Posts Tagged ‘Homosexuality’
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Paul was interesting to write. Someone who would be outside of my usual liberal circles, and sometimes even rather unlikable. It was also interesting to write it so that Bruno accepted him, but Lenny and Paul show outright animosity towards each other.
Anyhow, Paul and Bruno. Paul is one of those friends, who you got to know, and saw a good side of them, and your friendship continued on, despite further and deepening evidence that your values are very divergent.
I think a strength the both of them have is being able to mock each other’s values, and still get on.
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I’m sure this strip was mainly just to say “yay” about that news. Â And although this strip was part of the experiment of writing such an opposing foil, I think I played Paul a little too one-dimensional here.
I like Bruno’s dealing with Amy’s meltdown here. Since she’s making Amy live to her values (no television), it’s nice that she also wants to let her in on the fun (travel) and knowledge (definitions). At least it’s consistent.
Actually, I think Amy’s observations are (even if innocently) rather sensible.
Bruno’s escapism can sometimes get a bit tragic, as it is here — in the sense that what she is trying to escape is her own thoughts on the world. But even for the bold, sometimes a rest and escape is a lovely dream. :)
Lenny and Jay never really hit it off.
I am really not of a fan of gay jokes. Or jokes against any minority, especially marginalized ones. Although I think it can be done tastefully, and in those rare cases, I think it’s always where it is clearly a CHARACTER making that judgement or speaking distastefully, and through other means or characters, the author shows that it is not what the author believes. It may sound all wishy-washy and P.C., but I think you can be super offensively funny and yet pull it off (RIcky Gervais stand-up comes immediately to mind).
Nice of Lenny to stick around despite/because-of Bruno locking herself in the closet. It was one of the first weeks where I went for a repeated scene every day of the week (Today’s ran on a Monday), which was fun to play with.
