BERGSTE (NéE MENGELA)PORTRAYED BY: LILY TOMLA HIPPIE ART TEACHER, ADOPTIVE MOTHER TO COYOTE AND BUD AND EX-WIFE OF SOL. BOURGEOIS BOHEMIAN: FRANKIE IS A BATN OF HIPPIE, NEW AGE AND FAR-LEFT STEREOTYP. BUT SHE IS ALSO CLEARLY ACCTOMED TO THE HIGH STANDARD OF LIVG SHE ENJOYED AS A LAWYER'S WIFE AND HAS A HISTORY OF MAKG EXPENSIVE PURCHAS, IRONILLY TEND TO HELP HER GET MORE TOUCH WH THE SPIRUAL AND LS WH THE MATERIAL. CLOUDCUCKOOLANR: FRANKIE HAS HER MOMENTS, PECIALLY WHEN SHE'S HIGH. COOL OLD LADY: AN AVID FAN OF DGS, HIP HOP, AND OPENLY HONT ABOUT SEX AND HER OWN VAGA, FRANKIE FELY QUALIFI. GRANOLA GIRL: BIG TIME. HIPPIE PARENTS: ALONGSI SOL. HIPPIE TEACHER: RUNS AN ART CLASS FOR NVICTS OR "SOCIETY'S OUTSTS". HOEWIFE: A SUBVERSN NTRAST TO GRACE. FRANKIE SEEMS TO HAVE LTLE THE WAY OF OKG OR HOEKEEPG SKILLS. IT IS HEAVILY IMPLIED THAT SOL WAS THE MA OK THEIR FAY AND OPENLY STATED THAT BUD DID MOST OF THE HOEHOLD CHOR. FRANKIE VOTED MOST OF HER TIME TO ARTISTIC, ACTIVIST AND SPIRUAL PURSUS. GRACE, NTRAST, AT LEAST KNOWS HOW TO OK REASONABLY WELL AND TRI TO KEEP A TIDY HOME EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS A REER WOMAN. INFORMED JUDAISM: IS NOMALLY JEWISH, BUT ALSO PRACTIC NEW AGE AND NEOPAGANISM RUALS. AT ONE POT SHE VOK THE NORSE GODSS FRIGG. MANCHILD: AN EXTREMELY RARE FEMALE EXAMPLE, MOSTLY APPLIBLE BEE SHE IS HER 70'S AND THE UAL FEMALE TROP FOC ON MUCH YOUNGER WOMEN. FRANKIE THROWS TANTMS WHEN PEOPLE DON'T DO WHAT SHE WANTS, SHE SGS LOUDLY WHEN PEOPLE SAY THGS SHE DON'T WANT TO HEAR AND WILL PULL STUNTS LIKE LOCKG HER FAY OUT OF THE HOE (OR LOCKG HERSELF ) WHEN SHE IS MAD AT THEM. SHE IS ALSO FANCIALLY IRRPONSIBLE AND HAS RELIED HEAVILY ON HER (NOW EX-) HBAND AND SONS TO HANDLE THE PRACTIL MATTERS OF LIFE. SHE N BARELY DRIVE, AND SEEMS TO LACK MANY BASIC LIFE SKILLS. POLIL OVERRRECTNS: FRANKIE N TAKE THIS TO EXTREM THAT DRIVE EVERYONE ELSE NUTS. TO THE POT THAT BRIANNA'S CAMP GAY ASSISTANT WANTS TO RERD ONE OF HER RANTS ON HIS PHONE BEE HE SAYS THAT SOME OF HIS IENDS STILL DON'T BELIEVE THAT FRANKIE IS REAL. SANY SLIPPAGE: FRANKIE'S MD IS NOT ENTIRELY WHAT ONCE WAS. IT'S ORIGALLY CHALKED UP TO HER BEG A CLOUDCUCKOOLANR, BUT LATER BE APPARENT THAT IS MORE THAN THAT. A MAJOR HIGHLIGHT IS WHEN SHE ACCINTALLY DRIV OM LA TO MEXI WH BUD'S BABY HER BACKSEAT BEE SHE SAW AND ICE-CREAM TCK AND CID TO FOLLOW . FOR SOME REASON. WHEN QUTNED ABOUT HER LOGIC THIS, SHE NNOT PROPERLY EXPLA WHY. SHE STARTS HAVG "SENR MOMENTS" WH CREASG EQUENCY AFTERWARDS. SEND LOVE: FDS WH YAM FARMER JAB. SOAPBOX SADIE: DENSTCTED. HER ATTEMPT TO PROTT AGAST THE E OF PALM OIL HER LUBE ENDS UP RAILG THE PRODUCT ENTIRELY WHEN SHE MAK A STATEMENT BY SPREADG FAKE BLOOD HERSELF DURG A MEETG WH AN IMPORTANT VTOR AND S HER WORK RELATNSHIP WH BRIANNA, SPE THE FACT THAT SHE WAS TRYG TO GO AS FAR AS HER PANY ULD GO TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMENT IENDLY PRODUCT BUT ULDN'T GET RID OF THE PALM OIL. STICKY FGERS: INIALLY SEEMED TO BE A SGULAR CINT: STEALG A PACK OF CIGARETT WHEN AN OBNOX STORE CLERK WAS IGNORG HER AND GRACE. BUT WHEN GRACE TAK FRANKIE TO A MEETG AT A BS CUBATOR SHE PRACTILLY FILLS HER PURSE WH EMS STOLEN OM THE OFFICE. STRAW CHARACTER: FRANKIE IS A STRAWMAN POLIL RITURE OF FAR-LEFT STEREOTYP. ONE OF THE SENR PARTNERS AT SOL'S LAW FIRM REFERRED TO HER AS HIS "MUNIST WIFE". SHE IS ALSO HYSTERILLY OPPOSED TO GRACE HAVG A GUN, SPE HER OWN SECURY ABOUT BEG THE HOE AFTER A BREAK-. FRANKIE ALSO PASSNATELY SUPPORTS ANY ENVIRONMENTALIST E (BUT WANTS TO E GRACE'S CRED RD TO "ADOPT" A SNOW LEOPARD). INED, THE MA THG LIMG HER ACTIVISM IS THAT SHE NO LONGER HAS SOL'S MONEY TO SPEND ON . WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SNAK?: IN FRANKIE'S SE, THE BIG PHOBIA IS EARTHQUAK. EVEN VERY MOR ON SEND HER TO A STATE OF TERROR. WHICH MAK RATHER ODD THAT SHE LIV CALIFORNIA. SHE IS ALSO TERRIFIED OF GUNS AND REF TO LIVE A HOE WHERE ONE IS KEPT.    SOL SOL BERGSTEPORTRAYED BY: SAM WATERSTONA SUCCSFUL DIVORCE LAWYER WH A HIPPIE STREAK, ADOPTIVE FATHER TO COYOTE AND BUD, EX-HBAND TO FRANKIE AND CURRENT HBAND TO ROBERT. STEPFATHER TO MALLORY AND BRIANNA. BUNNY-EARS LAWYER: WHEN HE IS ACTUALLY ACTG LIKE A LAWYER, SOL ACROSS AS BEG VERY PETENT. THIS IS AT ODDS WH HIS BEHAVR HIS PERSONAL LIFE, WHERE HE SEEMS RATHER NROTIC AND EMOTNALLY OPEN. COOL OLD GUY: MUCH LIKE FRANKIE. GENTLE GIANT: CAN'T STAND MAKG ANYONE UNHAPPY AND WAS APPARENTLY 6FT TALL BY THE AGE OF FOURTEEN. HENPECKED HBAND: WHEN FRANKIE LAMENTS THAT A FIGHT SHE HAD WH GRACE IS WORSE THAN ANY SHE EVER HAD WH SOL, BUD POTS OUT TO HER THAT THIS IS BEE SOL ALWAYS VED TO WHAT BUD EXPLICLY LLS HER "TANTMS". SENSIVE GUY AND MANLY MAN: THE SENSIVE GUY TO ROBERT'S MANLY MAN. SUPREME CHEF: SOL IS AN EXCELLENT OK. OUT OF THEIR BED FAY ONLY MALLORY CLOSE.    COYOTE COYOTE BERGSTEPORTRAYED BY: ETHAN EMBRYFRANKIE AND SOL'S ADOPTIVE SON. A REVERG ALHOLIC AND DG ADDICT, HE WORKS AS A SUBSTUTE TEACHER. AERHAND BOB: HIS AND BUD'S FULL NAM AGAST BRIANNA AND MALLORY'S. THE ALHOLIC: FREQUENTLY REFERENCED BUT HE'S REVERG. CLOUDCUCKOOLANR: HE FELY TAK MORE AFTER FRANKIE THAN SOL. ENARGLY DORKY: COYOTE HAS A NERVO, BOYISH, QUALY THAT NTRASTS HIS MORE NFINT AND MATURE BROTHER. MOST PEOPLE LIKE HIM. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: THE FOOLISH TO BUD'S RPONSIBLE. MANCHILD: HAS A CHILDLIKE NAIVETY,AND ISN'T KNOWN FOR MAKG RPONSIBLE CISNS. LAMPSHAD BY BOTH HIM AND BRIANNA.MALLORY: ARE YOU 15?COYOTE: IN MANY WAYS, Y. HAPPILY ADOPTED: FDS A LOVG FAY WH FRANKIE AND SOL BUT STILL PURSU HIS BIRTH FAY. REALLY GETS AROUND: BACK BEFORE HE GOT SOBER. REVERED ADDICT: WENT THROUGH A PARTICULARLY BAD PHASE, BUYG E OM ONE OF HIS STUNTS AND HAVG AN ADDLED ADDICT EPISO MALLORY'S ONT YARD WHERE HE PLEAD WH HER TO NOT MARRY MCH, TO WHOM SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN MARRIED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAD CHILDREN WH. HE GOT BETTER, BUT EVERYONE LIV FEAR OF A RELAPSE. SIBLG Y-YANG: LS RPONSIBLE AND UPTIGHT THAN HIS MORE RPONSIBLE AND ANIZED BROTHER THE THG THAT WOULD NOT LEAVE: FOR HIS BROTHER BUD. HE WAS SLEEPG ON BUD'S UCH UNTIL WELL TO SEASON 3.    BUD NWABUDIKE "BUD" BERGSTEPORTRAYED BY: BARON VGHNSOL AND FRANKIE'S ADOPTIVE SON. A LAWYER LIKE HIS FATHER. AERH AND BOB: HIS AND COYOTE'S NAM STAND OUT AGAST THE HANSON'S LS UNUAL ON. THE DUTIFUL SON: HE'S MUCH MORE AWARE OF THE NEEDS OF HIS FAY THAN HIS SIBLGS, SPENDG THE FIRST SEASON TRYG TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH OF HIS PARENTS ARE OK. ENARGLY DORKY: DPE BEG MORE MATURE THAN HIS BROTHER MANY WAYS,THEN BUD HAS A NERVO, BOYISH QUALY AT TIM. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: THE RPONSIBLE TO COYOTE'S FOOLISH. HAPPILY ADOPTED: DPE THE DYSFUNCTN, BUD OBVLY LOV HIS FAY GREATLY. NOT SO ABOVE IT ALL: WHILE UALLY MATURE, THEN HE HAS HIS MOMENTS OF IMMATURY LIKE TRYG TO FORCE HIS GIRLIEND AND BROTHER TO GET ALONG BY MAKG THEM SPEND TIME TOGETHER. ONLY SANE MAN: BETWEEN HIS HIPPIE ARTIST MOTHER, GAY FATHER AND FORMER DG ADDICT BROTHER BUD STANDS OUT AS THIS FOR THE BERGSTES.COYOTE: [BUD], YOU'RE THE ONLY NORMAL ONE THE FAY. AND WE RELY ON YOU A LOT. SIBLG Y-YANG: THE RPONSIBLE, ANIZED AND UPTIGHT ONE THE FAY, NTRASTG HIS MORE NAIVE AND IMPULSIVE BROTHER.THE HANSONS     GRACE GRACE HANSONPORTRAYED BY: JANE FONDAA FORMER SMETICS MOGUL WHO BUILT HER OWN PANY. EX-WIFE TO ROBERT AND MOTHER TO BRIANNA AND MALLORY. COOL OLD LADY: NOT QUE AS MUCH AS FRANKIE BUT SHE'S STILL THIS. DEADPAN SNARKER: PRETTY MUCH A REQUIREMENT WHEN YOU LIVE WH SOMEONE LIKE FRANKIE. JERKASS WH A HEART OF GOLD: ONLY AFTER DIVORCG ROBERT DO GRACE FALLY SEE HOW MEAN AND CEL SHE ULD BE CLUDG RIDG FRANKIE FOR NEVER ACTUALLY HAVG GIVEN BIRTH AND TELLG MALLORY TO NOT HAVE ANY MORE KIDS. DPE THIS, SHE'S A FUNDAMENTALLY GOOD PERSON. LADY DNK: GRACE IS RARELY SEEN WHOUT AN ALHOLIC BEVERAGE NEARBY, EVEN THE MORNG. MATERNALLY CHALLENGED: GRACE STGGL TO RELATE TO HER YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDISH PURSUS. IT IS IMPLIED THAT THIS WAS ALSO AN ISSUE WH BRIANNA AND MALLORY. NOTABLY, WHEN MALLORY NEED A BABYSTER FOR HER DGHTER SHE OPTED FOR ROBERT AND SOL RATHER THAN GRACE. RICH BCH: WAS THIS DURG HER MARRIAGE TO ROBERT, WHEN SHE WAS A SUCCSFUL BSWOMAN MARRIED TO A SUCCSFUL LAWYER AND HER CIRCLE OF IENDS WERE ALL LIKE THIS. SHE GRADUALLY GETS OVER AFTER THE DIVORCE, ALTHOUGH THE FACT THAT SHE NO LONGER HAS AS MUCH MONEY MAY HAVE NTRIBUTED TO HER REALIZATN AS TO HOW BAD SHE WAS. SANY SLIPPAGE: LS SEVERE THAN FRANKIE'S, BUT 'S THERE. GRACE WAS ONCE A VERY SHARP BS WOMAN WHO, WH THE EXCEPTN OF ROBERT AND SOL, WAS QUE SKILLED AT SNIFFG OUT BULLSH AND SELF-RELIANT. AS SHE HAS GOTTEN OLR, HER ABILI BOTH PARTMENTS HAVE CREASED, TO THE POT THAT SHE IS NNED BY A CROOKED NTRACTOR AND HAS ALL OF THE PPER PIPG THE BEACH HOE STOLEN, STARTS RELYG MORE ON INSANE TROLL LOGIC AS A JTIFITN FOR SOME ACTNS. SILVER VIXEN: BY VIRTUE OF BEG PLAYED BY JANE FONDA, THE GRANDMOTHER OF FOUR PASS FOR THIS. STRAIGHT MAN: TO FRANKIE. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY: FOR GRACE, 'S PHIL MILSTE.     ROBERT ROBERT HANSONPORTRAYED BY: MART SHEENA SUCCSFUL DIVORCE LAWYER. EX-HBAND TO GRACE AND FATHER TO MALLORY AND BRIANNA. CURRENT HBAND TO SOL AND STEPFATHER TO COYOTE AND BUD. ALL GAYS LOVE THEATER: LOV THEATER, AND EVEN JOS A QUEER THEATER GROUP STARTG SEASON 3. COOL OLD GUY: IT'S MART SHEEN SO OF URSE HE'S THIS. DEADPAN SNARKER: HE HAS A VERY SHARP SENSE OF HUMOR. HENPECKED HBAND: IRONILLY, MORE SO AFTER THE DIVORCE THAN BEFORE. DURG HIS MARRIAGE TO GRACE THEY WERE ACTUALLY A SOMEWHAT DISTANT UPLE. SCE THEN HE HAS HAD TO AL WH A MORE PHY SI OF GRACE. FOR EXAMPLE, SHE STIGAT HIM FOR KEEPG A STOCKPILE OF EXPENSIVE JEWELRY TO GIVE HER AS GIFTS RATHER THAN BUYG EACH PIECE DIVIDUALLY AS AN OCSN ME UP. SHE ALSO REELS ROBERT AND SOL TO HELP PACKAGE HER VIBRATORS FOR SHIPMENT AND CRICIZ HOW NEATLY HE LABELS THE BOX. PARENTAL ISSU: HAS A VERY LD RELATNSHIP WH HIS AWFUL, EMOTNALLY ABIVE MOTHER. SENSIVE GUY AND MANLY MAN: THE MANLY MAN TO SOL'S SENSIVE GUY. STRAIGHT GAY: ROBERT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. HE HAS TYPIL MASCULE TERTS OF AN AGG BOOMER/SILENT GENERATN MAN. HOWEVER, HIS "GAYNS" SHOWS UP BEG A THEATER GEEK, AS MENTNED ABOVE.     BRIANNA BRIANNA HANSONPORTRAYED BY: JUNE DIANE RAPHAELTHE HEAD OF SAY GRACE AFTER HER MOTHER'S RETIREMENT. ELST OF ROBERT AND GRACE'S DGHTERS. CHILD HATER: DO NOT EVEN LIKE THE IA OF HAVG LUNCH WH HER SISTER MALLORY IF THE BABI GET BROUGHT ALONG. BUT SHE PROMIS THAT SHE WILL BE A COOL AUNT ONCE THE KIDS BEE TEENAGERS. DEADPAN SNARKER: EASILY THE WORST FOR THIS. IT OFTEN LEADS TO SOME OF THE SERI' FUNNIT MOMENTS. DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: AS THE SHOW PROGRS, WE GET TO SEE A SOFTER SI OF HER. FLANRIZATN: HER RELATNSHIP WH BARRY. WHILE SHE WAS ALWAYS THE MORE DOMANT ONE THE RELATNSHIP, SHE BEME PECIALLY BCHY AND TOXIC SEASONS 6 AND 7. LADY A POWER SU: UNSURPRISG FOR A SMETICS EXECUTIVE, AND SOMETHG SHE CLEARLY LEARNED OM HER MOTHER. BRIANNA FAVORS STYLISH BUT PROFSNAL OUTFS THAT ACCENTUATE HER LOOKS WHILE ALSO PROJECTG A NO-NONSENSE IMAGE. LOOKG FOR LOVE ALL THE WRONG PLAC: SHE HAS A STRG OF ONE-NIGHT-STANDS, AND EVEN ATTEMPTS TO PAY HER WAY TO A RELATNSHIP WH A MALE RT. FORTUNATELY, SHE FDS A GENUE NNECTN BARRY. JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: SHE'S AND DOWNRIGHT SULTG MOST OF THE TIME, BUT IS OVERALL NOT A BAD PERSON. MORALY PET: BARRY IS THIS TO BRIANNA. THE SNARK KNIGHT: SHE'S SHOWN TO RE EPLY FOR HER IENDS AND FAY, EVEN IF SHE'S UNFORTABLE WH HER EMOTNS AND PREFERS TO RORT TO SARSM. PLAYED FOR LGHS WHEN 'S REVEALED THAT SHE KEEPS SAD DOG MOVI ON HAND FOR THE ONE TIME A YEAR SHE ALLOWS HERSELF TO CRY.     MALLORY MALLORY HANSONPORTRAYED BY: BROOKLYN DECKERDEVOTED HOEWIFE AND MOTHER. MALLORY IS ROBERT AND GRACE'S YOUNGT DGHTER. DEAD SPARKS: BETWEEN HER AND MCH. TO THE POT THAT NEHER OF THEM REALLY WANTS TO GO ON A CHILD-EE VATN TOGETHER. FAY VERS CAREER: A SORE POT BETWEEN MALLORY AND GRACE, AS GRACE FEELS THAT MALLORY SHOULD STOP HAVG CHILDREN AND DO SOMETHG ELSE WH HER LIFE. FEME WOMEN CAN COOK: ROBERT HAS HER GUI HIM THROUGH PREPARG A MEAL FOR SOL VIA VIO LL. BRIANNA OR GRACE DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE EVEN BEEN NSIRED AS SOURC OF STCTN. HOEWIFE: TO A DOCTOR HBAND. MALLORY IS EXTREMELY PETENT AT DOMTIC MATTERS. MUCH MORE SO THAN HER MOTHER. SIBLG Y-YANG: WH HER SISTER BRIANNA, WH A DOSE OF LIGHT FEME DARK FEME. WHEREAS MALLORY IS NICE, IENDLY, FAY-ORIENTED AND DRS MOSTLY PASTEL LORS, BRIANNA IS SNARKY, OFTEN , DISLIK YOUNG CHILDREN AND IS A REER-ORIENTED WOMAN WHO WEARS MORE FORM FTG, REVEALG OUTFS BOLD LORS.OTHER CHARACTERS
• GRACE AND FRANKIE: THE COMPLEXY OF GAY INTY
• MART SHEEN ON GAY MARRIAGE, PLAYG GAY IN 1972 AND HIS LATT ROLE IN "GRACE & FRANKIE"{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 JIM HALTERMANMAY 21, 2015/2:06 PMBY JIM HALTERMANMAY 21, 2015 / 2:06 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MART SHEEN ON GAY MARRIAGE, PLAYG GAY IN 1972 AND HIS LATT ROLE IN \"GRACE & FRANKIE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-05-21T18:06:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-05-21T18:06:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","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;}GRACE (JANE FONDA) DON'T REACT WELL TO {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;}NEWS OF HER HBAND (MART SHEEN). (NETFLIX){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;}WHILE THE PAIRG OF INS JANE FONDA AND LILY TOML IS EDY GOLD THE NEW NETFLIX EDY GRACE & FRANKIE, THE ONLY OTHER PAIR THAT CLOSE TO STEALG SCEN OM THE LADI ARE MART SHEEN AND SAM WATERSTON AS NEWLY OUT GRACE AND FRANKIE'S {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;}IF YOU HAVE YET TO CHECK OUT THE NETFLIX EDY, THE VERY DIFFERENT GRACE (FONDA) AND FRANKIE (TOML) ARE NNECTED PRIMARILY THROUGH THEIR LAWYER HBANDS ROBERT (SHEEN) AND SOL (WATERSTON), WHO REVEAL TO THE WIV THE OPENG MUT OF THE SERI THAT THEY'VE BEEN A LOVE AFFAIR FOR TWENTY YEARS AND WANT TO GO PUBLIC WH THEIR RELATNSHIP AND GET MARRIED. THE FIRST SEASON (THIRTEEN EPISOS) FOLLOWS GRACE AND FRANKIE PG AS SGLE WOMEN AS WELL AS LEARNG TO BEE {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;}AS FOR THE MEN, THEY'RE ALSO NEW TERRORY SCE THEY ARE LIVG OUT LOUD FOR THE FIRST TIME WHILE THEIR EX AND THEIR KIDS ARE STILL VERY MUCH A PART OF THEIR {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;}FOR SHEEN, PLAYG GAY IS SOMETHG HE WAS DOG BACK BEFORE WAS CHIC (WH HAL HOLBROOK!) AND ALONG HIS IMPRSIVE REER HE HAS ALSO BEEN A PART OF THE STAGE ST OF THE NORMAL HEART AND PLAYED TED OLSON 8, THE PLAY. OF URSE, THE ACTOR IS ALSO KNOWN FOR PLAYG PRINT BARTLET ON THE WT WG AND BEG THE FATHER OF ACTORS CHARLIE SHEEN AND E {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 THEBACKLOT TALKED TO SHEEN RECENTLY, HE WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT HIS ROLE ON GRACE & FRANKIE AS WELL AS HIS PAST LGBT ROL AND WHY THEY NEVER SEEMED RISKY TO {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;}THEBACKLOT: GOG TO GRACE & FRANKIE, I WASN'T SURE HOW MUCH YOU AND SAM WOULD BE VOLVED BEYOND THE JUMPG OFF POT BUT YOUR RELATNSHIP IS JT AS MUCH A PART OF THE SHOW AS GRACE AND FRANKIE’{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;}MART SHEEN: I THK THAT IS THE FOUNDATN, THAT’S THE WHOLE STARTG POT THAT THE EARTHQUAKE, THE FOUNDATN CMBL WHEN THE GUYS E OUT AND WANT TO LIVE AN HONT LIFE, SO ’S EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT DO HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE CI TO E FORWARD AND BE THEMSELV. IT N BE VERY STLY BUT ’S ALSO VERY REWARDG. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE SHOW IS THAT THE RELATNSHIPS CHANGE AND MOST S, THEY GO EPER AND MORE HUMAN. I THK THE RELATNSHIP WH THE WOMEN, THE WIV, IS NOT OVER BY A LONG {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;}ON THE NTRARY, ’S A NEW PTH, A NEW LEVEL AND A NEW UNRSTANDG OF EACH OTHER AND A RPECT, AND I THK THAT’S WHAT REALLY MAK THAT MUCH MORE TERTG TO GO FORWARD TO EXPLORE WHAT HAPPENS THE SEND {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 ROBERT/SOL RELATNSHIP IS A VAL PART {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 FIRST SEASON OF GRACE & FRANKIE. (NETFLIX){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;}WHAT DO ROBERT GET OM SOL AND WHAT DO SOL GET OM ROBERT? THEY’RE VERY DIFFERENT MEN, SO WHAT IS THAT LOVE ABOUT?{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;}MS: WELL, YOU N NEVER EXPLA LOVE. IT’S THAT GREAT MYSTERY, BUT I TAKE WHETHER ’S A HETEROSEXUAL OR A GAY RELATNSHIP, ’S ABOUT BEG REGNIZED A EPLY PERSONAL WAY. IT’S BEG CHERISHED AN IMMENSELY PERSONAL WAY THAT NO ONE ELSE N FILL, PARTICULARLY AT THAT AGE. THEY’RE NOT KIDS ANYMORE. THEY NNOT LIVE A 'GAY LIFTYLE' PER SE, THEY HAVE LIVED HETEROSEXUAL LIV, THEY ARE HBANDS AND FATHERS, GRANDFATHERS, BUT THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER WAS THE REALY OF WHO THEY REALLY WERE. THEY CID WAS TIME TO ACCEPT THE RPONSIBILY 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;}ONE OF THE THGS WH ANYBODY WHO’S G OUT AT ANY AGE, ’S NOT LIKE GETS RID OF ALL YOUR {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;}MS: NO, ON THE NTRARY, OPENS UP PROBLEMS DIFFERENT WAYS, THOUGH. THE FUNNIT SCENE FOR ME WAS WHEN SAM IS TRYG TO EXPLA OUR RELATNSHIP TO OUR LLEAGU AT THE PARTY, THE ATH OF THE IEND, THE FUNERAL. IT’S SO HOPELSLY DISARMG TO BE HONT AND ’S STLY TO BE {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;}TALK ABOUT WHAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE URSE OF THE FIRST SEASON WH ROBERT AND GRACE-- BEE GRACE STARTS DATG AGA AND, LIKE YOU SAID, THEIR RELATNSHIP ISN’T REALLY OVER BUT ’S {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;}MS: I THK THAT FOR THE MAJORY OF THE FIRST YEAR, SHE’S TENT ON GETTG EVEN A WAY. SHE WANTS TO EXPLORE WH OTHER MEN TO BOLSTER HER NFINCE. SHE FEELS LIKE SHE’S BEEN BETRAYED, BUT SECRETLY SHE FEELS LIKE SHE’S NOT WORTHY OF ANOTHER RELATNSHIP WH A MAN. I THK SHE KD OF THROWS ROBERT’S FACE, BUT SHE’S DOG LARGE MEASURE BEE SHE NEEDS TO BE NFINT HER OWN PERSONAL WORTH. ALL OF DO SILLY THGS SOMETIM TO PROVE TO OTHERS THAT WE’RE WORTHY BEE THEY DON’T TREAT LIKE WE {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;}SO WE’RE BENT ON TREATG OURSELV AS SUCH AND SO I THK THAT’S A LARGE PART OF HER MOTIVATN WH THE OTHER MEN, BUT I THK SHE’S GOG TO E EVENTUALLY TO AN UNRSTANDG OF WHAT A GOOD AND CENT MAN ROBERT WAS [AND] THAT HE, SPE HIMSELF, WAS ACUNTABLE. HE KEPT THE FAY TOGETHER. SHE SAID 'YOU ULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO,' BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER {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 SHE STARTS DATG CRAIG T. NELSON’S CHARACTER, IS EASIER FOR ROBERT THAT ’S SOMEBODY HE KNOWS, OR DO THAT ACTUALLY MAKE MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIM? IT’S NOT A ROMANTIC THG ANYMORE BUT HE STILL R…{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;}MS: EXACTLY. IT GETS PLEX. HE DO RE FOR HER VERY, VERY EPLY. THAT’S ONE OF THE SURPRISG ELEMENTS, I THK, OF THE SHOW IS THAT THE RELATNSHIPS ARE NOT ENDG, THEY’RE JT GOG A DIFFERENT DIRECTN AND ’S VERY UNEXPECTED FOR ALL FOUR OF THEM WHERE THEY E TO REALIZE THKG ABOUT THEMSELV AND THEIR PARTNERS THAT THEY TOOK FOR GRANTED, THEY N NO LONGER DO THAT. THEY REALIZE, 'WA A MUTE. THAT WAS A PRETTY SPECIAL PERSON.' THEY’RE ALL STARTG TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER THAT WAY AND ’S STILL ABOUT {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;}I LOVE THE SCEN WH THE [GROWN] KIDS. IT’S VERY LAYERED, BUT ’S STUFF WE N ALL RELATE {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;}MS: THE OTHER THG THAT NOBODY IS REALLY TALKG MUCH ABOUT IS THAT ’S THE ONLY SHOW THAT I’M AWARE OF WHERE OLD PEOPLE ARE NOT THE OBJECT OF RIDICULE AND JT DISPOSED OF. THE HUMOR IS SELF-EFFACG, AS FAR AS THEIR AGE IS NCERNED, BUT IS CELEBRATORY OF OLR {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;}HAL HOLBROOK AND SHEEN PLAYED LOVERS  THAT CERTA SUMMER  {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 THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST GAY ROLE BY FAR. YOU BROKE GROUND A LONG TIME AGO WH THAT CERTA SUMMER. AT THAT TIME (THE FILM AIRED ON TELEVISN 1972), WAS PROBABLY A RISKY THG TO DO. THE DIENCE PROBABLY MAYBE WASN’T EVEN PREPARED TO SEE THAT SUBJECT MATTER!{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;}MS: NO, NOBODY WAS. I MEAN, FOR ME, WASN’T RISKY, WAS JT A NATURAL PROGRSN, BUT AS ACTORS YOU HAVE TO TAKE CHANC, YOU HAVE TO GROW, OTHERWISE, YOU DON’T HAVE ANYTHG TO SAY, ANYTHG TO NTRIBUTE. SO THAT WAS JT A NO BRAER FOR ME, WORKG WH HAL HOLBROOK, YOU {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 THE NORMAL HEART, 1986, I TOOK THE PRODUCTN TO LONDON, JOE PAPP ASKED ME TO DO . THE NORMAL HEART ORIGATED AT THE PUBLIC THEATRE AND HE WANTED ME TO DO , BUT I WASN’T EE WHEN THEY DID THE ORIGAL PRODUCTN. THEN, HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD TAKE TO THE ROYAL COURT. THEY HAD A PROGRAM AT THAT TIME WHERE THEY EXCHANGED PLAYS AND THE ROYAL COURT SENT A PRODUCTN HERE AND THE NEW YORK SHAKPEARE FTIVAL SENT A PRODUCTN THERE…I DID AND WAS GREAT. WE HAD A VERY, VERY SUCCSFUL N AT THE ROYAL COURT AND THEN WENT TO THE WT END AND HAD TWO ST CHANG. SO RAN FOR ABOUT NE {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;}BACK WHEN YOU DID THAT CERTA SUMMER, AND YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ALLY TO THE MUNY, BUT DID YOU EVEN THK WE’D GET TO THIS POT WHERE WE ARE GETTG MARRIED AND ’S SUCH A DIFFERENT WORLD NOW THEN WAS?{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;}MS: I DON’T KNOW THAT I REALLY DWELLED ON . IT’S SO UNBELIEVABLE ISN’T ? AND WE’RE JT ON THE VERGE OF A SUPREME COURT CISN THAT IS GOG TO LEGALIZE , ALL PEOPLE AND WHAT’S AMAZG IS YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T EVEN NSIR AN {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;}EXACTLY!{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;}MS: IT’S THE OLD FOGI THAT ARE STILL HANGG ON TO AN IMAGE OF WHAT THEY HOLD SACRED, BUT THEY HAVE TO ADJT TO HUMANY. IT IS THE HUMAN AND MORAL AND RIGHT THG TO DO AND WE DON’T HAVE TO WA FOR A URT TO CI THAT, WE CI THAT OUR OWN PERSONAL LIV. IT IS GOG TO BEE A PUBLIC STUTN AND SHOULD {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 FIRST SEASON OF GRACE & FRANKIE IS STREAMG NOW ON NETFLIX. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

MART SHEEN AND SAM WATERSTON GO GAY FOR PAY (AND LGHS) ON ‘GRACE AND FRANKIE’

But by cludg gay them, Grace and Frankie has taken on the rponsibily of beg a queer show. On that level, fails simply by not knowg what 's dog, " the Mic article read, before specifilly potg to the show's mishandlg of the on-screen chemistry between two gay men while also referencg the bad sex jok.

It's possible, however, that the biggt problem wh Grace and Frankie is the way seemgly "ps gay men agast agg women, " two mographics who are already stgglg as is. Sheen and Waterston gabbed wh about love, ath and the perils of gog gay for pay. Sheen: It’s the show’s nod to the gay muny, one that says mment is equally as important as sexualy.

In Season 2, Sol eaks at the ia of playg drag queen bgo, claimg he and Robert are “not that kd of gay. Waterston: Our characters are not jt tryg to figure out what means to be gay 2016.

WHAT ‘GRACE & FRANKIE’ GETS RIGHT & WRONG ABOUT GAY FRIENDSHIP

It’s more like, what do mean to be gay this week?

Young Gay Clubber. Cute Gay Clubber. Greg Gayne...

THE BERGSTES    FRANKIE FRANC "FRANKIE" BERGSTE (NéE MENGELA)PORTRAYED BY: LILY TOMLA HIPPIE ART TEACHER, ADOPTIVE MOTHER TO COYOTE AND BUD AND EX-WIFE OF SOL. BOURGEOIS BOHEMIAN: FRANKIE IS A BATN OF HIPPIE, NEW AGE AND FAR-LEFT STEREOTYP. BUT SHE IS ALSO CLEARLY ACCTOMED TO THE HIGH STANDARD OF LIVG SHE ENJOYED AS A LAWYER'S WIFE AND HAS A HISTORY OF MAKG EXPENSIVE PURCHAS, IRONILLY TEND TO HELP HER GET MORE TOUCH WH THE SPIRUAL AND LS WH THE MATERIAL. CLOUDCUCKOOLANR: FRANKIE HAS HER MOMENTS, PECIALLY WHEN SHE'S HIGH. COOL OLD LADY: AN AVID FAN OF DGS, HIP HOP, AND OPENLY HONT ABOUT SEX AND HER OWN VAGA, FRANKIE FELY QUALIFI. GRANOLA GIRL: BIG TIME. HIPPIE PARENTS: ALONGSI SOL. HIPPIE TEACHER: RUNS AN ART CLASS FOR NVICTS OR "SOCIETY'S OUTSTS". HOEWIFE: A SUBVERSN NTRAST TO GRACE. FRANKIE SEEMS TO HAVE LTLE THE WAY OF OKG OR HOEKEEPG SKILLS. IT IS HEAVILY IMPLIED THAT SOL WAS THE MA OK THEIR FAY AND OPENLY STATED THAT BUD DID MOST OF THE HOEHOLD CHOR. FRANKIE VOTED MOST OF HER TIME TO ARTISTIC, ACTIVIST AND SPIRUAL PURSUS. GRACE, NTRAST, AT LEAST KNOWS HOW TO OK REASONABLY WELL AND TRI TO KEEP A TIDY HOME EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS A REER WOMAN. INFORMED JUDAISM: IS NOMALLY JEWISH, BUT ALSO PRACTIC NEW AGE AND NEOPAGANISM RUALS. AT ONE POT SHE VOK THE NORSE GODSS FRIGG. MANCHILD: AN EXTREMELY RARE FEMALE EXAMPLE, MOSTLY APPLIBLE BEE SHE IS HER 70'S AND THE UAL FEMALE TROP FOC ON MUCH YOUNGER WOMEN. FRANKIE THROWS TANTMS WHEN PEOPLE DON'T DO WHAT SHE WANTS, SHE SGS LOUDLY WHEN PEOPLE SAY THGS SHE DON'T WANT TO HEAR AND WILL PULL STUNTS LIKE LOCKG HER FAY OUT OF THE HOE (OR LOCKG HERSELF ) WHEN SHE IS MAD AT THEM. SHE IS ALSO FANCIALLY IRRPONSIBLE AND HAS RELIED HEAVILY ON HER (NOW EX-) HBAND AND SONS TO HANDLE THE PRACTIL MATTERS OF LIFE. SHE N BARELY DRIVE, AND SEEMS TO LACK MANY BASIC LIFE SKILLS. POLIL OVERRRECTNS: FRANKIE N TAKE THIS TO EXTREM THAT DRIVE EVERYONE ELSE NUTS. TO THE POT THAT BRIANNA'S CAMP GAY ASSISTANT WANTS TO RERD ONE OF HER RANTS ON HIS PHONE BEE HE SAYS THAT SOME OF HIS IENDS STILL DON'T BELIEVE THAT FRANKIE IS REAL. SANY SLIPPAGE: FRANKIE'S MD IS NOT ENTIRELY WHAT ONCE WAS. IT'S ORIGALLY CHALKED UP TO HER BEG A CLOUDCUCKOOLANR, BUT LATER BE APPARENT THAT IS MORE THAN THAT. A MAJOR HIGHLIGHT IS WHEN SHE ACCINTALLY DRIV OM LA TO MEXI WH BUD'S BABY HER BACKSEAT BEE SHE SAW AND ICE-CREAM TCK AND CID TO FOLLOW . FOR SOME REASON. WHEN QUTNED ABOUT HER LOGIC THIS, SHE NNOT PROPERLY EXPLA WHY. SHE STARTS HAVG "SENR MOMENTS" WH CREASG EQUENCY AFTERWARDS. SEND LOVE: FDS WH YAM FARMER JAB. SOAPBOX SADIE: DENSTCTED. HER ATTEMPT TO PROTT AGAST THE E OF PALM OIL HER LUBE ENDS UP RAILG THE PRODUCT ENTIRELY WHEN SHE MAK A STATEMENT BY SPREADG FAKE BLOOD HERSELF DURG A MEETG WH AN IMPORTANT VTOR AND S HER WORK RELATNSHIP WH BRIANNA, SPE THE FACT THAT SHE WAS TRYG TO GO AS FAR AS HER PANY ULD GO TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMENT IENDLY PRODUCT BUT ULDN'T GET RID OF THE PALM OIL. STICKY FGERS: INIALLY SEEMED TO BE A SGULAR CINT: STEALG A PACK OF CIGARETT WHEN AN OBNOX STORE CLERK WAS IGNORG HER AND GRACE. BUT WHEN GRACE TAK FRANKIE TO A MEETG AT A BS CUBATOR SHE PRACTILLY FILLS HER PURSE WH EMS STOLEN OM THE OFFICE. STRAW CHARACTER: FRANKIE IS A STRAWMAN POLIL RITURE OF FAR-LEFT STEREOTYP. ONE OF THE SENR PARTNERS AT SOL'S LAW FIRM REFERRED TO HER AS HIS "MUNIST WIFE". SHE IS ALSO HYSTERILLY OPPOSED TO GRACE HAVG A GUN, SPE HER OWN SECURY ABOUT BEG THE HOE AFTER A BREAK-. FRANKIE ALSO PASSNATELY SUPPORTS ANY ENVIRONMENTALIST E (BUT WANTS TO E GRACE'S CRED RD TO "ADOPT" A SNOW LEOPARD). INED, THE MA THG LIMG HER ACTIVISM IS THAT SHE NO LONGER HAS SOL'S MONEY TO SPEND ON . WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SNAK?: IN FRANKIE'S SE, THE BIG PHOBIA IS EARTHQUAK. EVEN VERY MOR ON SEND HER TO A STATE OF TERROR. WHICH MAK RATHER ODD THAT SHE LIV CALIFORNIA. SHE IS ALSO TERRIFIED OF GUNS AND REF TO LIVE A HOE WHERE ONE IS KEPT.    SOL SOL BERGSTEPORTRAYED BY: SAM WATERSTONA SUCCSFUL DIVORCE LAWYER WH A HIPPIE STREAK, ADOPTIVE FATHER TO COYOTE AND BUD, EX-HBAND TO FRANKIE AND CURRENT HBAND TO ROBERT. STEPFATHER TO MALLORY AND BRIANNA. BUNNY-EARS LAWYER: WHEN HE IS ACTUALLY ACTG LIKE A LAWYER, SOL ACROSS AS BEG VERY PETENT. THIS IS AT ODDS WH HIS BEHAVR HIS PERSONAL LIFE, WHERE HE SEEMS RATHER NROTIC AND EMOTNALLY OPEN. COOL OLD GUY: MUCH LIKE FRANKIE. GENTLE GIANT: CAN'T STAND MAKG ANYONE UNHAPPY AND WAS APPARENTLY 6FT TALL BY THE AGE OF FOURTEEN. HENPECKED HBAND: WHEN FRANKIE LAMENTS THAT A FIGHT SHE HAD WH GRACE IS WORSE THAN ANY SHE EVER HAD WH SOL, BUD POTS OUT TO HER THAT THIS IS BEE SOL ALWAYS VED TO WHAT BUD EXPLICLY LLS HER "TANTMS". SENSIVE GUY AND MANLY MAN: THE SENSIVE GUY TO ROBERT'S MANLY MAN. SUPREME CHEF: SOL IS AN EXCELLENT OK. OUT OF THEIR BED FAY ONLY MALLORY CLOSE.    COYOTE COYOTE BERGSTEPORTRAYED BY: ETHAN EMBRYFRANKIE AND SOL'S ADOPTIVE SON. A REVERG ALHOLIC AND DG ADDICT, HE WORKS AS A SUBSTUTE TEACHER. AERHAND BOB: HIS AND BUD'S FULL NAM AGAST BRIANNA AND MALLORY'S. THE ALHOLIC: FREQUENTLY REFERENCED BUT HE'S REVERG. CLOUDCUCKOOLANR: HE FELY TAK MORE AFTER FRANKIE THAN SOL. ENARGLY DORKY: COYOTE HAS A NERVO, BOYISH, QUALY THAT NTRASTS HIS MORE NFINT AND MATURE BROTHER. MOST PEOPLE LIKE HIM. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: THE FOOLISH TO BUD'S RPONSIBLE. MANCHILD: HAS A CHILDLIKE NAIVETY,AND ISN'T KNOWN FOR MAKG RPONSIBLE CISNS. LAMPSHAD BY BOTH HIM AND BRIANNA.MALLORY: ARE YOU 15?COYOTE: IN MANY WAYS, Y. HAPPILY ADOPTED: FDS A LOVG FAY WH FRANKIE AND SOL BUT STILL PURSU HIS BIRTH FAY. REALLY GETS AROUND: BACK BEFORE HE GOT SOBER. REVERED ADDICT: WENT THROUGH A PARTICULARLY BAD PHASE, BUYG E OM ONE OF HIS STUNTS AND HAVG AN ADDLED ADDICT EPISO MALLORY'S ONT YARD WHERE HE PLEAD WH HER TO NOT MARRY MCH, TO WHOM SHE HAD ALREADY BEEN MARRIED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAD CHILDREN WH. HE GOT BETTER, BUT EVERYONE LIV FEAR OF A RELAPSE. SIBLG Y-YANG: LS RPONSIBLE AND UPTIGHT THAN HIS MORE RPONSIBLE AND ANIZED BROTHER THE THG THAT WOULD NOT LEAVE: FOR HIS BROTHER BUD. HE WAS SLEEPG ON BUD'S UCH UNTIL WELL TO SEASON 3.    BUD NWABUDIKE "BUD" BERGSTEPORTRAYED BY: BARON VGHNSOL AND FRANKIE'S ADOPTIVE SON. A LAWYER LIKE HIS FATHER. AERH AND BOB: HIS AND COYOTE'S NAM STAND OUT AGAST THE HANSON'S LS UNUAL ON. THE DUTIFUL SON: HE'S MUCH MORE AWARE OF THE NEEDS OF HIS FAY THAN HIS SIBLGS, SPENDG THE FIRST SEASON TRYG TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH OF HIS PARENTS ARE OK. ENARGLY DORKY: DPE BEG MORE MATURE THAN HIS BROTHER MANY WAYS,THEN BUD HAS A NERVO, BOYISH QUALY AT TIM. FOOLISH SIBLG, RPONSIBLE SIBLG: THE RPONSIBLE TO COYOTE'S FOOLISH. HAPPILY ADOPTED: DPE THE DYSFUNCTN, BUD OBVLY LOV HIS FAY GREATLY. NOT SO ABOVE IT ALL: WHILE UALLY MATURE, THEN HE HAS HIS MOMENTS OF IMMATURY LIKE TRYG TO FORCE HIS GIRLIEND AND BROTHER TO GET ALONG BY MAKG THEM SPEND TIME TOGETHER. ONLY SANE MAN: BETWEEN HIS HIPPIE ARTIST MOTHER, GAY FATHER AND FORMER DG ADDICT BROTHER BUD STANDS OUT AS THIS FOR THE BERGSTES.COYOTE: [BUD], YOU'RE THE ONLY NORMAL ONE THE FAY. AND WE RELY ON YOU A LOT. SIBLG Y-YANG: THE RPONSIBLE, ANIZED AND UPTIGHT ONE THE FAY, NTRASTG HIS MORE NAIVE AND IMPULSIVE BROTHER.THE HANSONS     GRACE GRACE HANSONPORTRAYED BY: JANE FONDAA FORMER SMETICS MOGUL WHO BUILT HER OWN PANY. EX-WIFE TO ROBERT AND MOTHER TO BRIANNA AND MALLORY. COOL OLD LADY: NOT QUE AS MUCH AS FRANKIE BUT SHE'S STILL THIS. DEADPAN SNARKER: PRETTY MUCH A REQUIREMENT WHEN YOU LIVE WH SOMEONE LIKE FRANKIE. JERKASS WH A HEART OF GOLD: ONLY AFTER DIVORCG ROBERT DO GRACE FALLY SEE HOW MEAN AND CEL SHE ULD BE CLUDG RIDG FRANKIE FOR NEVER ACTUALLY HAVG GIVEN BIRTH AND TELLG MALLORY TO NOT HAVE ANY MORE KIDS. DPE THIS, SHE'S A FUNDAMENTALLY GOOD PERSON. LADY DNK: GRACE IS RARELY SEEN WHOUT AN ALHOLIC BEVERAGE NEARBY, EVEN THE MORNG. MATERNALLY CHALLENGED: GRACE STGGL TO RELATE TO HER YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDISH PURSUS. IT IS IMPLIED THAT THIS WAS ALSO AN ISSUE WH BRIANNA AND MALLORY. NOTABLY, WHEN MALLORY NEED A BABYSTER FOR HER DGHTER SHE OPTED FOR ROBERT AND SOL RATHER THAN GRACE. RICH BCH: WAS THIS DURG HER MARRIAGE TO ROBERT, WHEN SHE WAS A SUCCSFUL BSWOMAN MARRIED TO A SUCCSFUL LAWYER AND HER CIRCLE OF IENDS WERE ALL LIKE THIS. SHE GRADUALLY GETS OVER AFTER THE DIVORCE, ALTHOUGH THE FACT THAT SHE NO LONGER HAS AS MUCH MONEY MAY HAVE NTRIBUTED TO HER REALIZATN AS TO HOW BAD SHE WAS. SANY SLIPPAGE: LS SEVERE THAN FRANKIE'S, BUT 'S THERE. GRACE WAS ONCE A VERY SHARP BS WOMAN WHO, WH THE EXCEPTN OF ROBERT AND SOL, WAS QUE SKILLED AT SNIFFG OUT BULLSH AND SELF-RELIANT. AS SHE HAS GOTTEN OLR, HER ABILI BOTH PARTMENTS HAVE CREASED, TO THE POT THAT SHE IS NNED BY A CROOKED NTRACTOR AND HAS ALL OF THE PPER PIPG THE BEACH HOE STOLEN, STARTS RELYG MORE ON INSANE TROLL LOGIC AS A JTIFITN FOR SOME ACTNS. SILVER VIXEN: BY VIRTUE OF BEG PLAYED BY JANE FONDA, THE GRANDMOTHER OF FOUR PASS FOR THIS. STRAIGHT MAN: TO FRANKIE. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY: FOR GRACE, 'S PHIL MILSTE.     ROBERT ROBERT HANSONPORTRAYED BY: MART SHEENA SUCCSFUL DIVORCE LAWYER. EX-HBAND TO GRACE AND FATHER TO MALLORY AND BRIANNA. CURRENT HBAND TO SOL AND STEPFATHER TO COYOTE AND BUD. ALL GAYS LOVE THEATER: LOV THEATER, AND EVEN JOS A QUEER THEATER GROUP STARTG SEASON 3. COOL OLD GUY: IT'S MART SHEEN SO OF URSE HE'S THIS. DEADPAN SNARKER: HE HAS A VERY SHARP SENSE OF HUMOR. HENPECKED HBAND: IRONILLY, MORE SO AFTER THE DIVORCE THAN BEFORE. DURG HIS MARRIAGE TO GRACE THEY WERE ACTUALLY A SOMEWHAT DISTANT UPLE. SCE THEN HE HAS HAD TO AL WH A MORE PHY SI OF GRACE. FOR EXAMPLE, SHE STIGAT HIM FOR KEEPG A STOCKPILE OF EXPENSIVE JEWELRY TO GIVE HER AS GIFTS RATHER THAN BUYG EACH PIECE DIVIDUALLY AS AN OCSN ME UP. SHE ALSO REELS ROBERT AND SOL TO HELP PACKAGE HER VIBRATORS FOR SHIPMENT AND CRICIZ HOW NEATLY HE LABELS THE BOX. PARENTAL ISSU: HAS A VERY LD RELATNSHIP WH HIS AWFUL, EMOTNALLY ABIVE MOTHER. SENSIVE GUY AND MANLY MAN: THE MANLY MAN TO SOL'S SENSIVE GUY. STRAIGHT GAY: ROBERT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. HE HAS TYPIL MASCULE TERTS OF AN AGG BOOMER/SILENT GENERATN MAN. HOWEVER, HIS "GAYNS" SHOWS UP BEG A THEATER GEEK, AS MENTNED ABOVE.     BRIANNA BRIANNA HANSONPORTRAYED BY: JUNE DIANE RAPHAELTHE HEAD OF SAY GRACE AFTER HER MOTHER'S RETIREMENT. ELST OF ROBERT AND GRACE'S DGHTERS. CHILD HATER: DO NOT EVEN LIKE THE IA OF HAVG LUNCH WH HER SISTER MALLORY IF THE BABI GET BROUGHT ALONG. BUT SHE PROMIS THAT SHE WILL BE A COOL AUNT ONCE THE KIDS BEE TEENAGERS. DEADPAN SNARKER: EASILY THE WORST FOR THIS. IT OFTEN LEADS TO SOME OF THE SERI' FUNNIT MOMENTS. DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: AS THE SHOW PROGRS, WE GET TO SEE A SOFTER SI OF HER. FLANRIZATN: HER RELATNSHIP WH BARRY. WHILE SHE WAS ALWAYS THE MORE DOMANT ONE THE RELATNSHIP, SHE BEME PECIALLY BCHY AND TOXIC SEASONS 6 AND 7. LADY A POWER SU: UNSURPRISG FOR A SMETICS EXECUTIVE, AND SOMETHG SHE CLEARLY LEARNED OM HER MOTHER. BRIANNA FAVORS STYLISH BUT PROFSNAL OUTFS THAT ACCENTUATE HER LOOKS WHILE ALSO PROJECTG A NO-NONSENSE IMAGE. LOOKG FOR LOVE ALL THE WRONG PLAC: SHE HAS A STRG OF ONE-NIGHT-STANDS, AND EVEN ATTEMPTS TO PAY HER WAY TO A RELATNSHIP WH A MALE RT. FORTUNATELY, SHE FDS A GENUE NNECTN BARRY. JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: SHE'S AND DOWNRIGHT SULTG MOST OF THE TIME, BUT IS OVERALL NOT A BAD PERSON. MORALY PET: BARRY IS THIS TO BRIANNA. THE SNARK KNIGHT: SHE'S SHOWN TO RE EPLY FOR HER IENDS AND FAY, EVEN IF SHE'S UNFORTABLE WH HER EMOTNS AND PREFERS TO RORT TO SARSM. PLAYED FOR LGHS WHEN 'S REVEALED THAT SHE KEEPS SAD DOG MOVI ON HAND FOR THE ONE TIME A YEAR SHE ALLOWS HERSELF TO CRY.     MALLORY MALLORY HANSONPORTRAYED BY: BROOKLYN DECKERDEVOTED HOEWIFE AND MOTHER. MALLORY IS ROBERT AND GRACE'S YOUNGT DGHTER. DEAD SPARKS: BETWEEN HER AND MCH. TO THE POT THAT NEHER OF THEM REALLY WANTS TO GO ON A CHILD-EE VATN TOGETHER. FAY VERS CAREER: A SORE POT BETWEEN MALLORY AND GRACE, AS GRACE FEELS THAT MALLORY SHOULD STOP HAVG CHILDREN AND DO SOMETHG ELSE WH HER LIFE. FEME WOMEN CAN COOK: ROBERT HAS HER GUI HIM THROUGH PREPARG A MEAL FOR SOL VIA VIO LL. BRIANNA OR GRACE DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE EVEN BEEN NSIRED AS SOURC OF STCTN. HOEWIFE: TO A DOCTOR HBAND. MALLORY IS EXTREMELY PETENT AT DOMTIC MATTERS. MUCH MORE SO THAN HER MOTHER. SIBLG Y-YANG: WH HER SISTER BRIANNA, WH A DOSE OF LIGHT FEME DARK FEME. WHEREAS MALLORY IS NICE, IENDLY, FAY-ORIENTED AND DRS MOSTLY PASTEL LORS, BRIANNA IS SNARKY, OFTEN , DISLIK YOUNG CHILDREN AND IS A REER-ORIENTED WOMAN WHO WEARS MORE FORM FTG, REVEALG OUTFS BOLD LORS.OTHER CHARACTERS

But by cludg gay them, Grace and Frankie has taken on the rponsibily of beg a queer show.

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GRACE AND FRANKIE: THE COMPLEXY OF GAY INTY

He returns Season Five, havg e out as gay.

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Before the weddg, her sister Teddie tried to warn her Sol might be gay (which turned out to be te). Gay men thrive a tribe.

MART SHEEN ON GAY MARRIAGE, PLAYG GAY IN 1972 AND HIS LATT ROLE IN "GRACE & FRANKIE"{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 JIM HALTERMANMAY 21, 2015/2:06 PMBY JIM HALTERMANMAY 21, 2015 / 2:06 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MART SHEEN ON GAY MARRIAGE, PLAYG GAY IN 1972 AND HIS LATT ROLE IN \"GRACE & FRANKIE\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-05-21T18:06:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-05-21T18:06:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","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;}GRACE (JANE FONDA) DON'T REACT WELL TO {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;}NEWS OF HER HBAND (MART SHEEN). (NETFLIX){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;}WHILE THE PAIRG OF INS JANE FONDA AND LILY TOML IS EDY GOLD THE NEW NETFLIX EDY GRACE & FRANKIE, THE ONLY OTHER PAIR THAT CLOSE TO STEALG SCEN OM THE LADI ARE MART SHEEN AND SAM WATERSTON AS NEWLY OUT GRACE AND FRANKIE'S {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;}IF YOU HAVE YET TO CHECK OUT THE NETFLIX EDY, THE VERY DIFFERENT GRACE (FONDA) AND FRANKIE (TOML) ARE NNECTED PRIMARILY THROUGH THEIR LAWYER HBANDS ROBERT (SHEEN) AND SOL (WATERSTON), WHO REVEAL TO THE WIV THE OPENG MUT OF THE SERI THAT THEY'VE BEEN A LOVE AFFAIR FOR TWENTY YEARS AND WANT TO GO PUBLIC WH THEIR RELATNSHIP AND GET MARRIED. THE FIRST SEASON (THIRTEEN EPISOS) FOLLOWS GRACE AND FRANKIE PG AS SGLE WOMEN AS WELL AS LEARNG TO BEE {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;}AS FOR THE MEN, THEY'RE ALSO NEW TERRORY SCE THEY ARE LIVG OUT LOUD FOR THE FIRST TIME WHILE THEIR EX AND THEIR KIDS ARE STILL VERY MUCH A PART OF THEIR {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;}FOR SHEEN, PLAYG GAY IS SOMETHG HE WAS DOG BACK BEFORE WAS CHIC (WH HAL HOLBROOK!) AND ALONG HIS IMPRSIVE REER HE HAS ALSO BEEN A PART OF THE STAGE ST OF THE NORMAL HEART AND PLAYED TED OLSON 8, THE PLAY. OF URSE, THE ACTOR IS ALSO KNOWN FOR PLAYG PRINT BARTLET ON THE WT WG AND BEG THE FATHER OF ACTORS CHARLIE SHEEN AND E {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 THEBACKLOT TALKED TO SHEEN RECENTLY, HE WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT HIS ROLE ON GRACE & FRANKIE AS WELL AS HIS PAST LGBT ROL AND WHY THEY NEVER SEEMED RISKY TO {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;}THEBACKLOT: GOG TO GRACE & FRANKIE, I WASN'T SURE HOW MUCH YOU AND SAM WOULD BE VOLVED BEYOND THE JUMPG OFF POT BUT YOUR RELATNSHIP IS JT AS MUCH A PART OF THE SHOW AS GRACE AND FRANKIE’{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;}MART SHEEN: I THK THAT IS THE FOUNDATN, THAT’S THE WHOLE STARTG POT THAT THE EARTHQUAKE, THE FOUNDATN CMBL WHEN THE GUYS E OUT AND WANT TO LIVE AN HONT LIFE, SO ’S EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT DO HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE CI TO E FORWARD AND BE THEMSELV. IT N BE VERY STLY BUT ’S ALSO VERY REWARDG. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE SHOW IS THAT THE RELATNSHIPS CHANGE AND MOST S, THEY GO EPER AND MORE HUMAN. I THK THE RELATNSHIP WH THE WOMEN, THE WIV, IS NOT OVER BY A LONG {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;}ON THE NTRARY, ’S A NEW PTH, A NEW LEVEL AND A NEW UNRSTANDG OF EACH OTHER AND A RPECT, AND I THK THAT’S WHAT REALLY MAK THAT MUCH MORE TERTG TO GO FORWARD TO EXPLORE WHAT HAPPENS THE SEND {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 ROBERT/SOL RELATNSHIP IS A VAL PART {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 FIRST SEASON OF GRACE & FRANKIE. (NETFLIX){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;}WHAT DO ROBERT GET OM SOL AND WHAT DO SOL GET OM ROBERT? THEY’RE VERY DIFFERENT MEN, SO WHAT IS THAT LOVE ABOUT?{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;}MS: WELL, YOU N NEVER EXPLA LOVE. IT’S THAT GREAT MYSTERY, BUT I TAKE WHETHER ’S A HETEROSEXUAL OR A GAY RELATNSHIP, ’S ABOUT BEG REGNIZED A EPLY PERSONAL WAY. IT’S BEG CHERISHED AN IMMENSELY PERSONAL WAY THAT NO ONE ELSE N FILL, PARTICULARLY AT THAT AGE. THEY’RE NOT KIDS ANYMORE. THEY NNOT LIVE A 'GAY LIFTYLE' PER SE, THEY HAVE LIVED HETEROSEXUAL LIV, THEY ARE HBANDS AND FATHERS, GRANDFATHERS, BUT THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER WAS THE REALY OF WHO THEY REALLY WERE. THEY CID WAS TIME TO ACCEPT THE RPONSIBILY 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;}ONE OF THE THGS WH ANYBODY WHO’S G OUT AT ANY AGE, ’S NOT LIKE GETS RID OF ALL YOUR {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;}MS: NO, ON THE NTRARY, OPENS UP PROBLEMS DIFFERENT WAYS, THOUGH. THE FUNNIT SCENE FOR ME WAS WHEN SAM IS TRYG TO EXPLA OUR RELATNSHIP TO OUR LLEAGU AT THE PARTY, THE ATH OF THE IEND, THE FUNERAL. IT’S SO HOPELSLY DISARMG TO BE HONT AND ’S STLY TO BE {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;}TALK ABOUT WHAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE URSE OF THE FIRST SEASON WH ROBERT AND GRACE-- BEE GRACE STARTS DATG AGA AND, LIKE YOU SAID, THEIR RELATNSHIP ISN’T REALLY OVER BUT ’S {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;}MS: I THK THAT FOR THE MAJORY OF THE FIRST YEAR, SHE’S TENT ON GETTG EVEN A WAY. SHE WANTS TO EXPLORE WH OTHER MEN TO BOLSTER HER NFINCE. SHE FEELS LIKE SHE’S BEEN BETRAYED, BUT SECRETLY SHE FEELS LIKE SHE’S NOT WORTHY OF ANOTHER RELATNSHIP WH A MAN. I THK SHE KD OF THROWS ROBERT’S FACE, BUT SHE’S DOG LARGE MEASURE BEE SHE NEEDS TO BE NFINT HER OWN PERSONAL WORTH. ALL OF DO SILLY THGS SOMETIM TO PROVE TO OTHERS THAT WE’RE WORTHY BEE THEY DON’T TREAT LIKE WE {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;}SO WE’RE BENT ON TREATG OURSELV AS SUCH AND SO I THK THAT’S A LARGE PART OF HER MOTIVATN WH THE OTHER MEN, BUT I THK SHE’S GOG TO E EVENTUALLY TO AN UNRSTANDG OF WHAT A GOOD AND CENT MAN ROBERT WAS [AND] THAT HE, SPE HIMSELF, WAS ACUNTABLE. HE KEPT THE FAY TOGETHER. SHE SAID 'YOU ULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO,' BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER {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 SHE STARTS DATG CRAIG T. NELSON’S CHARACTER, IS EASIER FOR ROBERT THAT ’S SOMEBODY HE KNOWS, OR DO THAT ACTUALLY MAKE MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIM? IT’S NOT A ROMANTIC THG ANYMORE BUT HE STILL R…{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;}MS: EXACTLY. IT GETS PLEX. HE DO RE FOR HER VERY, VERY EPLY. THAT’S ONE OF THE SURPRISG ELEMENTS, I THK, OF THE SHOW IS THAT THE RELATNSHIPS ARE NOT ENDG, THEY’RE JT GOG A DIFFERENT DIRECTN AND ’S VERY UNEXPECTED FOR ALL FOUR OF THEM WHERE THEY E TO REALIZE THKG ABOUT THEMSELV AND THEIR PARTNERS THAT THEY TOOK FOR GRANTED, THEY N NO LONGER DO THAT. THEY REALIZE, 'WA A MUTE. THAT WAS A PRETTY SPECIAL PERSON.' THEY’RE ALL STARTG TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER THAT WAY AND ’S STILL ABOUT {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;}I LOVE THE SCEN WH THE [GROWN] KIDS. IT’S VERY LAYERED, BUT ’S STUFF WE N ALL RELATE {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;}MS: THE OTHER THG THAT NOBODY IS REALLY TALKG MUCH ABOUT IS THAT ’S THE ONLY SHOW THAT I’M AWARE OF WHERE OLD PEOPLE ARE NOT THE OBJECT OF RIDICULE AND JT DISPOSED OF. THE HUMOR IS SELF-EFFACG, AS FAR AS THEIR AGE IS NCERNED, BUT IS CELEBRATORY OF OLR {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;}HAL HOLBROOK AND SHEEN PLAYED LOVERS  THAT CERTA SUMMER  {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 THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST GAY ROLE BY FAR. YOU BROKE GROUND A LONG TIME AGO WH THAT CERTA SUMMER. AT THAT TIME (THE FILM AIRED ON TELEVISN 1972), WAS PROBABLY A RISKY THG TO DO. THE DIENCE PROBABLY MAYBE WASN’T EVEN PREPARED TO SEE THAT SUBJECT MATTER!{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;}MS: NO, NOBODY WAS. I MEAN, FOR ME, WASN’T RISKY, WAS JT A NATURAL PROGRSN, BUT AS ACTORS YOU HAVE TO TAKE CHANC, YOU HAVE TO GROW, OTHERWISE, YOU DON’T HAVE ANYTHG TO SAY, ANYTHG TO NTRIBUTE. SO THAT WAS JT A NO BRAER FOR ME, WORKG WH HAL HOLBROOK, YOU {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 THE NORMAL HEART, 1986, I TOOK THE PRODUCTN TO LONDON, JOE PAPP ASKED ME TO DO . THE NORMAL HEART ORIGATED AT THE PUBLIC THEATRE AND HE WANTED ME TO DO , BUT I WASN’T EE WHEN THEY DID THE ORIGAL PRODUCTN. THEN, HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD TAKE TO THE ROYAL COURT. THEY HAD A PROGRAM AT THAT TIME WHERE THEY EXCHANGED PLAYS AND THE ROYAL COURT SENT A PRODUCTN HERE AND THE NEW YORK SHAKPEARE FTIVAL SENT A PRODUCTN THERE…I DID AND WAS GREAT. WE HAD A VERY, VERY SUCCSFUL N AT THE ROYAL COURT AND THEN WENT TO THE WT END AND HAD TWO ST CHANG. SO RAN FOR ABOUT NE {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;}BACK WHEN YOU DID THAT CERTA SUMMER, AND YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ALLY TO THE MUNY, BUT DID YOU EVEN THK WE’D GET TO THIS POT WHERE WE ARE GETTG MARRIED AND ’S SUCH A DIFFERENT WORLD NOW THEN WAS?{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;}MS: I DON’T KNOW THAT I REALLY DWELLED ON . IT’S SO UNBELIEVABLE ISN’T ? 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That’s what I’ve learned om TV shows, thk piec, and Instagram photos featurg groups of gays.

But that’s not how my gay plotle has veloped. I me out paratively late, bond wh a muny of people uned by a sire to perform edy a grocery store basement, and let ternalized homophobia stall my self-acceptance until well after I found my Mr. Now I’m a 32-year-old married gay man who’s more proud of beg out than ever — but I don’t have a group of gays.

In three seasons, those gay septuagenarians have e out of the closet, grown fortable their inti and disvered their own ner fabulons.