WGAW Awards Show Video: ‘Write It Gay’

COMMENTS (14)

• Wow, that was tacky. i hope they got permission from Mel before they butchered this.

  Comment by Cash — Monday February 7, 2011 @ 4:10pm PST  Reply to this post

• So sad, but so true.

  Comment by Zach — Monday February 7, 2011 @ 4:25pm PST  Reply to this post

• Sounds like Keep it Gay from the Producers…

  It IS Keep It Gay, right?

  Comment by Larry — Monday February 7, 2011 @ 4:41pm PST  Reply to this post

  • It’s Make ‘Em Laugh from Singin’ In the Rain.

    Comment by Elinor — Monday February 7, 2011 @ 7:26pm PST  Reply to this post

• Didn’t GLAAD get angery at Vince Vaughn for less?

  Comment by Alex — Monday February 7, 2011 @ 4:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• I love these guys and their show but, hey, don’t give up your day job. Very forced bit.

  Comment by Oh Boy — Monday February 7, 2011 @ 6:04pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I agree. That bit was rather cringeworthy.

    Comment by jinlee — Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 5:21am PST  Reply to this post

• Look, I’m a gay writer and even I’m getting sick of the push for gay storylines, with the subtext being straight, bad. . .gay, good. I once talked to one of the creative heads of a certain gay channel and asked them what they were looking for, and they said not to send them anything that would put gay characters in a bad light. The serial killer in a movie couldn’t be gay. The villains couldn’t be gay. Gay protagonists or nothing.

  I love Glee but the show was sinking under the weight of its preachiness during the first half of the second season.

  Its almost a crime to be a straight character now, let alone make the character patriotic.

  Comment by writestuffla — Monday February 7, 2011 @ 8:04pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Its almost a crime to be a straight character now,

    Yeah. Because there are NO straight characters on prime-time TV at all…

    

    Comment by Sethj — Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 8:06am PST  Reply to this post

  • Why do I find it hard to believe that you’re a gay writer?

    Sorry you couldn’t sell that surely insightful and fresh script with the gay serial killer.

    Comment by Jesse — Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 8:31am PST  Reply to this post

  • While there is an unprecedented push for gay characters on TV/film, its pretty ignorant to write “its almost a crime to be a straight character now.” Plus, with the whole patriotism thing, you clearly have an ax to grind. Why is it shocking that a gay focused cable channel wants to show gay characters in a positive light? It might even be in their mission statement. Nothing in Modern Family or Glee or Black Swan or The Kids are All Right suggests being straight is bad. Please think rationally (which I might not be by feeding your trolling).

    The WGA skit was a clever, but awkward and not always funny, low budget award show opening number poking fun at a so-called trend. That’s it.

    Comment by jkcineaster — Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 11:42am PST  Reply to this post

• That was effing fricken’ FUNNY ! Well done, fellas. Thanks for the laughs.

  Comment by Malibu Beach Boy — Monday February 7, 2011 @ 9:27pm PST  Reply to this post

• Um… These guys are AWESOME on the show. Because both are tremendously talented ACTORS.

  But…uh… Takes a different toolbox to do that whole “emcee/impressario” thang, don’tchaknow.

  Ouch.

  Comment by Neilan Tyree — Monday February 7, 2011 @ 11:05pm PST  Reply to this post

• Write it gay. I thought we couldn’t say ‘gay’. No?

  Comment by Huh? — Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 12:37pm PST  Reply to this post