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Television
QUEER TV IN THE NEW YEAR
Queer character return and Queer Duck premieres
by
Blase DiStefano
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queer
as folk
Michael
loves Brian but lives with David. Brian
loves Michael but lives to have sex with
everybody but Michael. Justin loves
Brian but lives with Michael’s mother.
Okay, it’s really more complicated
than that ... and a lot less trivial.
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Though not a representation of most gay people,
Queer as Folk is a nice slice of queerdom, a nighttime
soap opera with enough eye candy (for both men
and women) to keep us coming back for more. Which
is what we’re ready for. The new season begins
Sunday, January 6, at 9 p.m., with repeat airings
every Tuesday at 10 p.m. on Showtime.
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queer news
Queer
as Folk comes out on VHS/DVD: The
complete 22-episode first season hits the
stores on Tuesday, January 8.
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It will be presented in a 5-tape VHS set and a
6-disc special edition collectors DVD set fea-turing
almost three hours of extras. Each boxed set is
$119.98. We’ll see you in line.
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From
one queer to another
Queer
Duck, which follows the outrageous
adventures of a gay duck who works as a
male nurse, is the first series to expose
the lives of gay cartoon characters. Queer
Duck and his friends–Openly Gator,
Bi Polar Bear, and Oscar Wildcat–all
lead openly gay lives.
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Jim J. Bullock and RuPaul (both openly gay, we
might add) lend their voices to this queer ’toon.
Premieres online at www.SHO.com
in January; after the online debut, the series
will air on Showtime on Tuesdays following the
9 p.m. broadcast of the other queer-titled show
Queer as Folk.
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SHOWTIME
Beggars
and Choosers. Missed episodes of
Beggars and Choosers before it was
cancelled? This great show featured gay
character Malcolm Laffley (Tuc Watkins,
pictured), and it didn’t hurt that
Alexis Arquette appeared in drag. The weekly
marathon starts at 9 p.m. and runs for 4
1/2 hours every Saturday and Sunday in January
on Showtime.
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HBO
Oz.
returns for another season to bombard us
with violence, gay sex, full-frontal nudity,
and occasional melodrama. Good scripts and
even better actors (Chris Meloni [right],
Lee Tergesen [left], Rita Moreno, to name
a very few) whet our appetites for the following
week’s episode. Starts Sunday, January
6, at 9 p.m. on HBO.
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HBO
Sex
and the City. The four straight
(depending on your definition of "straight")
women slip comfortably into their fourth
year with Sex and the City. Will
Samantha (Kim Cattrall, pictured, top left)
do it with another woman again? Will all
that humor make us laugh? We’re sure
of the latter. The award-winner starts Sunday,
January 6, at 8 p.m. on HBO.
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NBC
Will
& Grace. Grace (Debra Messing,
right) schemes to fix up the mistress (Lesley
Ann Warren, left–remember her in Victor/Victoria?)
of Will’s (Eric McCormack) father with
a friend as a favor to Will in hopes that
she will leave his old man. The scheme backfires
when they get a gay friend as her date.
Thursday, January 10, 8 p.m. on NBC.
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TCM
Marlene
Dietrich: Her Own Song. Though her
bisexuality is not mentioned in this documentary,
it’s worth the watch. Jamie Lee Curtis
narrates. It features interviews with her
daughter; her sister’s son; Rosemary
Clooney; and Burt Bacharach. Airs throughout
January, along with many of her films. More
info: www.turnerclassicmovies.com.
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