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apocalypsosHey, who wants to punch McG? I know I do.
So somebody asked the question:
Q: I was tickled by the gay geek couple revealed at the end of the recent “The Real Ghostbusters” episode of Supernatural. Do you know how that came about? A nod to the show’s many gay fans? –Gordon, Pasadena, CA
Okay, before we go any further, I don't think gay cred was really what they were going for there as much as they were going for the "OMG SAM/DEAN IRL EEEEEE!!!" angle, whether they mean to tease the fans negatively or not. And in a just world, they'd just admit that.
“A little bit [of a nod],” says McG, one of the show’s executive producers. “But it just felt organic, and it felt like time to do an episode that’s reflective of the world we live in, just be honest and get it out there.
... this is not that world.
Also, the fact that you can say "it felt like time to do an episode that's reflective of the world we live in" FOUR AND A HALF SEASONS IN is bullshit.
Jared and Jensen, everybody’s on board, we’re all forward-thinking, we’re not into bigotry at all.
Then maybe you should stop violently killing off all the female characters and making so many of the few black men you have on the show bad guys? Just a thought!
Hopefully, my shows [which also include The O.C. and Chuck] all speak fairly in that regard.”
"Chuck," maybe. I'm not quite sure about "The O.C.", since I only caught the occasional episode. But, dude, SPN does have problems, seriously.
McG tells AfterElton.com that he’s always at least tried to be progressive. He directed the movie Charlie’s Angels, for example. “When we were casting, I said, ‘I don’t just want three lily-white girls.’ So we went out there and cast Lucy Liu.
"See, I'm TOTES progressive, because this one time I cast an Asian chick in a major role!"
That’s also one of the reasons why I wanted to do an action movie with women, because at the time people said, ‘You can’t do a successful action movie with women.’ I’m a little bloody-minded.
That last sentence following the first one in an article about SPN is just ... yeah. (Granted, that's not what he meant by "bloody-minded", but still.)
I always want to take on the status quo. That goes for sexual orientation. I want to make sure it’s fairly represented at all times.”
"Fairly represented at all times," except for that we're five years into the show and they've only had four gay characters that I can think of off the top of my head ("Dean" and "Sam", Lily, the Ghostfacer whose name escapes me at the moment).
I want to pummel that man's obnoxious face with my tiny ineffective fists.
So somebody asked the question:
Q: I was tickled by the gay geek couple revealed at the end of the recent “The Real Ghostbusters” episode of Supernatural. Do you know how that came about? A nod to the show’s many gay fans? –Gordon, Pasadena, CA
Okay, before we go any further, I don't think gay cred was really what they were going for there as much as they were going for the "OMG SAM/DEAN IRL EEEEEE!!!" angle, whether they mean to tease the fans negatively or not. And in a just world, they'd just admit that.
“A little bit [of a nod],” says McG, one of the show’s executive producers. “But it just felt organic, and it felt like time to do an episode that’s reflective of the world we live in, just be honest and get it out there.
... this is not that world.
Also, the fact that you can say "it felt like time to do an episode that's reflective of the world we live in" FOUR AND A HALF SEASONS IN is bullshit.
Jared and Jensen, everybody’s on board, we’re all forward-thinking, we’re not into bigotry at all.
Then maybe you should stop violently killing off all the female characters and making so many of the few black men you have on the show bad guys? Just a thought!
Hopefully, my shows [which also include The O.C. and Chuck] all speak fairly in that regard.”
"Chuck," maybe. I'm not quite sure about "The O.C.", since I only caught the occasional episode. But, dude, SPN does have problems, seriously.
McG tells AfterElton.com that he’s always at least tried to be progressive. He directed the movie Charlie’s Angels, for example. “When we were casting, I said, ‘I don’t just want three lily-white girls.’ So we went out there and cast Lucy Liu.
"See, I'm TOTES progressive, because this one time I cast an Asian chick in a major role!"
That’s also one of the reasons why I wanted to do an action movie with women, because at the time people said, ‘You can’t do a successful action movie with women.’ I’m a little bloody-minded.
That last sentence following the first one in an article about SPN is just ... yeah. (Granted, that's not what he meant by "bloody-minded", but still.)
I always want to take on the status quo. That goes for sexual orientation. I want to make sure it’s fairly represented at all times.”
"Fairly represented at all times," except for that we're five years into the show and they've only had four gay characters that I can think of off the top of my head ("Dean" and "Sam", Lily, the Ghostfacer whose name escapes me at the moment).
I want to pummel that man's obnoxious face with my tiny ineffective fists.
