| EDITORIAL - GREEN LANTERN: Some Thoughts on Alan Scott Coming Out of the Closet |
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| Sunday, 03 June 2012 06:25 |
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Many years ago (1970-1975) ABC aired a sitcom called The Odd Couple, about two divorced men who share an apartment and drive each other crazy in the same way that they drove their ex-wives crazy.
It's a classic comedy based on the play by Neil Simon, and while there was nothing gay about it, the network was constantly freaking out that the audience would PERCEIVE Oscar Madison and Felix Unger as being gay. Years later that show's executive producer, Garry Marshall, would wryly comment, "Back then you couldn't have a gay character on a TV show. Now you can't have a hit without one."
Today, headlines everywhere are spreading the news that Green Lantern is gay, the context for those in the know being that the Green Lantern in question is Earth 2's Alan Scott. But for the general reader, the one who has some vague memories of Green Lantern and his power Read more: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/mediageek/news/?a=60893 |
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