GEP name-checked in AE interview with Jane Espenson and Brad “Cheeks” Bell
[This is an interview Jane and Brad did discussing their webseries, Husbands.]
AfterElton: At the same time, you established, well, they woke up from a drunken romp in Vegas, so right from the start you established something that is absent from so many gay couples on TV, which is “They had sex!” That was unique, and that was the opener. Was that a conscious decision.
Jane: You’ll see that addressed more in season two. Brad was very articulate about the way gay people are desexualized on TV and we wanted to play against that.AfterElton: It’s so big right now. The world is overrun with Glee. For example, the Glee Equality Project is fighting the different depictions of same sex couples affection on Glee, and you guys just jumped right into that in the beginning.
Brad: True, but it’s not even showing the sex. It’s not even about trying to make a show like Queer As Folk. The implication isn’t even there, like I love Lucy, where they slept in separate beds, because otherwise it would mean they’re having sex. Well, duh, they’re married. But you do get that with a lot of couples in modern narratives, because they’re desexualized. You’re safe if they’re not attractive, or they’re never in the context of something like a bedroom.
