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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[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

(it's not really a demolition of the 4weddings funeral though is it?)

have you seen the US remake? - they totally flub the guy who dies dying!

this was a big show for me at the time, cos i knew people involved and it was all very exciting when it actually hit the screen as it had been the talk of the 'who scene' for ages before. it was the start of that crowd getting serious telly work

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

it was always referred to as "queer as fuck" and when it came out it i assumed this had been an in-joke, but i've since heard this really was its working title with 'folk' as the 'we know we'll end up calling it this instead *sigh*'. 'queer as folk' is better anyways if you ask me

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

"stop all the clocks" = D.I.S.C.O. is the gag bit i think, and it's kinda heehee but actually the tuff stuff in that whole scene is the sliding between camp silliness and stewart cruising non-stop and the dead guy's mum's genuine (and absolutely justified) anger at the bovvered-level -- reading shallowness as shallowness rather than the self-protective affect it actually (some of it) is -- which again i think is a demolition of 4waf, but maybe not so intentional

folk is def better yes, cz of implied start to phrase = "nowt so" = anti-metropolitan (every planet has a north)

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

most planets have a gay scene

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

And indeed every north has a gay scene, as we'll discover in Last Of The Summer Wine.

THE HACIENDA MUST BE BUILT

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

(the joke must be worn out)