[pressgang] Douglas is Cancelled

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Hi all

Thanks for sharing that, Matt! Interesting read.

I was about the same age as the PG characters when it first screened. No one where I grew up was openly gay back then - and I was in a youth theatre group. 😉 At least 3 of my friends in that group didn’t come out until their 20s and even then (in the 90s in Tasmania) it was a massive thing for them and they were worried about not being accepted.

So even though Moff didn’t think about it one way or the other, I wouldn’t have expected any gay characters in a teen show back then.

Funnily enough, the 2 characters I could see coming out on PG are Sarah or Frazz, who were dating in real life.

Cheers
Claire

> On 21 Jun 2024, at 23:19, Matt Saunders <matts at yoyo.org> wrote:
> 
> Steven Moffat's newest creation is on ITV in the UK next week:
> 
> https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/17/douglas-is-cancelled-hugh-bonneville-alex-kingston-steven-moffat-cancel-comedy
> 
> I'm looking forward to this (as ever with anything that the Moff
> writes!) - hoping for typical Moff cleverness and humour.
> 
> There's a small mention of PG in the article - Steven's regret about the
> lack of gay characters.  With hindsight, the imposition of a
> heteronormative love life on every key character at some point in the
> show feels clumsy in today's world, but would including some gay
> representation more than 30 years ago have felt token?  I don't think so
> but interested in what others think.
> 
> 
> Matt.
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