"""Jerry Offsay, programming president of
Showtime, has said that the U.S.
version of the British miniseries ''
Queer as Folk'' will be ''the sexiest, edgiest
series to premiere on any
network in America.'' Well, sorry, Jer -- if we're talking mass
culture outreach, you've been bested by
NBC's Nov. 9 ''
Will & Grace''
episode, which introduced the concept of the ''three way'' as a
sitcom sex
plot point, and which probably led to many ''edgy''
conversations between parents and children (to say nothing of spouse and spouse) during the
nation's hallowed let's keep ''Just Shoot Me'' on mute half hour.
As for ''
Queer as Folk'': It started out as a 1999 miniseries on
Great Britain's Channel 4, its title a play on a Yorkshire proverb, ''There's nought so
queer as folk'' -- meaning, roughly, a Jim Morrison- ism: ''People are strange.'' The point of the
TV series, written by Russell T. Davies, was to depict the lives of a group of gay men in
Manchester, and to demonstrate with tremendous energy and gritty wit that
homosexuals are not strange, but are as needy, horny, funny, dumb, lovable, and anguished as any comparable group of
heterosexuals. Except the gay guys' stomachs were much flatter. If all these seem obvious
facts, jolly good for you, but they invariably come as news to many people, some of whom were outraged by ''
Folk's graphic displays of sex."""
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