One thing that made me mad on BTVS, rather being mildly unhappy, was the off-hand remark in one of the later seasons that Scott was gay. Like Joss's daddy issues, his virtual insistence that on Buffy every hetero relationship was abusive or false on some level, really wore thin.
Agreed. It's a stereotypical view of homosexuality and heterosexuality that began to grate after a while. What's interesting is homosexual viewers like Mark will comment on their abusive "boy-friends".
That said..to be fair? Larry is depicted as gay and in the closet, and he was an ass, while Scott was nice and in the closet. So there's that at least and that may well have been the intent. (He probably was getting flack for Larry and having no others - decided to throw Scott out there to even the score.)
Mark is a little short on historical perspective.
An understatement, and a hilarious one. Everytime he comes out with one of these statements, "OMG I can't believe they aired this in 1998! And someone was actually discussing this!" I think, dude, seriously were you living under a rock - where the only cultural items sent to you were superhero comic books, Seventh Heaven (which actually handled the topic too - so maybe not that) and the X-Files? Didn't you take any English Lit courses or read any literature? I'm beginning to wonder about the state of our education system - since this guy graduated college.
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Agreed. It's a stereotypical view of homosexuality and heterosexuality that began to grate after a while. What's interesting is homosexual viewers like Mark will comment on their abusive "boy-friends".
That said..to be fair? Larry is depicted as gay and in the closet, and he was an ass, while Scott was nice and in the closet. So there's that at least and that may well have been the intent. (He probably was getting flack for Larry and having no others - decided to throw Scott out there to even the score.)
Mark is a little short on historical perspective.
An understatement, and a hilarious one. Everytime he comes out with one of these statements, "OMG I can't believe they aired this in 1998! And someone was actually discussing this!" I think, dude, seriously were you living under a rock - where the only cultural items sent to you were superhero comic books, Seventh Heaven (which actually handled the topic too - so maybe not that) and the X-Files? Didn't you take any English Lit courses or read any literature? I'm beginning to wonder about the state of our education system - since this guy graduated college.