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"Brothers and Sisters"
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: j. U. d. E. on May 16, 2008, 03:33:09 pm ---Ron Rifkin is absolutely brilliant! I am looking forward to the next season, where we'll see more of Saul and his life.
j. U. d. E.
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Hope so! And I hope Uncle Saul leaves regret behind and learns....well, we'll see, won't we?
Cheers!
;D
j.U.d.E.:
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on May 17, 2008, 03:44:18 am ---Hope so! And I hope Uncle Saul leaves regret behind and learns....well, we'll see, won't we?
Cheers!
;D
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We shall see! [no spoilers ahead] In a recent interview with two of the show's writers (Ken Olin and David Marshall Grant) they said that Kevin, Scotty and Saul will be front and center in future plot developments.
More about the inteview here:
www.afterelton.com/TV/2008/5/thirtysomething_to_brothers_and_sisters?page=0%2C0
Both writers are comparing Brothers & Sisters and Thirtysomething from almost 20 years ago (both were then actors in the show and David Marshall Grant played a gay character which at the time was quite revolutionary - read for yourself. I loved watching Thirtysomething back then!).
j. U. d. E.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: j. U. d. E. on May 17, 2008, 05:23:29 am ---We shall see! [no spoilers ahead] In a recent interview with two of the show's writers (Ken Olin and David Marshall Grant) they said that Kevin, Scotty and Saul will be front and center in future plot developments.
More about the inteview here:
www.afterelton.com/TV/2008/5/thirtysomething_to_brothers_and_sisters?page=0%2C0
j. U. d. E.
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Thank you for a wonderful, wonderful article!
I am sending it to all of my friends--here is just a small sample:
From thirtysomething to Brothers & Sisters
Matthew Rhys & Luke MacFarlane/Photo credit Michael Desmond / ABC
Olin says he’s constantly reminded just how revolutionary the show is when it comes to its gay characters. For example, the show’s the most recent episode (that aired on May 4) was originally supposed to end with a scene of Sally Field as matriarch Nora Walker. But when episode director Michael Morris was editing the scenes, he decided the scene with Kevin proposing to Scotty was more powerful, so he switched the last two scenes, resulting in the proposal being the last thing the viewer sees before the end credits.
“It’s an extraordinary scene,” Olin says, “the most romantic scene we’ve ever done on the show.”
After it was edited, he called Berlanti’s attention to the scene switch. “I said, ‘I just want you to know, Greg, from a very mercenary point-of-view, we are ending the episode on a very romantic moment between these two men.’ And Greg said, ‘You know what? If it were a man and a woman, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.’ And I said, ‘No, we wouldn’t.’ And we both said, ‘That’s the way we’re going to keep it.’”
David Marshall Grant also gives credit for the revolutionary nature of the show’s gay storylines to Berlanti. “He’s been responsible for the vast majority of the stories on Brothers & Sisters,” he says. “He’s just brilliant at organizing and structuring story.”
Greg Berlanti (left) & Jon Robin Baitz/Photo credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
Once Berlanti outlines the storylines, two writers are assigned per episode. “But we have very empowering showrunners, and so you really get a sense that it was your script when all is said and done.”
Kevin and Scotty’s wedding has been part of the plan for a while, Grant says, though the writers’ strike earlier this year, which resulted in fewer episodes this season, meant that the storylines had to be told in an abbreviated way. Ironically, he says, the rushed schedule worked dramatically, with Kevin’s sudden proposal to Scotty being more unexpected than if they had built up to it over episode after episode.
How did Kevin end up with Scotty and not Jason, a previous love interest? “As season two evolved, it was clear,” Grant says. “So we really felt that [a wedding] was the best way to close the season.”
Luke MacFarlane & Matthew Rhys/Photo credit Michael Desmond / ABC
Grant points to another revolutionary “gay” element in Brothers & Sisters: the character of Saul, a closeted older man, played by Ron Rifkin, who finally admitted to Kevin in the wedding proposal episode that he is, in fact, gay.
“I mean, good grief, how many shows are doing this, a sixty-something year-old man just came out!” Grant says. “I think it’s just great that ABC is letting us do these stories.”
Ron Rifkin/Photo credit Michael Desmond / ABC
:)
jstephens9:
I like "Brothers and Sisters." I think I would even like it better if I watched it more often and more closely. It seems that way too with "Ugly Betty" and "Desparate Housewifes." I never realized until I watched it one night that "Desparate Housewifes" has a big comedy element to it. So does "Ugly Betty." But I do know for sure that "Brothers and Sisters" is a good show. I like several of the actors and actresses on it too. I have always like Sally Field.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Ok, I'M a Martian, but--
--these two are SUCH good actors. Really.
Kevin & Scotty discuss Martians--
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnwL9a540A[/youtube]
--then Kevin & Scotty Kiss & Make Up
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQPsSiSC3eo&feature=related[/youtube]
So, I'm a Martian too.
;)
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