According to the website AfterElton.com the lack of homosexual characters in sitcoms is a tragedy, where representation of homosexuals as a distinct class in society is almost non- existent in sitcoms. However despite this belief sitcoms such as Will and Grace create storylines around homosexual characters such as Will Truman (Eric McCormack) who is a homosexual lawyer and Jack McFarland (Sean Hayes) who is a struggling homosexual actor. It is this distinct portrayal of homosexual characters in Will and Grace that have writers and editors of AfterElton.com relieved as they stated, "...the ways in which gay men are portrayed is being expanded and diversified and that is a very good thing."
Whether true or not what's evident is shows such as Ellen, and Will and Grace recieve a lot of applause from writers and editors of AfterElton.com, "Fortunately a small but happy tidal wave came along called Will and Grace...landing on T.Vs must see list..." Similar to the Will and Grace, Brothers and Sisters centers around the political arena where one of the main roles includes an upper class homosexual lawyer called Kevin (Matthew Rhys). In addition sitcoms today even include homosexual action heroes, rather in the case of the new BBC show Torchwood the show's main male character is a bisexual action hero named Captain Jack (John Barrowman) who fights extraterrestials.
Today there are shows and sitcoms that either play lead characters or their entire premise revolves around the theme of homosexuality indicating how we as a society feel and view the issue in contrast to four decades ago. As the writers and editors of AfterElton.com exclaimed, "I have good news...it's gayer than ever!"
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Thanks, DJ, for the early posting! Remember though that we want to limit the blogs to 250 words. Could you take a few minutes to revise your thoughts here, making sure that your abiding by that rule? I'd appreciate it! Thanks.
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