Yes it was a lacklustre affair...when there has been a wedding in the past in Emmerdale, it is usually an hour-long episode. Also the lack of kissing. Before I definately thought something was up behind the scenes...and then they kissed when Jonny proposed, so my suspicions disappeared. But now they're back again. Even on Coronation Street Sean and his boyfriend do not properly kiss. The last time there was a gay kiss on Corrie was about a year or so ago when Sean kissed Sonny. And even that didn't seem quite right.

So I've definately got the feeling that ITV, the channel which shows both Coronation Street and Emmerdale are maybe giving into pressure groups just like Proctor&Gamble are doing with As the World Turns. Their way of thinking I assume, is that we will include gay people in our shows, because it is part of real life and to keep the gay pressure groups at bay, however the main problem is that physical displays of affection leads to the complaints, so therefore we'll keep that down to a minimum. Which is of course bullshit because it does not follow real life and also they are still discriminating against us because straight couples kiss all the time. And I am really surprised that ITV is thinking like this, considering that it's the UK and we've been showing gay kissing and even gay sex on our screens without there being major uproar for 2 decades now at least. The mind boggles at the last vestiges of homophobia in the UK. Actually it's quite hilarious thinking about it now, it's becoming like a farce.

Will someone in the UK please post this to YouTube so that us yanks can get a look?

Cheers

 I work on a fan site in the UK and there has been a fair bit of questioning as to what's what with Paul/Jonny. There is an article in this months Attitude Magazine which gives a good impression of where the two actors are coming from about the storylines etc. And a Scottish paper has run an article with one of the actors (Mathew Bose) which also shows he wasnt too happy with the way things were. I got the distinct impression that it wasnt the channel that disapproved it was just some questionable choices made regarding a 'love triangle' that the actors hated. Stereotypical etc. and this led to a bit of a patched together end result. All articles say those two boys LOVE kissing each other!! (totally hot) and that they havent been told not to.

Well how come I've only seen them kiss each other on the lips once then? I'm an aspiring actor myself, and if I were playing a gay character and no-one had told me that I cannot kiss my character's boyfriend I would be kissing them all the time in scenes just like the straight characters do. So if it isn't ITV or any of the other powers that be who are telling them not to kiss, then the actors themselves are being disingenuous with their characters.

I asked Mathew to comment on this and he said this: 'Richard and I tried to think back to give an idea of how many times there has been a mouth to mouth kiss. We think about four so far. I guess we are on 6/5 times a week so it's easy to miss. There has been no directive from the producers regarding the kissing but in truth there hasnt been a chance recently! There are fifty plus charaters so we're not on scene every minute and Paul and Jonny have been a perpetual state of conflict recently! ALso the directors vary so much it is possible that the kiss doesnt make their cut and that is harder to police. I will ask to see if there is a directive as we have a new producer. As for the wedding. I think the hug was sweeter than a kiss at that exact moment and says more about the hopeful resolution of their difficulties.'

 

Hmm, well I still get the feeling there may be a reluctance on Mathew's and Richard's part if I'm honest. Maybe they don't want the directors to tell them to tone it down a little lol? Because if you look at the straight couples there is a marked difference between them and Paul and Jonny when it comes to the level of intimacy. I just think they need to work on that in the future. 

No gay snog between paul and jonny, but it was fine when we had wooden kisses between paul and grayson. ugh! pathetic.

who actually still likes paul??? he did the dirty. he's a dirty little dog.

wedding was a total crapfest.

 

ok. great. well that clears that up.