Conservative Christian groups have reacted angrily to news that Australian soap HOME AND AWAY will include a lesbian relationship in its storylines. The Channel Seven series will feature policewoman Charlie Buckton (played by Esther Anderson, pictured) falling in love with Joey Collins, played by Kate Bell.
Channel Seven representatives revealed that there will be intimate kissing and dance scenes over the next five weeks as their relationship blossoms into love - drawing the ire of conservative Christian groups.
"They continue to market to kids and they continue to develop quite sexualised plot lines," complained Pro-Family Perspectives director Angela Conway.
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FLASHBACK: GH Stars Pitch MonaVie Acai Juice"Apparently your favorite GENERAL HOSPITAL actors including Steve Burton, Derk Cheetwood and Michael Saucedo, Natalia Livingston and Rick Hearst have jumped on the MonaVie band wagon and joke about having a dispenser of the acai berry juice on set.
The Emmy Award winning actor Steve Burton has taken on a second job, promoting the acai juice and mentoring MonaVie associates in the business. He even made a statement, possibly in jest that he could retire soon from acting due to the success of the new venture."
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Tristan Rogers on MonaVie
"Seems the MonaVie situation just won’t go away. So let’s look at it. What has really happened here? Frankly this is just one more 'celebrity driven' product that is only guilty of one thing. And that is…failing to understand the market it is selling to.
It’s one thing to sell a product to John Q. Public. There is nothing implicit in this arrangement other than the product is what it is and does nothing more or less than what it is advertised to do.
It’s another thing all together to sell the same product to a group of people who look up to you, and perhaps worth ship the ground you walk on. When dealing with people at this level it is MOST important that you are not seen to be 'selling' something. Rather, the product is presented in a sincere way and it is presented for what it is. Questions regarding this product must be answered in a way that do not
infer the product could be something more than it appears to be."
INTERVIEW: GH's Anthony Geary (Luke)
Geary talked with the WPIX morning news show about his 30 years on GH and the Broadway Cares event.
Turkey’s ‘Brad Pitt’ stirs wide Arab interest
With his blond hair, blue eyes and romantic gestures, Turkish actor Kivanc Tatlitug has captured the hearts of women across the Arab world, his fame creating a wave of regional interest in his homeland. Dubbed “the Middle East’s Brad Pitt” by Turkey’s media, he has led the growing success of Turkish TV dramas across the region through his soap opera NOOR and given a boost to his country’s tourism industry in the process.
THE L WORD Series Finale Delivers For Showtime
The series finale of THE L WORD delivered strong ratings for Showtime. Season six’s final episode drew 756,000 viewers, the highest rated finale in the series’ run, and the third most-watched episode in its history, behind only its first two installments in 2004.
SAG leaders still disagree
With the Screen Actors Guild's contract stalemate in its ninth month, the guild's elected leaders continue to bicker over tactics. In the latest iteration, the badly fractured Hollywood board voted Monday night to advise the national board to send out the congloms' final offer to members -- without a recommendation -- even though the national panel spurned taking this step two weeks ago.
LYNN LICCARDO: So Whose Idea Was It"For a while, I thought that’s what was happening on GUIDING LIGHT, as the relationship between Olivia and Natalia developed. That perhaps Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia, like Benji [Hendrickson] and Hillary [Smith] before them, had decided to have some fun with their characters and fans noticed, and TPTB decided to have Olivia and Natalia fall in love. Pleased as I would have been had that been the case, I’m even more pleased at the actual events."
It should be interesting to see how this Lesbian story plays out on H&A. But what I don't understand is the fact that Australia presents itself as a country open to all types of relationships but would/could shoot something like this down based on how its presented.
ReplyDeleteMaybe finally Aussie soaps would be willing to show a male homosexual relationship if this story is successful!
Thanks for that link to Lynn Liccardo's take on Otalia!
ReplyDeleteNot surprising that writers at Red Room like the way this storyline evolves, it's beautifully written.