But if you can make them laugh, then maybe well watch it again. Anything and everything. Lets get our Sex Talk on. Oh, mom covered it all pretty good. Yeah, maybe about the birds and the bees, but im your daddy, and im here to keep it 100. Despite the fact that your mother thinks im uptight, craycray, right . Sitcoms are a great place to talk about taboo, awkward subjects like sex because its disarming and people just want to laugh. I want to go home to my own room to sleep in my own bed. I dont want another beer. Would you like another beer . Oh, yeah. But its always been from like the straight white Mans Point of view. I remember early sitcoms. I saw a mother, a wife in a Cocktail Dress all day long. And wed sit there going, who the hell are these people . It was a denial of reality. Ethel, were going to have a baby. We got to see a pregnant woman on television wearing a dress that started from the neck and was like a tent. Are we afraid of seeing a pregnant woman in the 1950s because it means that she has had sex . As if we didnt all come from a pregnant woman. And in the 60s, sitcoms were still stuck in perpetuating this 1950s suburban housewife mentality. But then its this really interesting dynamic where you see tv trying to address the Gender War that was coming. I definitely think I Dream Of Jeannie is an escape for many people. I could eat a horse. You know, shes this entity whos trying to do the best she can in the world that shes come into. Ask me anything as thy slave, master. Yes, she said master, but of course shes the powerful one. Shes magic. When you have magic, you can do a lot of things. What are you reading, jeannie . Im reading a scroll. The emancipation of modern woman. What does it mean . Jeannie, oh, you dont have to worry about things like that. But you have this character who is the absolute epitome of male fantasy. I want to understand your way of life so that i can please you. Well, you please me very much. As a matter of fact, youre perfect. Theres an episode called The Americanization Of Jeannie where she dips a toe into the waters of female liberation. I have been studying the emancipation of modern woman. Oh. Oh, that. I guess you got so caught up in it you forgot to do the housework, huh . I did not forget. I decided to let you do it. Me . I think there are female viewers and young girls who were watching at the time who were empowered by seeing jeannie. But tony doesnt find it attractive. Hes turned off by it. A woman doesnt act the way you did tonight. But your behavior this evening was absolutely disgraceful. Let me tell you one more Thing Sitcom Television has changed with the times. But it was a lot more comedy than just jeannie and her master. It was a lot more going on. We demand freely available Child Care facilities that will give all women an alternative to confinement in the home. You have this interesting moment, because in the real world the Womens Liberation Movement is pushing female equality further than it had ever been. And then these magical powers that jeannie possessed that is the real you. Are kind of transformed to shows like That Girl, where power doesnt have to be magical. Is there anything else i can do, miss . Well, there are about 4,000 things to do around here, but i can do them all myself. Come on, thats my girl. That girl. Oh, My God. With her little crunchy voice and her cute face and her hair. You had Marlo Thomas as really one of the first female independent, selfemployed career women. Are you a couple . No, im a single. The premise of That Girl was a young girl who wanted to be somebody. How would you like to be an actress . An actress . I am an actress. And thats what made it, you know, so earthshattering at the time, because we hadnt really seen a girl with a dream. People actually seemed to recognize me in the subway coming home. Ann marie, girl television star. But we were really puritanical on television. We could not even appear to be having sex. How can a plant have a trauma . Its a living thing. Its probably very sensitive. We better go in the next Room And Talk so it wont hear us. Donald, anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of my plant. It was all happening on the street, but it wasnt happening on television, not at all. Standards and practices watched us like hawks. This went back to lucy and desi. They were married, and they had to sleep in separate beds. Donald always went home, yet it was a time of free love. It was the time of woodstock. It had nothing to do with where society was. Oh, Marlo Thomas, oh, My God. She punted the ball to Mary Tyler Moore and Mary Tyler Moore ran with it. I remember why i broke off with howard. Mary Tyler Moore was just so massive to me. Having her job and dealing with, like, all of these men. I have been dating since i was 17. Im 37. Thats two decades of dating. Mary richards was actively having sex. Dont forget to take your pill. I wont. I wont. What youve got in the 70s is women not embarrassed that they dont have a husband who takes care of them and they have to stay home, and that really made a statement. And along comes Bea Arthur playing maude. That couldnt have been done in the 50s or 60s, it just wouldnt have been done. Feminine fulfillment tells you to be cute and frilly and perky and pamper your house, just cater to his every whim. Right. Didnt they just used to call that being married . We started filming maude in July Of 72 and Roe V. Wade had passed. So abortion was a big issue for me. The episode maudes abortion aired in November Of 1972 as a twoparter, and that was very early to be talking about abortion on television. Mother, i dont understand your hesitancy. When they made it a law, you were for it. Of course. I wasnt pregnant then. 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Homosexuals, lesbians, are threatening to pervert an entire generation of our american children. The history of lgbtq characters in sitcoms is actually very similar to the history of lgbtq people in america. They were always there. They just had to be hidden. Theres the understatement of the century. With Paul Lynde on bewitched, we had that cliche. Dont you get it, dumbdumb . And Jane Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies was gay. This beautiful daughter of yours could win that palm Springs Beauty Contest without even trying. You had people who were essentially seeing themselves depicted onscreen but not all the way. What are you doing in there . Ive been framed. Uncle arthur gives off a tremendous gay Man Energy that if you are in the know is unmistakable. But if you are not, youre just like, oh, look at that kooky oddball. I hope that he has a wife who loves him very much. It was like so many things in gay life. You had to read between the lines and give that little wink, but it was never acknowledged. And so thats a step, but it wasnt the step that later shows would take. The Bar Patrons who rioted in Greenwich Village after a routine Police Raid on a gay bar, the stonewall inn, in june of 1969, could not have known that their wild insurrection would enter history as the birthday of the gay liberation movement. In the 60s and 70s, you see an explosion in fighting for rights, queer liberation. To the credit of someone like Norman Lear and the many people who worked with him, they put people with lgbtq identities on television and to treat them as characters, not punch lines. We havent seen a gay character. Why havent we seen a gay character . I mean, they exist. Get a load of this. My soninlaw and his pal, tinker bell. Excuse me. Hey, steve. Hi, mr. Bunker. They bring their own stories to families all the time. Kelsey, hes trying to tell me that steve is i just wouldnt want my place to become no hangout. I mean, there was Story Material there. Steve, youre going to want to bust him wide open when i tell you this. I dont know where he gets these brainstorms, but he thinks that youre I Cant even say it, steve. Hes right, arch. Huh . These shows were changing the way that we think about queerness and otherness. Excuse me. I thought this was Eddie Stokes room. It is. It is . Oh, are you his wife . No. Oh. Same old eddie, huh . Where is he . Well, you see oh, i got it. He dont want me to know hes here, so youre supposed to say he aint here, but he is here, in there. In 1977, we got a very groundbreaking episode of The Jeffersons titled once a friend. Its me, eddie. Only im edie now. George cant wait for eddie to come to town, his best friend, and when eddie comes to town, eddie is now edie and is a trans woman. Take a good look. But the advancement of black queer stories is something that exists on a separate timeline from both Lgbtq Representation and black representation. Representation matters, because if you know and like this person thats fictional, how can you not know and like this person in your Real Life . When we were younger, i used to hate you. You used to steal my clothes. You had such nice things. Soap, i think, was so raw. What do you people drink . You mean New Yorkers . We drink no, no, homos. We drink your basic heterosexual drinks. There was something very delicious about the gayness of billy crystals character. It was like mainstream television. Wow, this is actually happening. This is actually real. If you look back at it now, there were moments that were incredibly sensitive, and it was an important character. I mean, you hate me because Im Gay, right . Well i guess if you need a reason, thats a good one. Burt, its a terrible reason. I mean, look at me. Im a person. I do think that people watching that Character Thought for the first time about the possibility of gay men being real people. You dont look gay. Im still me. That said, that Show Kind of didnt know what it was doing. Now when im finally used to you being a homosexual. Youre going to get a Sex Change Operation and be a girl . I think that the use of stereotypical characters like jody in soap is a doubleedged sword. It creates a Sense Of, what is funny about me is that i am deluded and that i should, you know, sort of Glom Back onto society. Its changing. And now people are more open to trans identities. Dad . Hi, girls. But even when i start making transparent and going, okay, theres trans women and lesbians here, this is never going to fly. Dad, what are you wearing . I was confused. I was confused about what america could handle. So i have something to tell you. At pnc bank, we believe in the power of the watch out. The make way, coming through. Great. The storm alert. Dad. 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Say Show Me the olympics in 4k so you can watch in stunning 4k ultra hd. Are you okay with me . Oh, god, yes. No, im happy. Transparent is an interesting case because Joey Soloway is nonbinary. They fall under the trans umbrella, and they were telling a story about their own parent who had come out as trans to them. I had major misunderstandings about transness. And the Learning Curve i had to go on to really understand, oh, these are who crossdressers are, and theyre not the same as drag queens, and theyre not the same as trans women. Out of all my kids, youre the one. You can see me most clearly. The family was trying to understand maura, and i was trying to understand my parent. It felt very much like kind of realtime therapy. Transparent is about how people can change. People can get better. People can come together. People can build a better world together. And i appreciate it on that level. It normalized a lot of these concepts. My whole life, ive been dressing up like a man. But Maura Pfefferman was played by jeffrey tambor. Jeffrey was a Cis Man who was dressing up as a trans woman. Kind of dangerous, actually. Because Theres Danger out in the world for trans women where if they want to use the womens restroom, somebody thinks theyre quoteunquote faking it. Excuse me. Are you a man . Because this is the ladies restroom. Yeah, were aware what it is. Thank you. Were good. Ultimately i do think it made transness one of the things that somebody in the family could be, and life goes on. But for a long time the sitcom was primarily driven by, what makes us different is what makes us funny, especially in those 70s and 80s shows. It creates a Sense Of abnormality. Oh, hello, girls. Come on in, girls. Its nice to see you, girls. Hi, guys. A Man Dressing as a woman in 1982 is not at all a Man Dressing as a woman in our culture today. I feel like a completely different kind of man. The premise of Bosom Buddies was some like it hot, which was the jack lemmon, tony Curtis Movie where they got into drag in order to pass themselves as female musicians. We can point at the use of drag as a comedic device. Thats not quite Lgbtq Representation. Its just kind of in this weird liminal space of things that might be queer. Are you two Farm Girls . I mean, you are big. Really big. Throughout the years, a lot of gay characters, queer characters, were people that were created by primarily heterosexual people to be a laugh line. What are you doing . Im loosening up my wrist. I didnt know you guys had to practice. Thats how you said gay in Threes Company. Hello, jack. Mmm in some ways, Threes Company was kind of a terrible show, and, boy, did you want to be around them. Its a little light, right, but we find out that we can care about these people. Nobody was trying to hurt anybody. We were just trying to make you laugh and feel good. As a gay man, i look at a character like jack on Threes Company and part of me says, you know, youre allowing this straight man to say hes one thing, and hes not. But at the same time, hearing those words on television was important at the time, to say hes willing to become a part of a community that is an other. Come and knock on our door weve been waiting for you where the kisses are hers and hers and his Threes Company too Threes Company emerged at a period in time when america was saying, i dont want sex to be a Taboo Subject anymore. Thats a lovely Mole Youve got on your thigh. Threes company is a sexverse in a lot of ways. Two girls and a guy living in an apartment, and the landlord is okay with it because he thinks John Ritters Character is gay. How long do i have to go on letting him think Im Gay . Oh, as long as you live here. Thats the only Way Hell allow it. Threes company is such the perfect 70s into the 80s show, just in terms of the total sexism. Ive been walking behind you since you got off the bus. Why didnt you say something . I was enjoying the view from the rear. Men were running the show. Many of those men were putting women in the roles they wanted to see them in. You can do it you can do it you can, you can the way Chrissy Snow became queen of the jiggle was in that first year. Chrissy got very excited and jumped up and down and bounced back and forth. Thats when boobs were real. And i noticed in the scripts from there on in that the writers would add the Line And Chrissy jumps for joy. It was just a sign that america might have been burnt out on the social issues. We had been through the vietnam war. It had only recently ended. My era was the era of losing friends in that war, going to funerals. So maybe this was the Comic Relief we needed. Threes company was a massive hit out of the box. It was empty calories, but it was still delicious. I was watching these characters at a Point In My Life where i was also scared of who i was. Certainly now as an adult, i can look back at them and have a certain fondness for them. Because even though they were coded or a little over the top, it was something that like subliminally i think was really important. Good night. Good night. Oh, the closet. I look at the time when i was on too close for comfort. I think Monroe Sort of fell into that asexual thing where i never was supposed to be gay. But, come on, you know, youd have to be brain dead not to know that monroe was gay. But i was in the closet. I was terrified that, you know, it would ruin my career or whatever, you know. And then in 1985, i discovered that i was hiv positive. There was really not any treatment for it. I was terrified. I needed him to be here. Your Heart Isnt just yours. Protect it with bayer aspirin. Be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Usaa is made for the safe pilots. For mac. 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There was no way i could be openly gay at that time. It would have been career suicide. I think being gay was admitting to someone that you could have aids. Ultimately we didnt see very many lgbtq characters in sitcoms in the 80s. For most lgbtq communities, it was a very dark time. Seems you had a transfusion while you were there. The hospital thinks the blood may have contained hiv antibodies. Hiv, wait a minute. Youre talking about aids. The golden girls being about older characters gave the Show License to go further and really show how the women reacted to important issues. Damn it. Why is this happening to me . I mean, this isnt supposed to happen to people like me. You must have gone to bed with hundreds of men. Blanche says a line that i think americans needed to hear, which is aids is not a bad persons disease, rose. It is not god punishing people for their sins. Youre right, blanche. Well, youre damn straight im right. It was something that in 1990, so many people needed to hear, and The Golden Girls were able to deliver that message because of who they were. Our media doesnt exist in a vacuum. So when we do see these moments in sitcoms, its because there have been activists trying to normalize and humanize folks who have been not humanized for so long. I mean, its fine if thats who you are. Absolutely. I have many gay friends. My fathers gay. Then youve got the outing. You know, just because you two are homosexual, so what. The premise of that episode was a journalist was following jerry to do some sort of piece on him and got it into her head that Jerry And George were gay lovers. What do you think of this shirt . Its nice. Jerry said he didnt like it. And the minute that we understood that that was the impression we were giving, we went into overdrive to try and prove to her that that was the farthest thing from true. It was a joke. Do you want to have sex right now . Do you want to have Sengs Sex with me right now . Lets go they really nailed the satire of the socalled gay panic. Its not true its not true not that Theres Anything wrong with that. The more we see things, the more normalized those things become. Hello. Whether its sexuality, whether its gender diversity. You know, we got to just put it all out there, because weve just seen one kind of thing for so long. How about your boyfriend, mr. Feel this, huh . Feel this. Yeah. Feel this. Throughout the 90s, the Gay Community started making at least baby steps. But when ellen came on the air, there was no Lgbtq Representation at all. Not a big deal. Of course its a big deal. Its a very big deal. But ellens show didnt start as a show about a gay woman. Was that a cute dentist, or was that a cute dentist . Yeah, he is now my cutest health care provider. It was about this goofy, amiable Bookstore Owner and her friends, and it was becoming a hit for abc. But ellen wanted to tell her truth and have the character also do so. Ellen, are you Coming Out or not . Yeah, ellen. Quit jerking us around and come out already. Come on. What is the big deal . Ive got a whole hour. I dont think you can overstate what was at stake for ellen degeneres in terms of Coming Out. Shed had a fantastic career as a standup. She was having not just a Tv But Film career at the time. This Pressure Cooker had been just mounting, and her show really was what blew the Lid Off of it. Susan, Im Gay. It was an incredibly pivotal moment in television when ellen morgan, ellen degeneres character, came out. And it coincided with ellen degeneres own Coming Out, which was a brave thing to do when youre the lead of a sitcom. If it wasnt difficult, i would have done it a long time ago, and Everybody Else whos closeted who is in this business would do it. It really became a national event. That felt so great, and it felt so loud. She must have felt this huge relief. I mean, she was us. She was america, but she just was gay. But conservative and religious organizations objected to the idea of a gay person Coming Out on national television. Oh, paige, you wild, impetuous fool. The Abc Sitcom Ellen is being canceled just one year after the main character came out as a lesbian. In entertainment weekly, you said you were dropped or fired basically because Im Gay. Is that a correct quote . I believe that because the show was so gay, yes. The fact that the show didnt continue must have been extremely traumatic and hard on her. Ellen was driven out of the industry for a while after that episode. So there was a backlash. I think that threatened to put a chill on development of any more shows with gay characters. Because you could always find an executive whod say, look what happened with ellen. I dont hydrate like everyone else. Because im not everyone else. They drink what theyre told to drink. 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So when that script arrived, i thought, oh boy. I hope Theres Something in this for me. Did you buy anything . Yeah, i got a great camisole. Yeah . Sexy . Im going to sleep. Ask me in the morning. Was that danny . Yeah. Jealous . Honey, i dont need your man. I got george clooney. The story was the relationship between a gay man and his female best friend. Sorry, babe. He doesnt bat for your team. Well, he hasnt seen me pitch. Did i have nerves about it in 1998 . Yes. But i had played several gay characters in the theater and on television. No. Honey, she said that you and grace should get married. Ha, grace and me . And what i saw on the page was charming leading man but unapologetically an out gay man. Yeah. This would be us three weeks in. Honey, im having an affair. Me too. His name is donald. Me too i didnt get to be David Schwimmer or matt leblanc, but i knew i could do it with empathy and dignity. You know, when it started off, everyone was like, how gay can it be . Grace, did you know i was gay when you met me . My dog knew. And the answer was, apparently you couldnt go gay enough. Ladies and gentlemen, fresh from 45 minutes of buttrobics, i give you my ass. There was two openly gay men who were very different, and we were able to see, oh, being gay isnt just one thing. I just want to know how long im going to have to wait until i can see two gay men kiss on network television. Not as long as you think. Humor, i think, is a great way for anyone to connect. I just cant believe we did it. A lot of people out there owe us a big, fat thankyou. It was kind of risky at the time, but the network found out, yes, theres an audience for this. I think that really changed things for people because they fell in love with these characters and they realized, well, whats the prejudice . I think Will Grace probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybodys ever done so far. Can you believe it . Theyre getting married in four days. I love weddings. Well, its not strictly a wedding. Its a samesex Civil Union which affords many of the same rights as a marriage. Right. Where are they going on their honeymoon . Well, its not strictly a honeymoon. Its a Samesex Vacation with a lot of the same events as a honeymoon. Its hard to remember it now, but during the obama administration, Barack Obama said he was opposed to gay marriage. But peoples opinions change. Modern family came at the right time, and it came in right on the heels of Will Grace, and it just kept the engine rolling, which is very helpful. You just made a Little Girl very happy. Yes. Well, i can see that. I think a lot of people really loved Mitch And Cam together, and it was very heartwarming to hear from people who, you know, were in straight relationships saying, my husband is just like mitch, or my wife is just like cam. All they cared about was raising their daughter well, and they loved Each Other, and they were sweet to Each Other. Youre this Amazinglooking Guy and i am not amazing. Really . I wouldnt change anything. We were like this Trojan Horse that came into their living room. Its like their hearts accepted us before their minds did. Were having a baby and why wouldnt you want them to be married . On the steps of the Supreme Court, jubilation among Samesex Marriage supporters as the court cleared the way for Samesex Marriages to resume in california. The whole Mitch Cam getting married was sparked by that Supreme Court decision. Mitch is on a Computer Sort of watching, and people are celebrating in front of the Supreme Court. Can you believe this finally happened . Modern family created this whole new level of comedy that you wouldnt necessarily get in a traditional male female relationship. He would really like it if i proposed to him. Mmhmm. Ive outdone myself, gloria. I booked the restaurant from our first date. Cam, tire oh, my gosh. Oh, My God oh, My God then of course it ends with them on the side of the road trying to fix a flat tire. Yes. Yes. Thats what i think humor can do. It can open up peoples minds and peoples hearts. And i do think that Modern Family could probably take some credit for making america more comfortable with the idea of Samesex Marriage. You may now kiss your husband. This morning the Supreme Court recognized that the constitution guarantees marriage equality. And then now, with shows that are on some of the streamers, were beginning to see stories like the Thanksgiving Episode from master of none. And that is only because these lgbtq creators from the black and brown communities have been given platforms to tell their stories. Being gay Isnt Something black people love to talk about. Why . Some black people think being gay is a choice. And when they find out that their kid is gay, they try to figure out what they did wrong. It takes someone going through the door for us to have the representation. Ma . Hm . Im gay. You what . So Lena Waithe winning an emmy for writing the Thanksgiving Episode, which was essentially her Coming Out story, thats revolutionary. Ive always been gay. You dont have to sacrifice anything to still be both entertaining, thoughtprovoking, and, you know, spark conversations. Im happy for you. We invited mahault to see for herself that new Dove Breakage Remedy gives damaged hair the strength it needs. Even with repeated combing hair treated with dove shows 97 less breakage. Strong hair with new Dove Breakage Remedy. Im really nervous. I dont know what i should wear. Just wear something not too crazy, remember its a Business Dinner not a Costume Party. On a spotty network this is what she heard. Just wear something crazy, remember its a Costume Party. A Costume Party . Yes anybody want to split a Turkey Leg . 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What do you think that box of condoms i left in your bedroom was about . That was it . Oh, you wanted a hug too . The american people are collectively a little bit conservative when it comes to issues of sex. Dont get all caught up in this having open dialogue with your kids hoopla. Its not natural. Show me one place in The Bible where a kid talks. We wanted to be able to laugh about sex for the same reason we want to be able to laugh about anything that scares us or disturbs us. So im sure youve had sex with my mother. Which is fine. Oh, My God. But are you using protection . And it took a long time. But sitcoms really opened the door for us being able to tell stories about Sex And Laugh at them. Without Threes Company you dont perhaps get golden girls. And that leads to shows that are being super open about sex and sexuality. I think i know you from somewhere. Its very possible we no, i think i know you from college. Then we probably in college. I thought it was time to lighten up about sex. Whats the big mystery . Its my clitoris, not the sphynx. In the 1990s we hadnt seen shows that are frank about Womens Sex lives, about their romantic lives. The biggest change came with the explosion of cable. What i loved about hbo was their criteria was only quality, it wasnt Network Censorship or anything like that. Tell me exactly how he worded it. I wanted to explore this world of sex and relationships from a female Point Of View and do something really, really frank. Weve been seeing Each Other for a couple of weeks. I really like you. And Tomorrow Night after dinner i want us to have anal sex. It feels a little funny to call it a sitcom, and i think the reason for that is because it really pushed a lot of barriers around talking about sex and relationships in ways that sitcoms certainly didnt do. So . How big was it . Fresh pepper . My guiltiest pleasure was Sex And The City. You men have no idea what were dealing with down there. Teeth Placement And Jaw Strength And Suction and gag reflex. Honey, they dont call it a job for nothing. I felt a little naughty watching it. Okay, ladies. Take note. But at the time shows that often centered on black women are still pretty much a rarity. I havent had sex in a year. Ooh. Damn, girl, you sure you still open for business . You know what happens when you dont wear earrings. At the time Sex And The City was on, as much as i enjoyed it i didnt feel like black women were being invited to that party. They didnt include women that looked like me. So being raised not to complain but to see an opportunity, pitched girlfriends. You know im about to make Junior Partner and ive got a Great House and i just i dont have anyone to share it with. It was like a Network Version of Sex And The City but with four black women in Los Angeles instead of new york. And you know, we see how their lives are different. Ill tell you what im going to do to you. Big boy. Oh, yeah. Whos your daddy, bitch . What . Girlfriends started to deal with Subject Matter that black women are really dealing with. From the light and fluffy stuff. My friends are perky tonight. To the tougher stuff. Black women need to be supporting Each Other, not tearing Each Other down. We had bigger dreams than just finding the man. You are the bitch that i have always wanted to be. I think women in Sitcom History have become much more vocal in advocating for themselves. And they have now progressed in their careers and made their own shows. Who are the ladies . Obvi were the ladies. Im not the ladies. Yeah, youre the ladies. I am other not the ladies. Girls comes along. Girls resonates. You go, okay, theyre not pretending to be anybody else. Theyre themselves. I dont want a picture of your dick because i live very near you. So if you wanted me to look at your dick i could just come over and look at your dick. It wasnt about the fabulousness. It was about them being kind of a mess and trying to find their way being a miss. Nothing was off the table. You like that . People were shocked at what she was doing. I almost came. But it was still a very i think narrow vision of america and it wasnt the reality for most americans. I think your pussys broken. What . Insecure centers in on the characters, the identity and the culture that shows like Sex And The City and girls had nothing to do with. What that do . Do or dont do . It do. It definitely do. For the first time maybe a lot of white people are learning that like theres a lot of different ways to be a black woman, theres a lot of different ways to be a millennial black woman. There are a lot of different ways to be. This is my favorite bit. Playback was just a revelation. Hi. Hey. It felt dangerous. Ill be sure to treat you like a nasty little bitch. Sitcoms dont usually feel dangerous. Theres always a stage when someones falling in love with you they lose their erection. Fleabag is intensely personal and intimate and raunchy. Honestly, he made me come nine times. Honestly . She wanted you to experience the craziness of what shes involved in. Shes looking at the camera. Shes having sex with some guy she really doesnt care about. Hes wasting me. Fleabag was just saying and putting out there what we all were thinking. Right . Who didnt fantasize about obama . She was just being honest. Were going to have sex, arent we . She slept with a priest. Yeah. Ooh. Thats intimate. Its fascinating to track the evolution of female sexuality in the sitcom because you start off with beds that had to be separate. You couldnt say the word pregnant. Ive had a lot of sex outside of marriage. Fast forward to now when we celebrate it, Love It and well give you an award for it. Hvl and welcome to our viewers. Appreciate your company. Im Mississippi Valley holmes. The u. S. Moving in the wrong direction in the fight against coronavirus. 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