We're in an era where everything is smaller, sleeker, and so thin we barely know we have certain devices in our pockets. Trust me when I say I've jumped on the flat and thin electronic bandwagon; for heaven's sake, I'm writing this on an iPad. Although I like a flatscreen as much as the next person, I'm not drawn to thin, copycat, stereotypical characters that often grace flatscreen televisions on a weekly basis.
Noting the recent controversy involving the upcoming ABC comedy Work It, I felt it was worth taking an in-depth look at the responsibility we have as filmmakers when showcasing our work on TV. GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign claim the upcoming cross-dressing comedy "reinforces false and damaging stereotypes about transgender people" and have scheduled a meeting with high-level executives at the network. As a filmmaker, I personally strive to be mindful of the effects our stories...
Noting the recent controversy involving the upcoming ABC comedy Work It, I felt it was worth taking an in-depth look at the responsibility we have as filmmakers when showcasing our work on TV. GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign claim the upcoming cross-dressing comedy "reinforces false and damaging stereotypes about transgender people" and have scheduled a meeting with high-level executives at the network. As a filmmaker, I personally strive to be mindful of the effects our stories...
- 12/20/2011
- by Tina Mabry
- Aol TV.
Courtesy of Deadline… here’s a recap of the WGA-sponsored event, Flipping the Script: Beyond Homophobia in Black Hollywood, which we previously mentioned on this blog, in which African American writers, actors, directors, producers, and execs discuss portrayals of black LGBTs in TV and film. The event took place on Tuesday night, in Los Angeles.
Read the full recap below…
Journalist Diane Haithman filed this report for Deadline about [Tuesday] night’s Writers Guild of America, West, meeting for all leaders in the entertainment industry deeply interested in the realistic portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters that also happen to be black:
I expected a short RSVP list for Wgaw’s Tuesday night panel Flipping the Script: Beyond Homophobia in Black Hollywood. It doesn’t take a demographics expert to notice that, in the mainstream Hollywood product, there just aren’t a lot of African American Lgbt characters waiting to be discussed.
Read the full recap below…
Journalist Diane Haithman filed this report for Deadline about [Tuesday] night’s Writers Guild of America, West, meeting for all leaders in the entertainment industry deeply interested in the realistic portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters that also happen to be black:
I expected a short RSVP list for Wgaw’s Tuesday night panel Flipping the Script: Beyond Homophobia in Black Hollywood. It doesn’t take a demographics expert to notice that, in the mainstream Hollywood product, there just aren’t a lot of African American Lgbt characters waiting to be discussed.
- 3/25/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Ask the Monkey! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)
The Flying Monkey takes one week off, and suddenly he’s hopelessly swamped with reader questions. With such a huge backlog, and since I always try to answer as many questions as possible, I have decided that this week, I will answer each question in as few words as possible.
In other words, yes, your prayers have finally been answered, and you’ve finally managed to shut me up!
Q: The gorgeous Alan Tudyk seems to be gay. Is he? -- Cara, São Paulo, Brazil
A: No.
Alan Tudyk
Q: Ever play the game Mystery Date? Any idea of other actor / models who made appearances in games like this? -- Jj, Alexandria, Va
Chris Evans makes an appearance on
the Mystery Date board game (circa 1999)
A: Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) was...
The Flying Monkey takes one week off, and suddenly he’s hopelessly swamped with reader questions. With such a huge backlog, and since I always try to answer as many questions as possible, I have decided that this week, I will answer each question in as few words as possible.
In other words, yes, your prayers have finally been answered, and you’ve finally managed to shut me up!
Q: The gorgeous Alan Tudyk seems to be gay. Is he? -- Cara, São Paulo, Brazil
A: No.
Alan Tudyk
Q: Ever play the game Mystery Date? Any idea of other actor / models who made appearances in games like this? -- Jj, Alexandria, Va
Chris Evans makes an appearance on
the Mystery Date board game (circa 1999)
A: Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) was...
- 6/15/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
Here! -- the premium network aimed at gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender audiences -- has ramped up its original programming efforts with several series renewals. It also has recently greenlighted original movies in the wake of strengthened distribution.
The network approved more seasons of several original series, including second installments of The Lair and The DL Chronicles and a third season of Paradise Falls. In addition, Chad Allen will star as a private investigator in two fresh cases of its Donald Strachey Mystery movie franchise.
These pickups -- along with the recently announced series Ryan's Life, starring Rue McClanahan, and a third-season renewal of Dante's Cove -- mean that Here! will field more than 200 hours of original programming for the 2007-08 season, with five of its series entering a second or third season.
Meanwhile, the network has in the works a movie titled Solar Flare, the first of 12 eco-disaster films that will be released in theaters by sister company Regent a week before debuting on Here! The movie, starring Tracey Gold and Michelle Clunie, centers on a scientist (Gold) who works with a mother (Clunie) and her prodigy son, who has worked out a formula for predicting solar flares.
Also in the works is House of Usher, the second planned installment in a series of 12 movies based on Edgar Allan Poe tales following The Raven. It will premiere on Here! a week after making its debut in theaters.
"We have made a huge commitment to original programming with established stars," Here! Networks founder and CEO Paul Colichman said.
The network approved more seasons of several original series, including second installments of The Lair and The DL Chronicles and a third season of Paradise Falls. In addition, Chad Allen will star as a private investigator in two fresh cases of its Donald Strachey Mystery movie franchise.
These pickups -- along with the recently announced series Ryan's Life, starring Rue McClanahan, and a third-season renewal of Dante's Cove -- mean that Here! will field more than 200 hours of original programming for the 2007-08 season, with five of its series entering a second or third season.
Meanwhile, the network has in the works a movie titled Solar Flare, the first of 12 eco-disaster films that will be released in theaters by sister company Regent a week before debuting on Here! The movie, starring Tracey Gold and Michelle Clunie, centers on a scientist (Gold) who works with a mother (Clunie) and her prodigy son, who has worked out a formula for predicting solar flares.
Also in the works is House of Usher, the second planned installment in a series of 12 movies based on Edgar Allan Poe tales following The Raven. It will premiere on Here! a week after making its debut in theaters.
"We have made a huge commitment to original programming with established stars," Here! Networks founder and CEO Paul Colichman said.
- 9/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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