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First pics of Desperate Housewives' gay couple on setABC's been fairly closemouthed about details of the gay couple moving on to Desperate Houswives' Wisteria Lane, but I believe these are the first pictures (okay, screenshots) of the happy couple actually on the set. Access Hollywood snagged a short interview the two actors playing the duo. The interview was conducted while the actors playing life partners Bob and Lee — Tuc Watkins and Kevin Rahm — were either acting out a kinky fantasy or were filming an Halloween-themed episode. That's Tuc on the left, Kevin on the right.
I always had my suspicion about Aladdin. Here is a pic of the two not playing dress-up.
When asked about the addition of a gay couple onto the show, Tuc told Access Hollywood, "I don’t know why it took so long to bring a gay couple onto this street. It seems natural for this couple or a couple like us to have been here."
Check out more pics after the jump! BTW, Tuc looks much better not dressed in genie-drag, no?
In this picture, you can see Tuc is holding hands with someone dressed as Frankenstein. Unless Steve's character had a quick costume change, then something fishy is going on here. Or maybe the gay couple adopted a freakishly large six-year-old? BTW, the duo spilled the beans on which Housewife they get into it with and it's not Terri Hatcher's Susan as previously believed, which isn't to say Susan doesn't get off to a horrible start as she is wont to do. It's actually Dana Delaney's character who takes on the couple and its over the issue of over a giant fountain in the front yard.
Speaking of front yards, clearly the folks on Wisteria Lane are total slackers when it comes to decorating for Hollywood. I mean our neighborhood looks twice as nice as this. Sheesh!
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Wow, dumb stereotypes right off the bat
I wonder if we are ever going to see any positive portrayals of gays on that show. After years of Andrew existing to tell straight people that a teenager is only gay if he's toxic and wants to hurt his mother, here we have 2 bitchy men who won't get along with most of the neighbors and who wear campy outfits. And we may have Andrew going straight later this season.
I'm always shocked when I remember this show is written by a gay man.
Making his Marc
Guess I'm Not That Gay, After All. . .
. . .because I'm still mystified at the popularity of this show.
Been there, done that, bought the soundtrack!
Cool!
"I wonder if we are ever
"I wonder if we are ever going to see any positive portrayals of gays on that show." Are there positive portrayals of husbands, mothers-in-law, wives, children, boyfriends, or girlfriends on that show? Not really. That's the point of its comedy!
I love the character of Andrew. He's shown growth and was still dating men (a delivery guy at the pizzeria) last year when he wasn't "toxic." I hope they don't make him "straight" but considering the character started off telling his family clergy he was bisexual, I don't have any problem with his switch-hitting.
I don't believe every bisexual man is a gay man who just can't deal with it. I get the very strong vibe many here believe that stereotype.
I don't remember Andrew's gay lover, played by Ryan Carnes, being anything except a positive portrayal.
I'm not that interested in this couple from these images but I'll see where the season begins and judge whether to tune in from there.
Actually there ARE positive portrayals of straights
The lead characters are all multi-faceted and we are supposed to root for them and like them, even if they aren't perfect. That is not the case for the gay characters. They are just plot devices who never have any real motivation of their own. Justin is a good example. He was presented as a stooge. He went along with Andrew even when Andrew was obviously using him. Then as soon as Andrew was done with him, Justin was never seen or mentioned again.
Andrew was never shown with the pizza delivery guy. That relationship was only mentioned briefly. The only time we saw him with men was when he was punishing his mother. When that ended, he basically disappeared for months. Now that he may be getting a story again, he'll be into women?
" I don't believe every bisexual man is a gay man who just can't deal with it."
Do you believe that every bisexual man is only involved with men when they want to torment their mother? Do you believe that a gay relationship should get very little airtime and be presented in a negative light? That's what has happened with Andrew. His gay relationships have only been about "Oh, poor Bree has a gay son who is so mean to her." He never mentioned bisexuality except for a very brief conversation with clergy, and he seemed to be playing mind games with that guy. Now, after a year of basically ignoring his sexuality, the show is going to have Andrew with a woman? And Marc Cherry didn't seem to be presenting it as bisexuality in his interview on this subject, he really did make it sound like Andrew was going from being gay to being with a woman.
This show has a serious problem with presenting gay men as human beings.
Campy Outfits
Uh, it's Halloween. What's so campy about Aladdin and a pirate? At least they're not in drag (or Disney's Aladdin and Captain Jack, knowing the infamous Disney synergy).
Plot synopsis' and teaser images aside, shouldn't we wait to actually see them before we judge?
- Kirby, moviedearest.blogspot.com
If this show did not have such problems with gays, I'd agree.
I Might Take You Seriously....
.... if you didn't see the boogyman around every corner just waiting to bash gays in some form or another and usually, the sky isn't falling. Andrew's behavior is no more shocking or scandalous than any other character on the show. Why should he be the only 'good' person because he's gay? All we know about these new characters is that they don't get along with Susan and they have a dark secret. Just like so many other characters, all of them straight, on this show. I think we've arrived when we can be just as naughty and sinful and bad as the rest of the characters. We've had enough 'good' gay characters over the years. Good, especially on shows like this, is boring. As for the costumes, it is Halloween party. A little perspective, please!
Anthony
Andrew's behavior is seen as worse
I can't even remember how many times I would go to various message boards and see people who were disgusted by him for how he treated Bree. "Why is he so mean to Bree?" "How could he steal Bree's boyfriend?" "Do you see what being gay does to a teenager? He's twisted!", "He's just playing gay to upset Bree!", "He's a piece of shit", "He's a terrible son and she should beat him up", on and on and on. The character's sole purpose on the show for 2 seasons was to torment his mother, who is seen by many fans as the star of the show. That was also the only time that he was seen in any relationships with another man.
"Why should he be the only 'good' person because he's gay? "
To me, it's called being 3-dimensional, not "good". They try their best to make all the characters have shades of gray, and be inherently likeable or understandable. The same has not happened with Andrew.
"All we know about these new characters is that they don't get along with Susan and they have a dark secret. Just like so many other characters, all of them straight, on this show"
We know that they have been described in press articles as "bitchy", that they are on there only to have conflicts with people. They are basically plot devices. Compare them to the Dana Delaney character, who, based on what has been said by the show and the press, will be a major presence we will actually see from her own perspective. Not just a plot device. Andrew, Justin, the gay man Susan almost married in season 2, and now these new neighbors, all seem to be plot devices who are there for the audience to recoil at.
Just ask yourself, have you ever felt that you have seen anything on this show that seems believable to you in your experiences as a gay man? Have you ever seen any gay characters who actually seemed like they were somewhat real people, and not there solely to create sympathy or problems for straight people?