Stephen Tropiano

Columns

The Prime Time Closet

Into the Mainstream

[19.Nov.03] :. I am optimistic about what lies ahead as the prime time closet door continues to open.

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The Prime Time Closet

Making Prime Time Perfectly Queer

[27.Aug.03] :. The charm and fashion sense of the Fab Five also eludes some members and/or advocates of the gay community.

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When a kiss is not just a kiss.

[28.May.03] :. What's different from the kisses that take place between these three couples versus the highly publicized same-sex kisses in the 1990s . . . is the two people kissing now are very much in love.

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The Prime Time Closet

Outing TV's Heterosexual Homosexuals

[19.Mar.03] :. Soap used Jodie's sexual liaison with Carol as an opportunity to have his character function as a heterosexual on the level of plot, yet simultaneously maintain his position as the show's sexual other.

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The Prime Time Closet

Living Out Loud

[23.Jan.03] :. (T)he legacy of 'An American Family' serves as an important reminder of television's untapped potential to move us, to open our eyes, and to see the world beyond our backyard.

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The Prime Time Closet   Post-Ellen Blues: (Or Lack of?)

The Prime Time Closet   The 2002-2003 Season Part 1: Same Old, Same Old

The Prime Time Closet   Sunday's Not-So-Guilty-Pleasure

The Prime Time Closet   Open Letter to Showtime and MTV

The Prime Time Closet   Awash in the Soaps

The Prime Time Closet   I Want My Gay TV

Reviews

DVDs

Barney Miller: The First Season

[19.Apr.04] :. Barney Miller offered a unique blend of comedy and social commentary by making the detectives just as quirky as the colorful criminals coming through the squad room.

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TV

Straight Plan for the Gay Man

[2.Mar.04] :. Jonathan wonders what it would be like to spend one day working in the blue-collar world and be as 'unfabulous' as possible (Why? I have no idea.)

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DVDs

Brooklyn South: The Complete Series

[23.Feb.04] :. The first episode features the sort of graphic violence one would expect to see in an R-rated film.

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DVDs

The Honeymooners: Classic 39 Episodes

[1.Dec.03] :. Watch an episode of The Honeymooners and you will understand why the 1950s is remembered as the 'Golden Age of Television.'

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TV

It's All Relative

[13.Oct.03] :. It was only a matter of time before gay men on television were 'promoted' to parenthood.

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TV   Whoopi

DVDs   Targets (1968)

DVDs   Lost in La Mancha (2002)

DVDs   The Best of Designing Women

DVDs   Frasier: The First Season

DVDs   Beautiful Thing (1996)

DVDs   Kiss Me Kate

DVDs   Cheers: The Complete First Season

DVDs   The Jeffersons: The Complete Second Season

DVDs   The White Sheik (1952)

DVDs   Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2002)

DVDs   The Cook and Other Treasures (2003)

DVDs   All in the Family: Second Season

DVDs   Good Times: First Season

DVDs   Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (1946)

DVDs   The Big Picture (1989)

TV   Hidden Hills

DVDs   The Jeffersons

DVDs   1776 (1972)

Film   All Over the Guy (2001)

Film   But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)

Film   The Broken Hearts Club (2000)

Film   Drole de Felix (The Adventures of Felix) (2001)

Film   The Eyes of Tammy Faye (1999)

Film   The Fantasticks (2000)

Film   I'm the One That I Want (2000)

Film   Just One Time (1999)

Film   Paragraph 175 (2000)

Film   Tre Fratelli (Three Brothers) (1981/2001)

Film   Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

Film   What's Cooking? (2000)

TV   The Ellen Show

TV   The Geena Davis Show

TV   The Laramie Project

TV   Welcome to New York

 
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