This post was so totally right on--my apologies for taking a week to reply to it. My only excuse is a raging case of flu and fic-fever.
I think your main point is incredibly valid--the stories we tell ourselves are important to how we see ourselves and the real world around us. Which is why it's so important when narratives don't always appeal to the safest, most middle-American common denominator. When the purveyors of entertainment give us something different from the same damn stories we've been hearing since we popped out of the womb.
In this instance, I think Russell T. Davies, the original creator of QaF, is to be worshiped for creating a story where a real and viable alternative to the white-picket fence model was presented. I don't think Cowlip did a very good job at expanding on what Davies created, and I'm certainly not happy with what they did to Brian Kinney in the past couple of seasons of the show. However, I must give them a little credit for S1-3 Brian, and S1-3 Brian/Michael, when they did seem invested in portraying a friendship between two people that was at least as deep and real as any marriage could be. Those are the kinds of relationships I cherish in my own life, and the ones that I'm most interested these days in capturing in my work.
Thanks again for the great insights, Laura. It is amazing how much we agree on the issues. So nice to hear I'm not the only one who turns green at the thought of suburban bliss. :)
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Date: 2005-05-09 02:09 pm (UTC)I think your main point is incredibly valid--the stories we tell ourselves are important to how we see ourselves and the real world around us. Which is why it's so important when narratives don't always appeal to the safest, most middle-American common denominator. When the purveyors of entertainment give us something different from the same damn stories we've been hearing since we popped out of the womb.
In this instance, I think Russell T. Davies, the original creator of QaF, is to be worshiped for creating a story where a real and viable alternative to the white-picket fence model was presented. I don't think Cowlip did a very good job at expanding on what Davies created, and I'm certainly not happy with what they did to Brian Kinney in the past couple of seasons of the show.
However, I must give them a little credit for S1-3 Brian, and S1-3 Brian/Michael, when they did seem invested in portraying a friendship between two people that was at least as deep and real as any marriage could be. Those are the kinds of relationships I cherish in my own life, and the ones that I'm most interested these days in capturing in my work.
Thanks again for the great insights, Laura. It is amazing how much we agree on the issues. So nice to hear I'm not the only one who turns green at the thought of suburban bliss. :)