Soup and Queer As Folk
So, I'm eating Tomato Pesto soup which kind of tastes like really thin spaghetti sauce...it's still good though, though I like the regular tomato soup better. Especially Creamy Tomato from Campbell's. It makes me feel all warm inside.
I was reading a book called "One of the Boys" which is about gay men in the Canadian Armed Forces during WW2 and during the intro the author discussed the terms "gay" and "queer" what they meant then and how they're used now and everything. He mentioned that many non-white gay people refuse to use the word "queer" when describing themselves due in part because the show "Queer as Folk" focuses on white males and minorities and women only play a marginal role. Now, as an avid watcher of the show it's true that minorities and women aren't really shown as often (although Melanie and Lindsey and all their friends make an appearance at least once a show, so that arguement I don't really understand) but I guess in the show's defense, it's based off a UK series, which I've only seen bits and pieces of, and there aren't any minorities cast in large parts in that version, and also, the creators of the US version are white (I'm 92% sure they're gay, but not entirely positive)and it just seems normal to me that you would create, focus, and write about people and subject matter you're familiar with. As a writer, I can say that my stories really don't have any characters of a certain minority because I grew up in a very small, very conservative, very white town. I don't think I have the experience or the knowledge to write a well developed believable minority character. I think it'd be more offensive to completely miss the mark on portraying a character of minority status rather than just sticking one in your story to please everyone and appeal to a larger audience. But maybe that's just me.
I was reading a book called "One of the Boys" which is about gay men in the Canadian Armed Forces during WW2 and during the intro the author discussed the terms "gay" and "queer" what they meant then and how they're used now and everything. He mentioned that many non-white gay people refuse to use the word "queer" when describing themselves due in part because the show "Queer as Folk" focuses on white males and minorities and women only play a marginal role. Now, as an avid watcher of the show it's true that minorities and women aren't really shown as often (although Melanie and Lindsey and all their friends make an appearance at least once a show, so that arguement I don't really understand) but I guess in the show's defense, it's based off a UK series, which I've only seen bits and pieces of, and there aren't any minorities cast in large parts in that version, and also, the creators of the US version are white (I'm 92% sure they're gay, but not entirely positive)and it just seems normal to me that you would create, focus, and write about people and subject matter you're familiar with. As a writer, I can say that my stories really don't have any characters of a certain minority because I grew up in a very small, very conservative, very white town. I don't think I have the experience or the knowledge to write a well developed believable minority character. I think it'd be more offensive to completely miss the mark on portraying a character of minority status rather than just sticking one in your story to please everyone and appeal to a larger audience. But maybe that's just me.