We’ve got anti-trans government in power here. Right, there’s legislation like Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law …ĭAVIES Exactly.
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Everyone thinks we’re in some sort of gay golden age now, and it’s not at all. When we did Queer as Folk, I don’t think people were trans-aware at all.ĭAVIES The story of these three Queer as Folks is the increasing diversity. Even in terms of acceptance, I remember Showtime was saying, “People have never seen this before.” Hopefully the majority of people have grown to accept the gay community. The culture when we started our show was so different than it is today. LIPMAN In 20 years, there might be a fourth Queer as Folk. We’re at the turn of the century, and Stephen’s is the 21st century. We’re thousands of years behind.ĬOWEN It’s a historical document that exists and that hopefully will always exist because Russell’s was toward the end of the 20th century. No one ever blinks when there’s a new version of Hamlet or Little Mermaid.
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I can’t think of anything else in TV that’s done that.ĭAVIES What I love about this is that we’re short of our own myths and stories. It’s almost a quarter-century of observing gay life from three different perspectives. These lovely men I’m looking at here, these torch-bearers who have done work beyond my imagining, are never taking safe options.ĬOWEN Each show represents what was going on in the world at the time we were writing it. I love the fact that there’s a great big queer franchise that has existed now for 25 years. Even some people today don’t like the word. The word “queer” all those years ago was death. What do you think of the evolution that Queer as Folk has had during the past 20-plus years?ĭAVIES As a title, Queer as Folk is not remotely safe. It’s so 2022, and that’s what I love about it. Stephen, I’m afraid I’ve only seen three episodes of yours. I haven’t got a VHS player anymore, but I will never chuck them out. RUSSELL T DAVIES I’ve still got all of Ron and Dan’s on VHS. And then I rented the British version on DVD when I was in high school.
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I saw the Showtime series first when I was too young, probably, to be watching it, on Showcase in Canada because I’m Canadian. STEPHEN DUNN Thank you, that means a lot. RON COWEN We’ve seen both Russell’s and Stephen’s.ĭANIEL LIPMAN Stephen, in the great tradition of Queer as Folk, yours is very brave and very bold it really followed the tradition of all the previous series. Via a Zoom call with THR, the creators of all three shows talk about authentic casting (including Davies’ decision to hire out gay actors for his 2021 series It’s a Sin) and discuss how much has changed in the intervening years, yet how things sadly remain the same. While the Showtime series came out during “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the Peacock version arrives as “Don’t Say Gay” bills pop up across the U.S. Taken together, the iterations represent a time capsule of where LGBTQ culture was at the time of their airings, and the way in which stories about the community have evolved on the small screen.
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