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wren_kt7oz

Epiphany

May 19, 2005 16:52

This is something that I posted to the bj spoilers board, and now I'm putting it here as well.

It's my interpretation of what I think that last scene in Babylon means.

Open to all comments (even the rude ones).

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elaere May 19 2005, 01:34:16 UTC

I have no idea what that scene means, I haven't seen it. I haven't seen the season. I don't feel any need to interpret something that I don't know the whole of. But something of your assessment rings true to me: you write that Brian represents "the unapologetic gay lifestyle ( ... )

wren_kt7oz May 21 2005, 03:20:33 UTC

Ela - this was really interesting. I didn't get a chance to respond yesterday when I first read it, but I've been thinking and thinking about it, and I think that in many ways you are right.

I think that very often the writing does force the characters into boxes so that the writers can use them to represent different facets of "gay life".

Gale and Randy, as you say, can often work past that to the heart of the characters. And Hal has not. I have no idea what the heart of the Michael character is.

So often we're told that he's the sweet one, the "everyman", the boy next door. But I find him almost totally unpleasant.

But that's another story. ::g::

elaere May 22 2005, 04:24:51 UTC

You write that you "have no idea what the heart of the Michael character is." I agree. Perhaps that is what is so annoying about Michael. He is like an empty box: all the facets are there, but why? Michael has all the features the boy next door should have, but has nothing else. He doesn't have anything real inside of that package. I blame Hal for that emptiness; I don't see him loving the character. He doesn't give a part of himself to Michael. Is it because Hal can't identify with a gay character? I choose to believe so. He has been the only one of the grew that has repeatedly pointed out his heterosexuality. Why does he think that it is necessary when he is acting in this show? He is afraid of something, and I think we know what it is ( ... )

wren_kt7oz May 22 2005, 15:21:10 UTC

I have to admit that I simply can't stand Hal. It started with merely disliking Mikey, but now I can't even stand to look at photos of the man ( ... )

elaere May 25 2005, 03:28:39 UTC

I also started out hating the character Michael, from the hospital roof in 101. Then I noticed that Hal could act about as much as my left boot. Then I watched my first and last interview of his, both at the same time. And the latest addition to my disgust of both is this ( ... )

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