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Where did my shows go ? (buffy mention)

Sunday 25 February 2007, by Webmaster

Has anyone notice the turn that television has taken over the past few years? When I turn on the t.v., hoping to find something to watch, I am disappointed. I am sure I could find entertainment if I really searched but what happened to the content of the shows?

I watched Grey’s Anatomy for the first season, it was a decent show, albeit a bit raunchy but now it has turned into Grey’s Bordello. Now it is tough to find a real story line through the rampant sex and drama. I know that hospitals and —let’s be honest here— any workplace has its drama, but come on; not everyone is sleeping with thier boss!

Let’s take a look at Buffy. I watched the show religiously until Willow took her turn to the dark side of lesbianhood. I had just named a new pet ferret after her, then they turn the character into just another gay character among the countless television characters who realized they didn’t like the opposite sex after 4 seasons. Don’t get me wrong, many people who I love dearly are either gay or lesbian, but I do not need to see it on television, especially when the young, impressionable youth of today are watching these shows.

I am open to comments, I know I will most likely get more negative comments than positive, but I am willing to take them, since I have only been typing what I feel.


2 Forum messages

  • Where did my shows go ? (buffy mention)

    25 February 2007 19:58, by Robert

    Don’t get me wrong, many people who I love dearly are either gay or lesbian, but I do not need to see it on television, especially when the young, impressionable youth of today are watching these shows.

    Bigot much? Do you think those impressionable youths are gonna see a character coming to terms with their sexuality and realize "ohp, guess I must be gay too,"

    that is completely immature and a ridiculous comment.

    While I agree that "Grey’s Anatomy" has turned into a sex fest, albeit an enjoyable sex fest, I don’t see any justifiable reason to stop watching BUFFY when Willow came out, unless you’re a closeted homophobe.

    Grow up.

  • Where did my shows go ? (buffy mention)

    28 February 2007 16:16, by Anonymous
    I agree with the other poster. While I do get sick of television shows that have to make homosexuality a central issue (Will & Grace) or make a huge deal out of the big "coming out" episode (Ellen), I thought Willow’s relationship with Tara was handled very tastefully. They were never treated with any less or any more bravada than any of the straight couples on the show; no "very special episodes" focusing on Willow and Tara’s relationship, no "we’re gay, get over it" storylines, none of that crap that mainstream TV keeps getting sucked into. Since gay people do exist in the world, I don’t have a problem with a show that attempts to reflect an accurate display of life in general, it’s no different than a show that uses black actors or Asian actors to reflect the fact that black people and Asian people exist in the world; after all, to not have minorities on a show can very often feel unrealistic because of their glaring absence, and having gay characters (or not having them as the case may be) is no different. My only problem with Willow came in season 7, with the writers’ insistence on keeping her definitively gay and giving us the very forced relationship with Kennedy — it felt like a slap in the face to those of us who also liked her (heterosexual) relationship with Oz. But that problem had to do with bad writing, bad casting, and the writers’ not staying true to the character’s established history, not with the fact that she was gay (because, as I noted, I was never bothered in the least by her relationship with Tara). Thus I think the writer of the original article is pretty much outing himself as a bigot if the specific reason he stopped watching Buffy was because Willow became a lesbian.