ABC : "What makes you think we're homophobic?"
Another article that made me snort at how a network, especially this one, never runs out of excuses: 'Ugly Betty' goes lesbian?
Of course it isn't homophobia. Why would anyone think that?
Just two weeks ago, Shonda Rhimes admitted on Twitter that the official statements on behalf of the letting go of Brooke Smith from "Grey's Anatomy" were lies:
Q: The whole 'There was nowhere to go with the character' wasn't very convincing either. You are continuing the story line w/ AZ.
A: You just need to accept that there was a reason that you are never going to know about because there is stuff we don't tell.
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Yet, they keep up their same old routine in the media:
[...] In his four years of working on "Grey’s Anatomy," Wilding has been named the 2007 Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award winner for the episode, “Where the Boys Are." Wilding discussed the backlash the show received from viewers after a lesbian character, Erica Hahn, left the show for contractual and scripting reasons. "The character, Erica Hahn, was not dismissed from the show because she was a lesbian, but I could see why some viewers may take it that way,” said Wilding. "It’s important to take creative risks for the good of the show; whether the viewers like it or not, it’s important to do different things." [...]
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Contractual and scripting reasons? Dear God... *rolls eyes*
Of course it isn't homophobia. Why would anyone think that?
Just two weeks ago, Shonda Rhimes admitted on Twitter that the official statements on behalf of the letting go of Brooke Smith from "Grey's Anatomy" were lies:
Q: The whole 'There was nowhere to go with the character' wasn't very convincing either. You are continuing the story line w/ AZ.
A: You just need to accept that there was a reason that you are never going to know about because there is stuff we don't tell.
» Source
Yet, they keep up their same old routine in the media:
[...] In his four years of working on "Grey’s Anatomy," Wilding has been named the 2007 Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award winner for the episode, “Where the Boys Are." Wilding discussed the backlash the show received from viewers after a lesbian character, Erica Hahn, left the show for contractual and scripting reasons. "The character, Erica Hahn, was not dismissed from the show because she was a lesbian, but I could see why some viewers may take it that way,” said Wilding. "It’s important to take creative risks for the good of the show; whether the viewers like it or not, it’s important to do different things." [...]
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Contractual and scripting reasons? Dear God... *rolls eyes*