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Post by overtherainbow on Apr 7, 2019 4:28:28 GMT -5
New show on CBS. From IMDb: Follows three Chicago families as they journey toward hope and healing after an unarmed African American doctor is shot by a white cop. The tragedy causes the families to consider how race and racial biases affect their lives. Trailer: |
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dmagiclight
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Post by dmagiclight on Apr 7, 2019 13:43:55 GMT -5
so heartbreaking that these things keep happening
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Post by nlklinh on Apr 8, 2019 4:03:12 GMT -5
OMG...it looks so good and heartbreaking. Look forward to seeing it. Its sad to know that those things've happened and still happening somewhere, sometime
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Post by justinate on Apr 8, 2019 10:23:52 GMT -5
One of the incredibly rare occasions we get a gay male lead on a US TV show - and he's grieving the loss of his husband, and unlikely to have any kind of love life. Of course.
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Post by nlklinh on May 3, 2019 1:22:23 GMT -5
Soooo...has anyone seen this? Can u give me some reviews?
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Post by justinate on May 3, 2019 7:03:02 GMT -5
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Post by overtherainbow on May 14, 2019 9:10:39 GMT -5
Well, he kissed a guy in the new episode, so it seems like they might give him a love life after all.
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morningsun7
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Post by morningsun7 on May 20, 2019 12:47:51 GMT -5
The gay husband thing isn't peripheral at all. The show revolves around three families, Harrison's (the guy who was killed) being at the heart of it. The two other families are the one of the cop (god i can't stand those) and the one of the woman running for the election of alderman of the 6th (i have no clue what this means, im no american, it's said in the show).
Harrison is the heart of the show, and him being gay and black, those issues are at the heart of the show and I think they are pretty well handled. They don't shy away from any of it. Harrison having been killed for being black, homophobia is not as big as racism. But LGBT themes are still big in the show: homophobia is mentioned, adopting while gay, transidentity (there's a non-binary character, way in the background but yay anyway), etc.
I really, really recommend this show. You're gonna cry, but I think they do handle those scenes pretty well. You do cry, but they don't make a point of making you cry. Yeah, this show isn't about a gay romance, but it's still about a queer family, about a gay man losing his husband, about a black gay guy being killed by a white cop, AND there are other LGBT people in the show still (the lawyer is a lesbian and she's married! the daughter's best friend is non-binary, there's also another gay teacher, etc.).
So this show does have a gay male lead. It just happens that he goes through something horrible, but that is still happening to many people out there. The story could have been written without all those LGBTQ themes, because this happens to non-LGBTQ families. They made the family of the victim a queer one and that's pretty great. (i've understood CBS is pretty conservative, so it's pretty big to have a show about racism and with such LGBTQ themes)
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Post by itsy on May 27, 2019 12:57:04 GMT -5
I thought the show was great, and I loved that they still explored Daniel's love life. Given the subject matter, they could have easily just ignored it. Instead, they had this lovely relationship sort of bubbling under the surface for the entire show and it was also a relief to have it, because as morningsun7 said, this show will make you bawl like a baby. Noah Wyle was absolutely outstanding, as was Aliyah Royale. Just wished more people watched it. A heartbreaking drama with a gay lead, really on point social/political commentary and a lovely relationship to boot. Should be tumblr bait but most people don't seem to realise it exists.
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