Sunday, May 31, 2009

queer as folk




The most famous gay serie ever, It had 5 seasons and was produced by showtime.




Everything started with the Britsh movie that became a not very famous serie. Then came the American version, much more famous and spicier than the Britsh, it had very controversial themes, such as drugs, adoption by gay parents, the complex relationship between gays and straights among others.




It Is more focoused in mainly in tha male gay theme, but It also shows some female gay mostly a couple that is married and have a kid.




The serie shows the life os five friends:Brian, Justin, Michael, Emmet and Ted; a lesbian couple, Lindsay and Melanie and Michael's crazy( in a good way) pro gay Debbie, and then Another character came in the second season Ben.




The title of the seria comes from the Britsh expression "there's nowt as queer as folk", that means "there's nothing as strange as people (Folk)".








Brian Kinney: a veritable sex machine. At 30 years old, he is living life for the now. He is his own man and believes in having sex for the sheer joy of doing it. While he and Justin have an on-and-off-again relationship, Justin is the only one of his sexual encounters that Brian finds himself falling in love with and the only one he continues to have sex with after the first night. He makes his living as an advertising executive for Vangard, and later on builds his own company Kinnetik. While he purports himself as not part of the gay and lesbian community, he will do what he can to protect his fellow gay man or woman. His motto when it comes to straight people: "There are two kinds of straight people in the world, those that hate you to your face and those who hate you behind your back."












Justin Taylor:Justin loses his virginity to Brian at the age of seventeen and falls in love with him. He runs away from home after coming out of the closet, primarily because his stin loses his virginity to Brian at the age of seventeen and falls infather is not accepting of his lifestyle. Nicknamed "Sunshine" by Debbie because of his bright smile and cheery disposition, Justin is queer-bashed at the end of Season 1, resulting in Brian taking him in during Season 2.






Michael Novotny: Brian's best friend since adolescence, Michael secretly harbours feelings for him. He enjoys reading comic books, particularly Captain Astro adventures. He starts the series as a manager at a K-Mart-like department store, the Big Q, but eventually follows his dream of opening a comic book store. From Season 2, he and Justin create the comic book Rage. From Season 2 onwards, Michael finds himself in a long-term relationship with Ben Bruckner, whom he eventually marries.

















Emmett Honeycutt:Originally from Hazlehurst, Mississippi, Emmett is the most flamboyant of the group. He goes through several jobs, including shopkeeper at a clothing store called Torso, porn star, naked maid, party planner, and correspondent for a local news station. When he is a party planner he got to meet a football player, and they fall in live with eachother.



Ted Schmidt: An accountant with a low self-esteem who envies Brian's lavish lifestyle, Ted is constantly rejected by men at gay clubs around Pittsburgh. He has a relationship in Season 3 with Emmett, as well as an on-again-off-again relationship with Blake.










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