AfterElton Briefs: "Mad Men" star Bryan Batt chats with Joy Behar, revealing Adam Lambert's Halloween costume, and more!

Best Onion article ever!

Bookmarked for posterity.

Fingers crossed it's one of those that slips into the mainstream via too-shoddy-to-do-basic-research journalism.

I don't like vampire stories, not one bit and I don't want to have sex with gay men.

But maybe I should read the article.

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Would somebody hug OLIVER, already!?  , ,

is beautiful! That was a fabulous article :)

It was very interesting.  If the first play was a wounded cry with bursts of poetry amid the pain, the new play is a steel-eyed, grimly seething drama that examines how little things have changed in Laramie, the fallout from the 2004 "20/20" documentary, and the unrepetence of killer Aaron McKinney.  It's been years since I've seen them back to back, but I'd say it's rather like comparing "The Godfather" to "The Godfather Part II"--the sequel deepens the themes of the original and revisits the characters, yet takes them in new and increasingly darker directions. 

The play opened with the feed from New York, where we got to see Glenn Close, the members of the theater company that created the piece, and Judy Shepard.  At least the evening closed on a hopeful note, where Judy reminded the audience that on Friday, almost 12 years to the day after Matthew died, the Hate Crimes bill finally made it out of the House, and is now on track to hit the Senate; Obama is committed to signing it. 

If you have any interest in the original play, or in the Matthew Shepard story, or in the future of gay rights in America, see the sequel at your earliest convenience.

I have a different theory. I think its because straight women want to watch gay men make out!

... or is that just me? ? ? 

"You bit the hand, Marty, You bit the hand!"

IF they are hottest like the vampires in series "True Blood"/"Interview With A Vampire ".((* _ *))

IF they are hottest like the vampires in series "True Blood"/"Interview With A Vampire ".((* _ *))

the lack of minorities characters in that show mad men.

with the stroke of a pen, all that can be changed.

Meet me in hollywood streets for that.

The only lead character who was a secretary was Peggy, who was quickly promoted.  The only non ad execs are Betty (Don's wife) and Joan (who was the Office Manager, and who may not even be on the show anymore.)  It just doesn't make sense to have the elevator guy turn into a full-fleged character, and I don't think Betram or Roger would feel comfortable even hiring black secretaries, at least not yet.  The show is about the white man's experience in the 1960's.  The old guard nervously looking at the the changing world around him, and wondering if he can adapt. I bet in future seasons some black or other minority cast members will show up secretarial or copywriter positions, but probably not under Cooper's watch.  

Besides, they're showing Carla more and more on the show.  I wouldn't be suprised if she eventually became a series regular.