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21.7.04

i did watch tv last night, though. i watched - sort of - the grid, that thing on whatever channel that is with that guy from that lawyer show and the nurse from e.r. so many years ago. Whoever they are. The nurse plays a real bitch. but. they have a Good Muslim character - and he reminds me of the gay characters they used to have on tv (and, really, still have) - unipolar and stereotyped and with a real message to send (i.e., i'm still okay, and i'm just like you) that's a good message to send to all the people watching, sure, but that is completely separated from ... well ... from whatever it is that they are. they're completely ... blank. the gay characters always used to be utterly sexless. i didn't notice the muslim praying. and, yeah, there are other muslim characters that - i think - we saw praying. i wasn't really paying that much attention. but. the rest in the show so far are all Bad Muslims anyway. and there were these totally contrived conversations between Real Bitch Ex-Nurse and Good Muslim, and sure it's something that's going to be done by some crackhead network executive and it could have been a lot worse but it was still awfully heavy-handedly orchestrated. Way too obvious - but i can't really hope for subtlety on cable tv, can i? no. no, i can't. i just hope Good Muslim isn't as ... doomed as all the gay characters used to be. you know? 'cuz he's kinda cute. like they were. So probably.

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