tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17250646.post1224055442323058903..comments2022-03-29T11:28:53.257-07:00Comments on Seth in the City: LuRe/Nuke: The End (In So Many Ways)Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036578667446786062noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17250646.post-81946972613948921532010-12-31T20:13:42.722-08:002010-12-31T20:13:42.722-08:00Have a great New Year, Seth.
I just think at this...Have a great New Year, Seth.<br /><br /><i>I just think at this point that they're <b>never</b> going to wake up and see the true effect of what they're (not) doing, not until <b>it's far too late.</b></i><br /><br />Exactly. At the end of 2010, you can still have straight characters, who can steal a baby from one female character (for months) and then have those two characters end up romantically together on a soap, but you can't show two male or two female characters expressing love, affection and sexual desire for each other on a soap.<br /><br />The hypocrisy of what is "okay" for American Daytime TV to show to their audience, sickens me, because there's a lack of awareness TPTB are existing under and it's somehow acceptable, because longtime viewers are so desperate to make sure that the remaining soaps continue to survive, regardless of what's being produced and shown on our US tv screens.<br /><br />When I or anyone else, can do a search on YouTube and find that an Argentinean telenovela can have the balls to feature a love story, between two fictional male characters, who also happen to be professional football (soccer) players and allow them to be together romantically in the final episode, tells me alot about where we are in the status of our American Daytime television.<br /><br />It's just shameful and there's nothing that can be explained about why the remaining 6 soaps don't feature gay fictional characters on their soaps.<br /><br />Bianca's back on All My Children and The Young and The Restless let Rafe out of the closet, every now and again, but that's it.<br /><br />I started watching US soaps again, in 2007, because of the Luke Synder character and I stopped watching US soaps again, in 2010 because of what happened to Luke and Reid in September (and the horrible way that Kish were blamed and tossed aside by ABCD in April 2010).<br /><br />I know that I can never watch the remaining US daytime soaps again. I don't trust the folks in charge anymore, because there's a clear lack of respect for their audience and it shows everyday in what they produce.dkellergrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467491358167557713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17250646.post-48854674039430972652010-12-30T21:35:46.957-08:002010-12-30T21:35:46.957-08:00Sorry it took me so long to approve this comment! ...Sorry it took me so long to approve this comment! <br /><br /> I agree completely re: the powers that be in daytime TV. I just think at this point that they're never going to wake up and see the true effect of what they're (not) doing, not until it's far too late.<br /><br /> I hope you have a great new year, too. :)Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036578667446786062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17250646.post-88713103559646819862010-12-16T12:03:08.112-08:002010-12-16T12:03:08.112-08:00I'm so glad that you mentioned that none of th...I'm so glad that you mentioned that none of those other characters and storylines wouldn't have happened in American daytime tv, without the introduction of Van Hansis as Luke Snyder.<br /><br />In the 2010 LuRe vs. Nuke shipper wars, it seemed (in my opinion) that Luke (and his happiness) became an afterthought to folks who were die-hard Noah or die-hard Reid fans. Nothing Luke could do or say, would be right and acceptable for them, because one of them (and the two separate fanbases) wouldn't "win".<br /><br /><i>With the end of As the World Turns, <b>there are no longer any out gay characters on daytime television</b>. A truly sad state of affairs given that just a year ago we had Luke & Noah, Oliver & Kyle, Nick, Mason, Philip, and <b>Rafe spread out over three different soap operas.</b><br /><br />With all the talk of ground being broken, <b>it's a bitter irony that we're suddenly back to where we were before Luke ever came out of the closet.</b></i><br /><br />It's very bitter irony, Seth and something that the American Daytime powers that be (and not just the critics of these shows) have to answer to their dwindling viewing audience.<br /><br />I hope that you have a wonderful holiday and a terrific New Year.dkellergrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467491358167557713noreply@blogger.com