I have to nfs that I never thought Barney Miller was a show for me. A child of the '80s, I would nstantly see on the syndited afternoon TV schle, but bee of s lack of aliens, puppets, or nja turtl I never gave a moment’s thought. Of urse, that’s before I learned about the show’s subversive gay backstory. Barney Miller buted 1975 as a mid-season replacement after ABC axed a whole...
Contents:
- HOW BARNEY MILLER’S GAYS DEFEATED ABC’S NETWORK CENSORS
- MILLER'S CROSSG, 30 YEARS LATER: REVISG THE COEN BROS' GAY IRISH GANGSTER EPIC
HOW BARNEY MILLER’S GAYS DEFEATED ABC’S NETWORK CENSORS
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MILLER'S CROSSG, 30 YEARS LATER: REVISG THE COEN BROS' GAY IRISH GANGSTER EPIC
A person's sexualy is not funny nor is homophobia, which is ser and harmful to those the LGBTQ+ muny. Jonathan Gaynor...
Of urse, that’s before I learned about the show’s subversive gay backstory. But Barney Miller charged right to relatively uncharted terrory, openg s first episo after the pilot wh a gay purse-snatcher storyle.