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| Topic | Here's Your Reminder That 'Friends' Was Really, Really Homophobic |
| YourLovelyTina 04/13/21 9:40:36 PM #1: | https://www.out.com/television/2019/10/01/heres-your-reminder-friends-was-really-really-homophobic The male characters on Friends showed a noted discomfort and disdain toward LGBTQ+ people during its 10 seasons from Chandlers aversion to his transgender parent (played by Kathleen Turner, still slaying the role) to a particular episode in which Ross (David Schwimmer) insists his male nanny must be gay. In perhaps the most on-the-nose depiction of its tendency toward gay panic for cheap laughs, Joey and Ross freak out in the seventh season of Friends after they accidentally fall asleep together on the couch. What happened? Ross screams, before insisting: We fell asleep that is all. The apparently traumatic cuddle is so integral to the episodes arc that the installment is literally called The One With The Nap Partners. To its credit, Friends did air a lesbian wedding, between Carol (Jane Sibbett) and Susan (Jessica Hecht), but it primarily served to underscore how uncomfortable Ross was with his ex-wifes new relationship. I can't help but notice that most of the examples involve Ross, who was always kind of a douchebag... Also, I've always been of the notion that Joey and Chandler were totally banging each other in secret. --- CONGRATULATIONS! You have saved your lovely Tina. Yattane Takahashi! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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