NEW YORK — The number of gay and bisexual characters on scripted broadcast network TV has dipped slightly this season to 19 out of nearly 650 roles, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The 16th annual "Where We Are on TV" report released Wednesday by GLAAD found that 2.9 percent of actors appearing regularly on prime-time network drama and comedy series in the 2011-12 season will portray gay, lesbian or bisexual characters. That's down from 3 percent in the … [Read more...]
Why I Won’t Write About Charlie Sheen Again (Until I Do)
March 15, 2011 By 2 Comments
She Negotiates’s Victoria Pynchon has written an illuminating post on why we gossip about Charlie Sheen, and why we gossip in general. There are, she argues, social benefits to gauging what happens when one member of society violates its norms, as Sheen is doing—over and over, and very publicly. But after watching Sheen’s interview this evening on 20/20, I’m feeling queasy. To me, Sheen came across not so much as the typical celebrity having a meltdown moment a la Britney Spears or … [Read more...]
