Will & Grace & Jack.Thanks for paying tribute to Will & Grace with several articles about the show's end ["Was It Good for the Gays?" May 9]. However, I'm frustrated by the harsh criticism leveled against the show, particularly in your two lead articles. If Dave White doesn't like the show, that's fine, but don't put words in my mouth I love the show because I find it funny and entertaining, whether or not it's "groundbreaking" or "important television." But perhaps that's because I'm apparently a "sad Gen X See generation X. gay shut-in." Doug Wright's article attempted to split the difference, but his seeming disapproval of a television show being created for profit is perplexing per·plex tr.v. per·plexed, per·plex·ing, per·plex·es 1. To confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. To make confusedly intricate; complicate. . Will & Grace was obviously well-liked enough to last eight seasons, and I count myself as a longtime fan. Saddling the most successful gay-themed television show ever with the responsibility of carrying the entire gay movement is absurd. I get the impression that a lot of people would have preferred that the show had failed right out of the gate--that would have offered a lot more opportunities to complain about the unfair treatment of gays in society. MICHAEL HISTEN Somerville, Mass. So Doug Wright
Doug Wright is an award-winning American playwright, librettist, and screenplay writer. thinks he can justify the poor quality of Will & Grace by saying that "television producers aren't social pioneers"? I would suggest two words: Norman Lear Norman Milton Lear (born July 27 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American television writer and producer who produced such popular sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times and . Two of his programs, All in the Family and Maude, were not only successful and funny but also were very pointed in their social commentary. And they were in the era of another conservative Republican president, Richard Nixon. CURTIS J. DANIEL Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo. I was thoroughly dismayed by the fake "interview" with Sean Hayes. Does someone at The Advocate have an ax to grind with Mr. Hayes? I think everyone assumes that he is gay, but if he doesn't want to talk about it, that's his business. The Advocate certainly doesn't need to resort to this sort of tabloid tripe tripe the scalded and cleaned rumen and reticulum. The omasum is discarded because of the difficulty in cleaning between the leaves. . I subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; The Advocate because it's one of the best places to get gay and lesbian news, not fake interviews designed to put the famous in a bad light. GERALD BROWNING Washington, D.C. |
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