queer as folk

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

i had entirely forgotten how awesome this first series was! haha even the demolition of the "gay funeral" scene from 4weddings -- which ought to be a one-off gag that doesn't bear repeating -- is great, just cz of the way they all arrive

anyway this is in loneloonies bcz of the way the narrative just GRABS at (often quite bad) pop-o-the-moment and fucks its brains out makes it work suddenly, just for that moment

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I only ever saw bits of it! god...I guess it was because I was still living at home. weird. one scene that really sticks in the mind is the one where Stuart strolls around checking out boys to the soundtrack of 'Sexy Boy' by Air.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

well you've missed half the repeat showing but i'd love to read yr take on it alex

at the time the club stuff seemed the tamest but actually now i slightly suspect i over-idealised "what the wildest clubs are like" (i suspect they're ALL more like poptimism than the think they are!)

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

bah i think *i* will miss tonight's eps -- the very best one as i recall -- unless they are on multiple-repeat

(i never wanted to rewatch em on dvd -- there was something abt the sheer rush of it being NOW TV that "everyone" was watching as it unfolded)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

ironically I gathered that it was a MASSIVE hit in the girls' boarding houses - I remember that sense of NOW TV (but obv none of the boys even acknowledged it and I wasn't out yet!). I'd have to watch it on DVD, I may order some, as I am so rubbish with TV.

the other memory I have is of one of the girls in my English A-level class - very spacey, ostensibly came to England as a specialist musician but quickly devoted herself to developing amazing off-kilter theories about literature and writing abstract poetry, seemed to exist entirely in her own bubble, I recently got back in touch with her on fbook! - writing a lot of v complex, in-depth literary analysis of QAF.