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‘There aren’t enough gay characters on TV’ says BBC drama boss who promises to commission more…
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 05:15 EST, 27 February 2014 | Tara Brady

Posted on 03/01/2014 10:14:46 PM PST by Olog-hai

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‘There aren’t enough gay characters on TV’ says BBC drama boss who promises to commission more homosexual storylines
Yeah, you do that; what with the TV license, nobody at BBC has to worry about not getting paid no matter who isn’t looking.
1 posted on 03/01/2014 10:14:46 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
I, for one, have industrial strength gay fatigue.

Plus celebrity, Miley Cyrus, and Kardashian fatigue.

None of these things are interesting or funny.

2 posted on 03/01/2014 10:22:10 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: Olog-hai

Last time I checked: gays were over represented.


3 posted on 03/01/2014 10:25:04 PM PST by Republican1795.
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To: Lizavetta

The BBC can be as inefficient as they like too


4 posted on 03/01/2014 10:25:43 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Olog-hai

Could Dr Who and Sherlock possibly get more gay, with Jack Harkness or the green alien woman and Mark Gatiss (not to mention the Sherlock/John hints)respectively? I think not!


5 posted on 03/01/2014 10:29:21 PM PST by Moonmad27 ("I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit)
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To: Olog-hai
Bring back the lumberjack !!!


6 posted on 03/01/2014 10:31:58 PM PST by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: Olog-hai

There’s no reason why we can’t all assume that many characters are gay but too polite to shove it in our faces every five minutes.


7 posted on 03/01/2014 10:32:42 PM PST by freerepublicchat
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To: Olog-hai

I would accept more homosexuals on the boobtoob if they replace all the politicians on the toob.


8 posted on 03/01/2014 10:33:16 PM PST by faithhopecharity (" uri)
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To: Olog-hai

Netflix, Hulu, and the others are going to see some new growth over there.


9 posted on 03/01/2014 10:42:12 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Olog-hai

Are you kidding me? I do not know about British television, but every new sitcom now-a-days seems to have some gay character on it. They make up 3.4% of the U.S. population according to Gallup; they’re vastly over-represented on television today.


11 posted on 03/01/2014 11:02:37 PM PST by PaulCruz2016
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3.4% is way way way overstated too. Besides they probably included LGTBQPOPP etc etc in that.


12 posted on 03/01/2014 11:03:24 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: PaulCruz2016

Because Gays control the entire entertainment industry.


13 posted on 03/01/2014 11:03:28 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: freerepublicchat

There’s no reason why we can’t all assume that many characters are gay but too polite to shove it in our faces every five minutes.
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I remember “Six Feet Under” where one of the leads was an undertaker who ‘happened’ to be gay.

If the promo for the show would have played it up, I probably would have bypassed it, but they ‘slid it in’ (hmmmm) and it was somewhat acceptable...a little to much PDA but not as bad as most of the trash they throw at us.

Even “Archie Bunker” had a twinkle toes on now and then but Arch knew how to handle them....
Didn’t the line “don’t let him stand to close to that open window” come from Arch? maybe Al Bundy - another great American... <: <:


14 posted on 03/01/2014 11:11:25 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --In CNNs (feeble) mind, EVERYONE that doesnt ask for more Kool-Aid is bullying BO)
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To: GeronL

You’re right. The Gallup figure was the combined figure for all Americans who “identify” as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transsexual.


15 posted on 03/01/2014 11:11:52 PM PST by PaulCruz2016
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To: dfwgator
Because Gays control the entire entertainment industry.

It's impossible if gayness is a natural, genetic property. There are no genes for controlling the entertainment industry. Gays would be equally spread among all industries and all walks of life.

I can even understand if gays are more artistic, more touchy-feely, and that makes them good actors. But the entertainment industry is not controlled by actors. It is controlled by businessmen. Why would they be gay, but managers of other industries wouldn't?

On the other hand, if gay behavior is a choice then definitely it makes sense. Once an executive enters the gay atmosphere he either embraces it and becomes one of them, with great career perspectives, or rejects it... and has to look for a job elsewhere.

16 posted on 03/01/2014 11:16:44 PM PST by Greysard
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Once gays get into positions of power, they help promote others until they build a network that impossible to root out.


17 posted on 03/01/2014 11:19:46 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

Ahh! The gay thing is worn out.

They need to run the Che Guevara show...

Or the Anton Lavey hour..

Or something to do with bestiality or pedophilia...

Same ol’ stale perversion and twisted values, day in and day out!


18 posted on 03/01/2014 11:49:17 PM PST by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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"Once gays get into positions of power, they help promote others until they build a network that impossible to root out."

It is NOT impossible to cleanse a perverted organization of dominating homosexuals. I would suggest that you plug into the Wayback Machine Munich, on 30.6.1934...

It is something that all the Socialists who can no longer hear their own farts might consider.

19 posted on 03/02/2014 12:00:17 AM PST by jonascord (Hurrah for the Bonny Blue Flag that bears a Single Star!)
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To: Olog-hai

Not enough? Could have fooled me.


20 posted on 03/02/2014 12:00:17 AM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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