Hi there Wren. I was really interested to read about your epiphany. I had a similar one earlier on this year. I wrote to a friend a while ago that perhaps we are missing the wood (!) for the trees. C/L wrote the screenplay (or Russell Davies wrote the early ones) to get a series of stories/points of view about the gay world across, and the way they do that is by having a character play those story lines. We watched the story but got distracted by the characters, and they became the whole story to us. Anything which interfered with their love story (you can tell that to me QAF=B/J) was an interruption to us, while to C/L, B/J and all the others were a way to get a story across. I think that is what drama is about. And although I definitely got sidetracked by the B/J love story (and I *choose* to believe they will be together again and soon in NY) I have to admire C/L for putting together the whole fabulous 5 series. Drag queens & twinks, gay bars, dance parties, drugs, sex, love and friendships spill out of every episode. I know this place and these people. So many times when I rewatch, I skip through to the B/J scenes, but every now and then I’m in a mood to watch a whole bunch of episodes all the way through, and I am amazed every time by how much I love this show, in its entirety. I am *so* hanging for S5! I’m off now to read your further thoughts on 513. Bud
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I was really interested to read about your epiphany. I had a similar one earlier on this year. I wrote to a friend a while ago that perhaps we are missing the wood (!) for the trees. C/L wrote the screenplay (or Russell Davies wrote the early ones) to get a series of stories/points of view about the gay world across, and the way they do that is by having a character play those story lines.
We watched the story but got distracted by the characters, and they became the whole story to us. Anything which interfered with their love story (you can tell that to me QAF=B/J) was an interruption to us, while to C/L, B/J and all the others were a way to get a story across. I think that is what drama is about.
And although I definitely got sidetracked by the B/J love story (and I *choose* to believe they will be together again and soon in NY) I have to admire C/L for putting together the whole fabulous 5 series. Drag queens & twinks, gay bars, dance parties, drugs, sex, love and friendships spill out of every episode. I know this place and these people.
So many times when I rewatch, I skip through to the B/J scenes, but every now and then I’m in a mood to watch a whole bunch of episodes all the way through, and I am amazed every time by how much I love this show, in its entirety.
I am *so* hanging for S5!
I’m off now to read your further thoughts on 513.
Bud