请喜欢我第一季

Is Josh Thomas's show too gay for ABC1?

Colin Vickery & Darren Devlyn From: National Features February 27, 2013 8:18AM

IS Please Like Me too gay? That is what Josh Thomas is asking as he prepares for the debut of his new TV comedy.



Please Like Me was originally set to screen on ABC1 last year but has been shunted into digital channel ABC2.

Thomas plays twentysomething Josh who lives with best mate Thomas (Thomas Ward) and, at first, is in a steady relationship with girlfriend Claire (Caitlin Stasey).

Claire splits with Josh, telling him that he is obviously gay. His despair is short-lived when young hunk Geoffrey (Wade Briggs) enters the scene.

Geoffrey wants to get physical with Josh. Cue lots of man-on-man kissing, bed scenes, and jokes about sex.

Later, Josh is forced to move back into the family home after his divorced mum Rose (Debra Lawrence) overdoses.

Please Like Me has a sweetness that sets it apart from other boundary-pushing comedies such as Chris Lilley's Angry Boys and Summer Heights High which happily found a home on ABC1.

The ABC insists the gay content isn't the reason Please Like Me was shunted to ABC2, where it is sure to attract a smaller audience.

"The tone of Please Like Me and the issues discussed are principally aimed at an audience in their early 20s," an ABC spokesperson says.

"Since ABC1 is largely a channel of mass appeal that tends to attract an audience with an average age the other side of 35, we decided the best home for Please Like Me was ABC2."

Thomas isn't convinced.

"They told me it (the switch to ABC2) was a compliment. I don't believe them," Thomas says. "I don't know if what they were really saying was, 'Josh the show is a bit s---' or, 'Josh the show has too much suicide and gay sex in it'.

"People have suggested to me that (too gay) is why they did it (put it on ABC2). I would be shocked if that's why but I also wouldn't be."

If Thomas is right, this wouldn't be the first time networks have become squeamish about gay content.

In 2009, Aussie Melissa George played bisexual intern Dr Sadie Harris on Grey's Anatomy.

There was speculation her character would have a full-blown screen romance with Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez). The show's creator, Shonda Rhimes, changed tack after George started filming. George initially signed for between eight and 11 episodes, but finished early.

Her exit followed that of Brooke Smith, who played lesbian Dr Erica Hahn in the medical drama. Smith was dropped after her character consummated her relationship with Callie.

Gay lobby group, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, expressed its concern about the short-lived nature of the Callie-Erica storyline, which initially had been hailed as a breakthrough for mainstream American television.

That same year, Channel 7 censored a lesbian kiss between policewoman Charlie Buckton (Esther Anderson) and deckhand Joey Collins (Katie Bell) in Home and Away.

Seven's decision came after complaints about the lesbian storyline from conservative lobby groups.

"The plot lines that young kids and teenagers should be presented with should be about really authentic relationships that are not just sexualised," Pro-Family Perspectives director Angela Conway said.

Anderson had said she had no problem with the scene.

"I don't think it's like I'm lifting the lid on something they don't already know about," Anderson said. "To me, there's no difference love's love."

US producers have used the controversy surrounding lesbian kissing scenes to boost ratings in TV shows. First there was Amanda Donohoe and Michele Green in LA Law, then Jennifer Aniston's Rachel kissing Winona Ryder's Melissa on Friends and Mischa Barton going girl-on-girl in The O.C.

In the late '70s, Billy Crystal played gay son Jodie Dallas on Soap, but he later admitted to early misgivings about taking the role.

In 1997, comedian Ellen DeGeneres went public with her homosexuality on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

There was an early backlash but DeGeneres is now one of the most successful and admired women on American television.

Number 96's gay lawyer Don Finlayson (Joe Hasham) was a groundbreaking character on Australian TV. Water Rats featured another notable gay character, Sgt Helen Blakemore (Toni Scanlan).

Neighbours introduced gay character Chris Pappas (James Mason) in 2011. To its credit, the Ten soapie didn't use Chris's sexuality to shock.

This was no cynical ratings grab. Instead, the soapie dug deeper to show that Chris's sexuality was only one aspect of his personality.

"The good thing about Chris is that he is an ordinary person who is a mechanic and happens to be gay," Mason has said.


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作为一部同性恋题材的片子，它少了对社会的反思，多的是人与人之间情感的交流。亲情友情爱情，虽然个性不同，但是在相遇的过程中，每个人都因为他人有了些许变化。
这剧的风格一个字概括：萌。从画面的质感，情节的设置，再到演员的表现，无不给人一种可爱的感觉。它的故事很亲切，叙事很真诚，你感受的到这个剧集在张开怀抱接纳你，希望你能喜欢。主人公会把自己的感受用一种自然的方式表达出来，既说给当事人，又说给观众听，带观众去经历——从交友到向家里人坦白到犹豫到覆水难收，主人公的心情是可知可感的，而生活的旅途是不可预测的。而在面对困难的时候，主人公自己就不那么萌了，他总是很纠结的样子。相反是给他出主意的人有各种有趣的建议，他也会给别人一些有趣的建议。于是在大部分时间里，大家就是这么有趣来有趣去。所以就是一副萌的状态。
可别被萌的表象迷惑咯。结尾略虐，不过也算情理之中吧。
第二季也看了，少了萌萌哒，多了对生活困苦的反思，所以并没有第一季来的讨喜。蛮多情节都是为了把第一季的故事圆完整，倒也没有必要。还是喜欢第一季。

I've requested to be buried because I want my body to be given to nature.
I want it to be snacked on by plants and animals the way I have snacked on plants and animals throughout my life.
You don't love the people you love because they do want you want, but because of who they are.

josh本质上就不是一个快乐的人,那一面只是演给自己和别人看的,有时候就算是朋友也不能让他看见自己的悲伤胆怯和迷失,因为不能总是让他们为自己担心。在身份转变后不久、在依旧迷茫和恐慌的时候遇见热情似火攻势甚猛的geoffrey,对双方可能都不会是一件幸事。有人曾经说过,同性是一个求异存同的过程,但如果相同点不够多,那么求异也就没有了意义。为什么恋爱受挫的人们总是会觉得初恋是伤人最深的,因为印记太深不容易忘记。其实别人对自己的伤害永远是有限的,我们的伤害更多是来自自身成长过程中的阵痛,真正的痛彻心扉。在伤痛中成长没有任何人是愿意的,可不经历伤痛也就不能成长,因为在阳光中更容易迷失,只有在黑暗中才能保持清醒,拼命挣扎着去寻找出路。对josh来讲,geoffrey是他在这个新世界的初恋,他对这个新身份其实充满了恐惧和不安,他不敢去尝试更进一步,对方的攻势越猛反而越是让他觉得有一张大网紧紧的罩住了自己,所以他拼命的想破网而出,呼吸外面新鲜的空气。梦里不知身是客,一晌贪欢,但做梦的人总是会醒来,然后在某一个未知的站点下车,结束这一趟他认为是错误的旅行;而对geoffrey来说,他想要的是一个长期伴侣，josh显然做不到。这样的忠犬其实很稀缺,一般情况下是他去保护别人,在他受伤时他也像个大狗狗一样卖卖萌需要安慰,因为人都是很脆弱的,仅有的一米阳光如果不被珍视,那剩下的就只有黑暗了。忠犬性格的人最不想的就是在一次次的伤害过后,成为无家可归的野狗,逼迫自己学会咬人来保护自己。他对josh只是不懂得一个度的把握,但本质上他值得去找一个真正的避风港湾。人生很多时候如果把一些人的遇见次序换一下,结果可能会大不相同,但没有这样的如果,如果不能给对方真正的幸福,就及时放手成全双方吧,因为我们都值得更合适的人。你,只属于远方。

       一直没敢看。。。。就怕剧情和一般bl剧一样苦大仇深。。。。。好来下定决心看了以后发现真他么好看！泛着星星眼又看了两遍（人间好攻哪里去寻嘤嘤嘤~~~）
    这片儿并没有看上去那么唯美有爱，男主长得用他自己的话说像是个五十岁的巨婴，而且娘到不行。男猪脚的妈妈是个抑郁症上来就自杀，男猪脚的好基友又囧又渣，明明喜欢克莱尔还非得跟那个肥妹不分手。。。克莱尔是男主的ex，美丽大方善良的一条好女汉子，听说没和直男谈过恋爱也没有朋友，爸爸话唠软弱跟泰妹一起还时时刻刻忘不了前妻，泰妹巨凶像一只母老虎，peg阿姨是个顽固的老太太还恐同，帅小攻虽然帅人见人爱倒是控制欲强到不行经常黏人还是个接吻狂人。。。。。所有人都有这样那样的问题，一家子屌到极致还经常相互吐槽。。。。
    可是这个年代唯美又有什么用？弄不好就成了矫情，成了没有矛盾但必须找出矛盾最后一脸狗血啊。
    这也不是什么轻喜剧，一点也不！真心的！虽然不苦大仇深（我最怕的一类详情请参见天佑鲍勃那种），但是各种虐啊！爸爸和妈妈明明相爱还是离婚还是见面吵架各不相让有没有啊！？小基友被他那个胖女友玩儿残了最后和女汉子在一起多不容易啊啊啊！！渣小受各种炸毛动不动就跟忠犬攻分手有自作孽不可活最后玩脱了啊！peg死了！！！！！！！！！！！！！！卧槽！！！！妈蛋！！说好的轻喜剧小清新呢？！明明是鲜艳的颜色活波的主题曲，明明第一次HE（未果）激萌成样！大结局居然没让两个小弯男在一起啊啊啊魂淡！！说好的轻喜剧·我他妈从第一集就泪目了。。。。无力吐槽啊。。。说多了都是泪。。。
   这种不唯美也不快乐的六集小品剧为什么我要力荐？还不是因为萌点和感动太多（你就是因为小攻有裸戏才这么说的对不对！捂脸><)。心里话虽然这片子和我想象的那种不太一样可它确实真真正正地打动了我，它的真实和坦诚，戏虐和无可奈何哪一样都打动了我永远闷骚的内心。爸爸各种不给力但是在最关键的时刻保护了泰妹，妈妈抑郁的要死但还是用各种方法让自己不消沉下去努力生活，男主神经质好事不会安慰人可是还是承担下了家里的一切乱子，好基友死宅软弱但最后还是勇敢地选择了自己的真爱，peg姨（有爱到爆）恐同但是还是无私地接受了自己的孙子是生活模式用各种方式一边嫌弃一边爱护，小攻呆呆的还强迫症可是帅到不行还巨温柔人见人爱，女汉子克莱尔终于交到了直男男朋友，泰妹是个温柔懂事的好母老虎。
   这个片子讲的是基友的故事，可是我看到的更多的是真实的亲情爱情和友情，这些情感淡淡的在片子的每一处都感动别人。看了以后你会明白没有人会改变，你永远不能改变别人的想法，可是没有人因为自己的偏见无法撼动，你不能强求别人抛弃宗教信仰、性向歧视、种族不公、文化差异、年龄鸿沟、性格缺陷，没办法这些没法改变，但是如果爱是一切的前提这些种种就都次要了（矫情了矫情了）。
    我们生活在一个无可无奈何的社会之下，很长时间里这个我们可能看不上的世界无理取闹地非得让我们去爱它珍惜它。其实我们又何尝不是呢？我们有这样那的毛病，可是谁不是像无赖一样地渴望别人的认同和赞赏？
    so，please like me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~没羞没臊毫无节操的分割线（严重剧透）~~~~~~~~~~
泪点：男主第一次默默流泪、小攻雨中出现、peg姨在教堂的讲话和她葬礼上的遗言（操哭死我了好么）、小受宅男女汉三人组切蛋糕那一幕、善良泰国妹子的后两集、妈妈和小受的最后一幕T T
萌点：小受和小攻呆呆二人世界、小受扭转走路娘炮声线、里面所有动物、每次op、泰妹口音和土豹子澳洲英语、小攻一切（撒花~~~）、每次唱的那个傻歌等等等等。。。。。。。。。。
槽点：结局、、、、（绝壁是卧槽这样也行编剧被狗舔了吧虐啊妈的）
PS：编剧是主演。。。。。所以说脑补是多么凶残的一件事

I think it's good progress that the drama stops treating gay relationships as a genre on its own, as if it's innately different, happening in a segregated community and following distinct logics - distinct as in different from heterosexual relationships.

Gay relationships are not really different from any other relationship, unless society consciously sets up walls to make them be. In a society where being gay is normalized, we can turn away from the grand, exotic and shiny "gay drama themes" to focus on the ordinary, mundane, and trivial nature of liking and loving someone. The difficulties we face and the joy we share. So even if the relationship portrayed is far from ideal - as any real life relationship would end up being - it's still a nice show to watch. Maybe a bit too optimistic.