1 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:31,355 >>> I AM NOT OBSESSED WITH SEX. . 2 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:33,400 IT IS CALLED I AM THINKING ABOUT SEX. 3 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,037 SEXUALITY HAVE COME ALONG WAY IN SITCOM HISTORY. 4 00:00:37,037 --> 00:00:41,567 CAN YOU DONATE A PENIS TO A PERSON THAT’S TRANSITIONING? 5 00:00:41,575 --> 00:00:46,513 HALTOM CITY GREAT WAY TO DEAL WITH A TRICKY WORLD. 6 00:00:46,513 --> 00:00:50,683 SITCOMS TALK ABOUT SEX. MY UNDERWEAR? 7 00:00:50,684 --> 00:00:53,754 BAD RELATIONSHIPS. I AM BREAKING UP WITH HIM 8 00:00:53,754 --> 00:00:55,822 TONIGHT. THESE SHOWS CHANGE THE WAY WE 9 00:00:55,822 --> 00:01:09,002 THINK ABOUT SEXUALITY. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT GAY 10 00:01:09,002 --> 00:01:10,070 RIGHTS. SHE KNOWS SEXUAL REVOLUTION. 11 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:14,808 I HAVE TO GET MARRIED OR MOVED? 12 00:01:14,808 --> 00:01:18,808 IF YOU CAN MAKE THEM LAUGH THEN OH MAYBE WE’LL WATCH IT 13 00:01:18,812 --> 00:01:33,032 AGAIN. 14 00:01:33,894 --> 00:01:38,031 ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, LET’S GET OUR SEX TALK ON. 15 00:01:38,031 --> 00:01:41,801 OH, MOM COVERED IT ALL PRETTY GOOD. 16 00:01:41,802 --> 00:01:46,006 MAYBE ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES, BUT I AM YOUR DADDY, I AM 17 00:01:46,006 --> 00:01:53,076 HERE TO KEEP IT 100. DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOUR MOM 18 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:57,517 THINKS I AM UP ENTITYTIGHTUPTIGH RIGHT? 19 00:01:57,517 --> 00:02:00,487 I WANT TO GO HOME IN MY OWN ROOM AND SLEEP. 20 00:02:00,487 --> 00:02:02,656 I DON’T WANT ANOTHER BEER. WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER BEER. 21 00:02:02,656 --> 00:02:05,826 OH YEAH. IT IS ALWAYS BEEN FROM LIKE 22 00:02:05,826 --> 00:02:08,795 THE STRAIGHT, WHITE MAN’S POINT OF VIEW. 23 00:02:08,795 --> 00:02:15,865 I REMEMBER EARLY SITCOMS, I SAW A MOTHER, A WIFE IN A 24 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:20,839 COCKTAIL DRESS ALL DAY LONG. WE SIT THERE GOING WHO THE HELL 25 00:02:20,841 --> 00:02:26,711 ARE THESE PEOPLE? IT WAS AS DENIAL OF REALITY. 26 00:02:26,713 --> 00:02:28,548 ETHEL, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY. 27 00:02:28,548 --> 00:02:37,388 WE GOT TO SEE A REGULARPREGNA WOMAN ON TELEVISION, WEARING A 28 00:02:37,391 --> 00:02:45,766 DRESS STARTED FRZ AOM THE NECK. AS IF WE DIDN’T ALL COME FROM 29 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:52,036 A PREGNANT WOMAN. IN THE ’60s, SITCOMS WERE 30 00:02:52,039 --> 00:02:56,809 STUCK INTO THE 1960s SUBURBAN HOUSEWIFEVES MENTALITY. 31 00:02:56,810 --> 00:03:14,027 WE SEE TV TRYING TO ADDRESS THE GENDER WAR THAT WAS COMING. 32 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:30,537 I DEFINITELY THINK "I DREAM OF JEANIE" IS AN ESCAPE FOR MANY 33 00:03:30,544 --> 00:03:34,781 PEOPLE. WHEN YOU HAVE MAGIC, YOU CAN 34 00:03:34,781 --> 00:03:36,081 DO A LOT OF THINGS. WHAT ARE YOU READING? 35 00:03:36,083 --> 00:03:46,359 I AM READING A SQUIRREL. THE E MANMANCIPATION OF MODERN 36 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:47,627 WOMEN. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 37 00:03:47,627 --> 00:03:50,297 OH, YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT. 38 00:03:50,297 --> 00:03:55,535 YOU HAVE THIS CHARACTER WHO’S THE EPIPHANY OF MALE FANTASY. 39 00:03:55,535 --> 00:03:59,135 I WANT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR WAY OF LIFE SO I CAN PLEASE YOU. 40 00:03:59,139 --> 00:04:02,509 WELL, YOU PLEASE ME VERY MUCH. 41 00:04:02,509 --> 00:04:04,578 YOU ARE PERFECT. THERE IS AN EPISODE CALLED 42 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:10,048 THE AMERICANIZATION OF JEANIE, WHERE SHE DIPS HER TOES INTO THE 43 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:17,557 WATERS OF FEMALE LIBERATION. I HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE E 44 00:04:17,557 --> 00:04:20,887 MAN SLAUGHTER EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN. 45 00:04:20,894 --> 00:04:26,032 I THOUGHT YOU GOT SO CAUGHT UP THAT YOU FORGOT TO DO HOUSE 46 00:04:26,032 --> 00:04:28,869 WORK, RIGHT? I DIDN’T FORGET, I THOUGHT I 47 00:04:28,869 --> 00:04:30,737 LET YOU DO IT? ME? 48 00:04:30,737 --> 00:04:33,306 TONY DOES NOT FIND IT ATTRACTIVE. 49 00:04:33,306 --> 00:04:40,276 HE’S TURNED OFF BY IT. YOUR BEHAVIOR THIS EVENING IS 50 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:47,420 DISGRACEFUL. LET ME TELL YOU ONE MORE 51 00:04:47,420 --> 00:04:50,690 THING. SITCOM TELEVISION HAS CHANGED 52 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:56,860 AT THE TIME BUT IT WAS A LOT MORE COMMONALITY THAN JEANNIE 53 00:04:56,863 --> 00:05:10,043 AND HER MAERSSTER. A LOT GOING ON. 54 00:05:10,043 --> 00:05:14,047 YOU HAVE THIS INTERESTING MOMENT BECAUSE IN THE REAL 55 00:05:14,047 --> 00:05:18,717 WORLD, THE WOMEN LIBERATION MOVEMENT IS PUSHING FEMALE 56 00:05:18,718 --> 00:05:21,388 EQUALITITYY FURTHER THAN IT EVER BEEN. 57 00:05:21,388 --> 00:05:26,688 THESE MAGICAL POWERS. THAT’S THE REAL YOU ARE KIND 58 00:05:26,693 --> 00:05:33,533 OF TRANSFORMED TO SHOWS LIKE THAT GIRL WHERE POWER DOES NOT 59 00:05:33,533 --> 00:05:35,335 HAVE TO BE MAGICAL. ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO? 60 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:41,805 WELL, THERE ARE 4,000 THING TO DO AROUND HERE THAT I CAN DO 61 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:44,108 ALL MYSELF. THAT’S MY GIRL. 62 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:47,147 THAT GIRL. WITH HER CRUNCHY VOICE AND HER 63 00:05:47,147 --> 00:05:51,677 CUTE FACE AND HER HAIR. YOU HAD MARLOW THOMAS AS 64 00:05:51,685 --> 00:06:06,700 REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST FEMALES INDEPENDENT SELF F‐EMPLOYED CARE 65 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:10,400 WOMEN. THE PREMISE WAS A YOUNG GIRL 66 00:06:10,403 --> 00:06:12,639 THAT WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE 67 00:06:12,639 --> 00:06:15,108 SOMEBODY? AN ACTRESS? 68 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:17,538 THAT WAS WHAT MADE IT EARTH SHATTERING AT THE TIME. 69 00:06:17,544 --> 00:06:19,880 WE HAVE NOT SEEN A GIRL WITH A DREAM. 70 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,216 PEOPLE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE ME IN THE SUBWAY COMING HOME. 71 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:26,546 ANNE‐MARY, GIRL TELEVISION STAR. 72 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:44,403 WE WERE REALLY ‐‐ WE COULD NOT EVEN APPEAR TO BE HAVING 73 00:06:44,404 --> 00:06:48,674 SEX. WE BETTER GO TO THE NEXT ROOM 74 00:06:48,675 --> 00:06:51,411 AND TALK. ANYTHING YOU SAY TO ME, YOU 75 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:58,318 CAN SAY IN FRONT OF MY PLANT. IT WAS ALL HAPPENING TON 76 00:06:58,318 --> 00:07:02,988 STREET BUT NOT ON TELEVISION. STANDARD OF PRACTICE WATCHED US 77 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:06,159 LIKE HAWKS. THEY WERE MARRIED AND HAD TO 78 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:10,559 SLEEP IN SEPARATE BEDS. DONALD WENT HOME, YES, IT WAS 79 00:07:10,563 --> 00:07:14,701 THE TIME OF FREE LOVE. IT WAS THE TIME OF WOODSTOCK. 80 00:07:14,701 --> 00:07:25,311 IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR SOCIETY. 81 00:07:25,312 --> 00:07:30,182 I REMEMBER WHY I BROKE OFF WITH HOWARD. 82 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:33,353 MARY TYLER MOORE WAS SO MASSIVE TO ME. 83 00:07:33,353 --> 00:07:38,692 HAVING HER JOB AND DEALING WITH LIKE ALL OF THESE MEN. 84 00:07:38,692 --> 00:07:42,629 I HAVE BEEN DATING SINCE I WAS 17. 85 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:45,059 I AM 37. THAT’S TWO DECADES OF DATING. 86 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:58,712 MARY RICHARD WAS ACTUALLY HAVING SEX. 87 00:07:58,712 --> 00:08:04,351 WHAT YOU GOT IS WOMEN NOT EMBARRASSED TO HAVE A HUSBAND TO 88 00:08:04,351 --> 00:08:05,518 TAKE CARE OF THEM AND HAD TO STAY HOME. 89 00:08:05,518 --> 00:08:23,136 THAT MADE A STATEMENT. DIDN’T THEY USED TO CALL THAT 90 00:08:23,136 --> 00:08:27,736 BEING MARRIED? WE STARTED FILMING "MUD" OF 91 00:08:27,741 --> 00:08:31,978 JULY OF ’72 AND ROE V. WADE HAD PASSED. 92 00:08:31,978 --> 00:08:37,117 SO ABORTION WAS A BIG ISSUE FOR ME. 93 00:08:37,117 --> 00:08:46,657 THE EPISODE OF ABORTION AIRED IN NOVEMBER OF ’22 AS A TWO 94 00:08:46,659 --> 00:08:48,895 PARTER. MOTHER, I DON’T UNDERSTAND 95 00:08:48,895 --> 00:08:51,155 YOUR HESITANCY WHEN THEY MADE IT A LAW? 96 00:08:51,164 --> 00:08:54,701 OF COURSE, I WAS NOT PREGNANT THEN. 97 00:08:54,701 --> 00:09:07,247 THERE WERE STATIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 98 00:09:07,247 --> 00:09:14,887 WE HAD A PLATFORM BUT WE WERE NOT SHOVING IT DOWN TO ANYBODY’S 99 00:09:14,888 --> 00:09:20,258 THROAT. WE WERE MAKING THEM LAUG 100 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:49,422 >>> LBGTQ REPRESENTATION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN 101 00:09:49,422 --> 00:10:04,671 THIS TOGETHER. YOU CAN’T LEAVE IT OUT ANYMORE. 102 00:10:04,671 --> 00:10:12,879 THE HISTORY OF LBGTQ CHARACTERS OF SITCOM IS SIMILAR TO THE 103 00:10:12,879 --> 00:10:15,548 LBGTQ PEOPLE IN AMERICA. THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE BUT THEY 104 00:10:15,548 --> 00:10:31,798 HAD TO BE HIDDEN. DON’T YOU GET IT DUMB, DUMB? 105 00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:33,228 THIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER OF YOURS? 106 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:36,970 YOU HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE ESSENTIALLY SEEING THEMSELVES 107 00:10:36,970 --> 00:10:42,140 DEPICTED ON SCREEN BUT NOT ALL THE WAY. 108 00:10:42,142 --> 00:10:48,381 WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE? I HAVE BEEN PRAYING. 109 00:10:48,381 --> 00:10:57,621 UNGCLE ARTHUR GIVES OFF THE ENERGY. 110 00:10:57,624 --> 00:11:01,060 OH, LOOK AT THAT COOKIE ODD BALL, I HOPE HE HAS A WIFE THAT 111 00:11:01,060 --> 00:11:21,010 LOVE HIM VERY MUCH. A ROUTINE POLICE RAID ON A 112 00:11:21,014 --> 00:11:26,686 GAY BAR. THE WILD INSURRECTION WOULD 113 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:29,656 ENTER HISTORY AS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT. 114 00:11:29,656 --> 00:11:35,186 IN THE ’60s AND ’70s, YOU SEE AN EXPLOSION OF FIGHTING FOR 115 00:11:35,195 --> 00:11:38,598 RIGHTS OF CLEAR LIBERATION. THE CREDIT OF THE MANY PEOPLE 116 00:11:38,598 --> 00:11:43,498 WHO WORKED WITH HIM. THEY PUT PEOPLE WITH LBGTQ 117 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:49,008 IDENTITY ON TELEVISION AND TREAT THEM AS CHARACTERS AND NOT PUNCH 118 00:11:49,008 --> 00:11:51,738 LINES. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A GAY KYLE 119 00:11:51,744 --> 00:11:58,117 CLARK, WHY HAVE WE SEEN A GAY CHARACTER? 120 00:11:58,117 --> 00:12:00,787 >>> THEY EXIST. 121 00:12:00,787 --> 00:12:04,157 MAY SON‐IN‐LAW IS TINKER BELL. 122 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:06,887 HI, MR. BUNKER. THEY BRING THEIR OWN STORIES 123 00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:10,463 TO FAMILIES ALL THE TYPE. YOU TRY TO TELL ME THAT STEVE 124 00:12:10,463 --> 00:12:29,716 IS ‐‐ I WOULD NOT WANT MY PLACE. HE THINKS YOU ARE JUST 125 00:12:29,716 --> 00:12:38,456 JUST ‐ CAN’T EVEN SAY IT, STEVE. THESE SHOWS WERE CHANGING THE 126 00:12:38,458 --> 00:12:56,308 WAY WE THINK ABOUT CLEARNESS AND UTTERNESS. 127 00:12:56,309 --> 00:12:59,779 HE’S HERE. ? 128 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:05,885 1977, WE GOT A GROUND BREAKING EPISODE OF THE JEFFERSONS TITLED 129 00:13:05,885 --> 00:13:07,545 "ONCE A FRIEND." IT IS ME, EDDIE. 130 00:13:07,553 --> 00:13:15,593 ONLY I AM EATING NOW. GEORGE CAN’T WAIT FOR EDDIE 131 00:13:15,595 --> 00:13:20,433 TO COME TO TOWN, HIS BEST FRIEND. 132 00:13:20,433 --> 00:13:28,473 WHEN EDDIE COMES TO TOWN AND EDDIE IS EDY. 133 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:37,417 TAKE A GOOD LOOK. REPRESENTATION MATTERS BECAUSE 134 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:40,447 IF YOU KNOW AND LIKE THIS PERSON, THAT’S FICTIONAL, HOW 135 00:13:40,453 --> 00:13:47,160 CAN YOU NOT KNOW AND LIKE THIS PERSON IN YOUR REAL LIFE? 136 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:52,360 WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER, I USED TO HATE YOU, YOU USED TO STEAL 137 00:13:52,365 --> 00:13:59,205 MY CLOTHES. WHY DO YOU PEOPLE DRINK? 138 00:13:59,205 --> 00:14:04,405 YOU MEAN NEW YORKERS? NO, HOMOS. 139 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:12,180 THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY DELICIOUS ABOUT THE GAYNESS OF 140 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:15,154 BILLY CRYSTAL CHARACTER. IT WAS LIKE MAINSTREAM 141 00:14:15,154 --> 00:14:16,889 TELEVISION. WOW, THIS IS HAPPENING AND 142 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:20,489 THIS IS ACTUALLY REAL. IF YOU LOOK BACK AT IT RIGHT 143 00:14:20,493 --> 00:14:23,596 NOW, THERE WERE MOMENTS THAT WAS SENSITIVE, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT 144 00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:25,756 CHARACTER. YOU HATE ME BECAUSE I AM GAY, 145 00:14:25,765 --> 00:14:30,269 RIGHT? WELL, I GUESS IF YOU NEED A 146 00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:33,169 REASON, THAT’S A GOOD ONE. IT IS A TERRIBLE REASON. 147 00:14:33,172 --> 00:14:42,982 LOOK AT ME. I AM A PERSON. 148 00:14:42,982 --> 00:14:46,018 YOU DON’T LOOK GAY. I AM STILL ME. 149 00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:51,057 WITH THAT SAID, THAT SHOW KIND OF DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS 150 00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:56,657 SUING. NOW I AM FINALLY USED TO 151 00:14:56,662 --> 00:15:02,232 BE ‐‐ HOMOSEXUAL. YOU ARE GOING TO GET A SEX 152 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:08,741 CHANGE AND BE A GIRL? THE USE OF STEREOTYPE LIKE 153 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:13,511 JODI, IT CREATES A SENSE OF WHAT IS FUNNY ABOUT ME IS THAT I AM 154 00:15:13,513 --> 00:15:22,121 DILUTED AND I SHOULD SORT OF GLOM BACK ONTO SOCIETY. 155 00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:33,566 NOW PEOPLE ARE MORE OPEN TO TRANS IDENTITY. 156 00:15:33,566 --> 00:15:39,196 WHEN I STARTED MAKING TRANSPARENTS ‐‐ OKAY, THIS IS 157 00:15:39,205 --> 00:15:42,008 NEVER GOING TO FLY. DAD, WHAT WERE YOU WEARING? 158 00:15:42,008 --> 00:15:45,538 I WAS CONFUSED OF WHAT AMERICA CAN HANDLE. 159 00:15:45,545 --> 00:15:48,955 I HAVE SOMETHING 160 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:09,096 >>> TRANSPARENT IS AN INTERESTING CASE. 161 00:16:09,101 --> 00:16:12,805 THEY WERE TELLING A STORY ABOUT THEIR OWN PARENT WHO HAD COME 162 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:17,735 OUT AS TRANS TO THEM. I HAD MAJOR UNDERSTANDING 163 00:16:17,743 --> 00:16:20,847 ABOUT TRANSNESS AND THE LEARNING CURVE I HAD TO GO ONTO 164 00:16:20,847 --> 00:16:26,517 UNDERSTAND OH, THESE ARE TWO CROSS‐DRESSERS ARE AND THEY’RE 165 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:31,019 NOT THE SAME AS DRAG QUEENS OR TRANS WOMEN. 166 00:16:31,023 --> 00:16:38,598 ALL MY KIDS, YOU CAN SEE ME MOST CLEARLY. 167 00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:42,368 THE FAMILY WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MOIRA. 168 00:16:42,368 --> 00:16:49,675 IT FELT LIKE THERAPY. PEOPLE CAN BUILD A BETTER 169 00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:52,535 WORLD TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE IT ON THAT NORMAL. 170 00:16:52,545 --> 00:16:54,547 IT NORMALIZED A LOT OF THESE CONCEPTS. 171 00:16:54,547 --> 00:17:03,956 MY WHOLE LIFE I HAD BEEN DRESSING UP LIKE A MAN. 172 00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:08,456 JEFFERY WAS A MAN WHO WAS DRESSING UP AS A TRANS WOMAN 173 00:17:08,461 --> 00:17:12,331 KIND OF DANGEROUS ACTUALLY. THERE IS DANGER OUT IN THE WORLD 174 00:17:12,331 --> 00:17:15,531 FOR TRANS WOMEN WHERE IF THEY WANT TO USE THE WOMEN’S 175 00:17:15,535 --> 00:17:17,203 RESTROOM. SOMEBODY THINKS THEY ARE QUOTE 176 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:26,679 ON QUOTE "FAKING IT." ULTIMATELY, I DO THINK IT MADE 177 00:17:26,679 --> 00:17:30,079 TRANSNESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOMEBODY IN THE FAMILY COULD BE 178 00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:47,466 AND LIFE GOES ON. IT CREATES A SENSE OF 179 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:50,536 ABNORMALITY. OH, HELLO GIRLS. 180 00:17:50,536 --> 00:17:54,966 COME ON IN, GIRLS. IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU, GIRLS. 181 00:17:54,974 --> 00:17:59,745 HI GUYS. A MAN DRESSING AS A WOMAN IN 182 00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:05,815 1982 IS NOT AT ALL A MAN DRESSING AS A WOMAN IN OUR 183 00:18:05,818 --> 00:18:07,286 CULTURE TODAY. I FEEL LIKE COMPLETELY A 184 00:18:07,286 --> 00:18:18,056 DIFFERENT KIND OF MAN. THE JACK LEMON TONY CURTIS 185 00:18:18,064 --> 00:18:28,908 MOVIE. WE CAN POINT AS THE USE OF 186 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:34,508 DRAG AS A KOURTNEY TERRELL REEDC >>. 187 00:18:34,513 --> 00:18:39,051 ARE YOU TWO FARM GIRLS? I MEAN YOU ARE REALLY BIG. 188 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:43,321 THROUGHOUT THE YEARS A LOT OF GAY CHARACTERS WERE PEOPLE THAT 189 00:18:43,322 --> 00:18:50,796 WERE CREATED BY PRIMARILY HETEROSEXUAL TO BE A LAUGH LINE. 190 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:54,726 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I AM LOOSENING UP MY WRISTS. 191 00:18:54,734 --> 00:18:56,869 DIDN’T KNOW YOU GUYS HAD A PRACTICE. 192 00:18:56,869 --> 00:19:05,478 THAT’S HOW YOU SAY GAY. HELLO JACK. 193 00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:11,517 IT WAS KIND OF A TERRIBLE SHOW AND BOY DID YOU WANT TO BE 194 00:19:11,517 --> 00:19:23,696 AROUND THEM. NOBODY IS TRYING TO HURT 195 00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:30,196 ANYBODY, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. 196 00:19:30,202 --> 00:19:33,606 >>> YOU ARE ALLOWING THIS MAN TO SAY ONE THING BUT HE’S NOT. 197 00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:36,436 HEARING THOSE WORDS ON TELEVISION WAS IMPORTANT AT THE 198 00:19:36,442 --> 00:19:39,442 TIME. HE’S WILLING TO BECOME A PART OF 199 00:19:39,445 --> 00:19:56,328 THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS THE 200 00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:59,628 OTHER. 201 00:19:59,632 --> 00:20:03,902 "THREE COMPANIES" EMERGED AT A TIME THAT AMERICA WAS SAYING I 202 00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:06,103 DON’T WANT SEX TO BE A TABOO SUBJECT ANYMORE. 203 00:20:06,105 --> 00:20:11,310 THAT’S A LOVELY MOLE YOU GOT ON YOUR THIGH. 204 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:15,880 TWO GIRLS AND A GUY LIVING IN AN APARTMENT AND THE LANDLORD IS 205 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:25,891 OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE HE THINKS JOHN RITTERS’ CHARACTER IS GAY. 206 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:32,798 IT IS SUCH A PERFECT ’70s IN TERMS OF SEXUALISM. 207 00:20:32,798 --> 00:20:38,198 I HAD BEEN WALKING BEHIND YOU SINCE YOU WERE WALKING OFF THE 208 00:20:38,204 --> 00:20:40,539 BUS. WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY ANYTHING? 209 00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:42,808 I WAS ENJOYING THE REAR. 210 00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:49,748 YOU CAN DO IT. THE WAY CHRISTIE SNOW BECAME 211 00:20:49,749 --> 00:20:53,419 QUEEN OF THE JIGGLE WAS IN THAT FIRST YEAR. 212 00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:59,019 CHRISSY GOT SO EXCITED AND JUMPED BACK AND FORTH AND THAT’S 213 00:20:59,024 --> 00:21:06,565 WHEN BOOBS WERE REAL. THE WRITER WOULD ADD THE LINE 214 00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:12,395 AND CHRISSY JUMPS FOR JOY. IT WAS A SIGN THAT AMERICA 215 00:21:12,404 --> 00:21:14,607 MIGHT HAVE BEEN BURNT OUT ON THE SOCIAL ISSUES. 216 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:19,845 WE HAD BEEN THROUGH THE VIETNAM WAR AND IT ONLY RECENTLY ENDED. 217 00:21:19,845 --> 00:21:25,815 MY ERA WAS THE ERA OF LOSING FRIENDS GOING TO FUNERALS SO 218 00:21:25,818 --> 00:21:28,287 MAYBE THIS WAS THE COMIC RELIEF WE NEEDED. 219 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:36,557 "THREE COMPANIES" WAS A MASSIVE HIT OUT OF THE BOX. 220 00:21:36,562 --> 00:21:41,232 I WAS WATCHING THESE KYLE CLARKS THAT I WAS SCARED OF WHO 221 00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:47,139 I WAS. I CAN LOOK BACK AT THEM AND HAVE 222 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:49,909 A CERTAIN FONDNESS AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE COATED, IT WAS 223 00:21:49,909 --> 00:21:51,839 SOMETHING I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 224 00:21:51,844 --> 00:22:06,194 GOOD NIGHT. 225 00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:21,006 YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE BRAIN DEAD NOT TO. 226 00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:27,606 NO, MONROE WAS GAY. I WAS IN THE CLOSET AND I WAS 227 00:22:27,613 --> 00:22:35,853 TERRIFIED THAT IT WOULD RUIN MY CAREER AND THEN IN 1985, I 228 00:22:35,855 --> 00:22:45,905 DISCOVERED THAT I WAS HIV 229 00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:33,778 >>> I THINK BEING GAY WAS ADMITTING TO SOMEONE THAT YOU 230 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:38,249 COULD HAVE AIDS. ULTIMATELY WE DIDN’T SEE MANY 231 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:43,956 LBGTQ CHARACTERS IN SITCOMS AND THE ’80s FOR MOST LBGTQ 232 00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:48,056 COMMUNITIES. IT WAS AS VERY DARK TIME. 233 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:52,130 SEEMS LIKE YOU HAD A TRANSFUSION WHILE YOU WERE 234 00:23:52,131 --> 00:23:54,967 THERE. THE BLOOD MAY HAVE CONTAINED HIV 235 00:23:54,967 --> 00:23:57,436 ANTIBODIES. WAIT A MINUTE. 236 00:23:57,436 --> 00:24:04,406 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AIDS. "THE GOLDEN GIRLS" BEING 237 00:24:04,410 --> 00:24:11,317 ABOUT OLDER CHARACTER GAVE THE WOMEN HOW THE WOMEN REACT TO 238 00:24:11,317 --> 00:24:14,386 IMPORTANT ISSUES. WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN TO ME? 239 00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:22,756 THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO PEOPLE LIKE ME. 240 00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:26,899 YOU MUST GONE TO BED HUNDREDS OF MEN. 241 00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:36,775 AIDS IS NOT BAD AND NOT GOD PUNISHING PEOPLE WITH SINS. 242 00:24:36,775 --> 00:24:39,805 YOU ARE RIGHT. "THE GOLDEN GIRLS" WERE ABLE 243 00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:44,782 TO DELIVER THAT MESSAGE BECAUSE OF WHO THEY WERE. 244 00:24:44,783 --> 00:24:51,190 WHEN WE SEE THESE MOMENTS, BECAUSE THERE IS ACTIVISTS 245 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:56,960 TRYING TO NORMALIZE AND HUMANIZE FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN 246 00:24:56,962 --> 00:25:00,766 HUMANIZED FOR SO LONG. MY FATHER’S GAY. 247 00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:08,136 YOU GOT THE OUTING. JUST BECAUSE YOU TWO ARE 248 00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:13,178 HOMOSEXUAL, SO WHAT? THE PREMISE OF THAT SHOW WAS 249 00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:19,248 THE JOURNALIST ‐‐ JERRY AND GEORGE WERE GAY LOVER. 250 00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:21,920 WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THIS SHIRT? 251 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,520 IT IS NICE. JERRY SAID HE DIDN’T LIKE IT. 252 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:28,260 THE MINUTE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WAS THE IMPRESSION WE WERE 253 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:33,499 GIVING. WE WENT INTO OVER DRY TO PROVE 254 00:25:33,499 --> 00:25:38,137 TO HER THAT WAS THE FURTHEST THING. 255 00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:43,837 LOOK, IT WAS A JOKE. YOU WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH ME 256 00:25:43,842 --> 00:25:44,710 RIGHT NOW. 257 00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:49,348 IT IS NOT TRUE. NOT THAT ANYTHING IS WRONG 258 00:25:49,348 --> 00:25:52,048 WITH US. THE MORE WE SEE THINGS, THE 259 00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:53,385 MORE WE NORMALIZE THOSE THINGS BECOME. 260 00:25:53,385 --> 00:26:02,585 HELLO. WHETHER IT IS SEXUALITY OR 261 00:26:02,594 --> 00:26:05,998 GENDER DIVERSITY. WE GOT PUT IT OUT THERE. 262 00:26:05,998 --> 00:26:11,268 HOW ABOUT YOUR BOYFRIEND, MR. FEEL THIS. 263 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:16,540 THROUGHOUT THE ’90s. THE GAY COMMUNITY STARTED MAKING 264 00:26:16,542 --> 00:26:23,182 BABY STEPS. WHEN ELLEN CAME ON THE AIR, 265 00:26:23,182 --> 00:26:28,152 THERE WAS NO LBGTQ REPRESENTATION AT ALL. 266 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:42,768 ELLEN SHOW DID NOT START WITH A SHOW ABOUT ‐‐ IT WAS ABOUT 267 00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:47,168 ABOUT ‐‐ ELLEN WANTED TO HE WILL THE TRUTH AND HAVE HER CHARACTER 268 00:26:47,172 --> 00:26:51,942 DO SO. ELLEN, ARE YOU COMING OUT OR 269 00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:54,847 NOT? YES, QUIT JERKING US AROUND 270 00:26:54,847 --> 00:26:56,477 AND COME OUT ALREADY. COME ON. 271 00:26:56,482 --> 00:26:58,882 WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL? I GOT A WHOLE HOUR. 272 00:26:58,884 --> 00:27:05,357 I DON’T THINK YOU CANOVER STATE WHAT WAS AT STAKE FOR 273 00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:10,457 ELLEN DeGENERES IN TERMS OF COMING OUT. 274 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:13,966 SHE WAS HAVING AN OUTSTANDING CAREER AND THIS PRESSURE COOKER 275 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:20,836 HAD BEEN MOUNTING AND HER SHOW REALLY WAS WHAT BLEW THE LID OFF 276 00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:31,479 OF IT. SUSAN, I GAY. 277 00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:41,193 ELLEN MORGAN CAME OUT COINCIDE WITH ELLEN’S CHARACTER. 278 00:27:41,193 --> 00:27:45,130 IF TFRS NOT DIFFICULT, I WOULD HAVE DONE IT A LONG TIME 279 00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:47,130 AGO. IT BECAME A NATIONAL EVENT. 280 00:27:47,132 --> 00:27:53,002 IT FELT SO GREAT AND LOUD. SHE MUST HAVE FELT A HUGE 281 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:55,641 RELIEF. I MEAN SHE WAS US. 282 00:27:55,641 --> 00:28:06,481 SHE WAS AMERICA BUT SHE JUST WAS GAY. 283 00:28:06,485 --> 00:28:10,756 ORGANIZATIONS OBJECTED TO THE IDEA OF A GAY PERSON COMING OUT 284 00:28:10,756 --> 00:28:19,796 ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. SITCOM "ELLEN" IS BEING 285 00:28:19,798 --> 00:28:23,968 CANCELLED AFTER ONE YEAR THE CHARACTER CAME OUT AS A GAY LESS 286 00:28:23,969 --> 00:28:26,099 I DON’T KNOW. YOU WOULD DROP THE FIRE 287 00:28:26,104 --> 00:28:29,774 BECAUSE I AM GAY. I BELIEVE THE SHOW WAS SO 288 00:28:29,775 --> 00:28:30,309 GAY. YES. 289 00:28:30,309 --> 00:28:34,809 THE FACT THAT THE SHOW DIDN’T CONTINUE MUST HAVE BEEN 290 00:28:34,813 --> 00:28:42,653 EXTREMELY TRAUMATIC. ELLEN WAS DRIVEN OUT THE 291 00:28:42,654 --> 00:28:44,823 INDUSTRY AFTER THAT EPISODE. THERE WAS A BACKLASH. 292 00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:50,162 THAT THREATEN TO PUT A CHILL ON DEVELOPMENT OF ANY MORE SHOWS 293 00:28:50,162 --> 00:28:52,832 WITH GAY 294 00:29:04,343 --> 00:29:07,079 >>> THAT FELT SO GREAT AND IT FELT SO LOUD. 295 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:12,949 ELLEN PLAYED SUCH A FORMATIVE ROLE IN SHIFTING THE 296 00:29:12,951 --> 00:29:18,657 CONVERSATION BUT THERE WAS STILL A LANDSCAPE OF FEAR. 297 00:29:18,657 --> 00:29:23,187 IN THE ’90s, THERE WERE GAY MEN AND WOMEN WANTED THEIR 298 00:29:23,195 --> 00:29:26,098 STORIES TOLD. WE WERE AFRAID OF ALIENATING 299 00:29:26,098 --> 00:29:30,568 AN AUDIENCE. NORMAN LEERY TOLD US NOT ONLY IT 300 00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:34,269 IS A GOOD THING TO REFLECT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN BUT IT IS 301 00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:40,746 WILDLY SUCCESSFUL. SO I THINK WHAT IT SAID IS 302 00:29:40,746 --> 00:29:47,185 CONTINUE BE AFRAID. ♪ 303 00:29:47,185 --> 00:29:54,385 THIS IS DECEMBER OF 97. I WANTED TO BE ANYBODY ON 304 00:29:54,393 --> 00:29:58,863 "FRIENDS" OR "SEINFIELD." OH, WHEN THE SCRIPT ARRIVE, OH, 305 00:29:58,864 --> 00:30:04,002 BOY, I HOPE IT WAS FOR ME. DID YOU BUY ANYTHING? 306 00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:08,672 YEAH, I GOT A GREAT CAMISOLE. SEXTING? 307 00:30:08,674 --> 00:30:15,314 OH, ASK ME IN THE MORNING. WAS IT DANNY? 308 00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:19,117 YEAH. YELL 309 00:30:19,117 --> 00:30:23,717 JEALOUS? NO, I GOT MY DANNY. 310 00:30:23,722 --> 00:30:27,025 DID I HAVE NERVES ABOUT IT? 1998? 311 00:30:27,025 --> 00:30:30,855 YES. I HAD PLAYED SEVERAL GAY 312 00:30:30,862 --> 00:30:34,466 CHARACTER IN THE THEATER AND ON TELEVISION. 313 00:30:34,466 --> 00:30:37,836 YOU AND GRACE SHOULD GET MARRIED. 314 00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:41,736 GRACE AND ME? WHEN I SAW IN THE PAGE WAS 315 00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:50,580 CHARMING LEADING MAN BUT UNAPOLOGETICALLY BGAY MAN. 316 00:30:50,582 --> 00:30:53,618 HONEY, I AM HAVING AN AFFAIR, HIS NAME IS DONALD. 317 00:30:53,618 --> 00:31:04,096 I DIDN’T GET TO BE MATT LABLANC BUT I KNEW I CAN BE IT 318 00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:07,496 WITH DIGNITY. DID YOU KNOW I WAS GAY WHEN 319 00:31:07,499 --> 00:31:10,435 YOU MET ME? THE ANSWER WAS YOU COULD NOT 320 00:31:10,435 --> 00:31:15,605 GO GAY ENOUGH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE 321 00:31:15,607 --> 00:31:22,907 YOU ‐‐ THERE WAS TWO OPENLY GAY MEN 322 00:31:22,914 --> 00:31:27,986 WHO WERE DIFFERENT. BEING GAY IS NOT JUST ONE THING. 323 00:31:27,986 --> 00:31:36,026 NOT AS LONG AS YOU THINK. I THINK IT IS A GREAT WAY FOR 324 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:40,365 ANYONE TO CONNECT. I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE WE LOVE 325 00:31:40,365 --> 00:31:42,465 IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WAS 326 00:31:42,467 --> 00:31:46,097 LIKE A BIG FAT THANK YOU. THE NETWORK FOUND OUT, YES, 327 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:53,044 THERE IS AN AUDIENCE FOR THIS. I THINK THAT REALLY CHANGED 328 00:31:53,044 --> 00:31:54,379 THINGS FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH THESE 329 00:31:54,379 --> 00:31:58,079 CHARACTERS AND THEY REALIZED WELL, WHAT’S THE PREJUDICE. 330 00:31:58,083 --> 00:32:03,488 I THINK WILL AND GRACE DID MORE EDUCATING THE AMERICAN 331 00:32:03,488 --> 00:32:05,418 PUBLIC THAN ANYTHING ANYBODY HAVE DONE. 332 00:32:05,424 --> 00:32:10,194 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? LOIFI LOVE WEDDINGS. 333 00:32:10,195 --> 00:32:17,636 IT IS NOT STRICTLY WEDDING. WHERE ARE THEY GOING FOR THEA 334 00:32:17,636 --> 00:32:21,936 HONEYMOON. IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER NOW 335 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:25,877 BUT DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, BARACK OBAMA 336 00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:29,507 SAID HE WAS OPPOSED TO GAY MARRIAGE. 337 00:32:29,514 --> 00:32:36,288 "MODERN FAMILY" CAME AT THE RIGHT THIAMINIME, RIGHT ON THE H 338 00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:38,618 "WILL AND GRACE." YOU JUST MADE A LITTLE GIRL 339 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:40,559 VERY HAPPY. YES, I CAN SEE THAT. 340 00:32:40,559 --> 00:32:49,899 I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY LOVE IT MITCH AND CAM 341 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:51,736 TOGETHER. IT WAS HEARTWARMING TO HEAR 342 00:32:51,736 --> 00:32:55,036 PEOPLE SAY MY HUSBAND IS JUST LIKE MITCH OR MY WIFE WAS JUST 343 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,140 LIKE CAM. ALL THEY CARED ABOUT IS 344 00:32:57,142 --> 00:32:59,377 RAISING THEIR DAUGHTER WELL AND THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. 345 00:32:59,377 --> 00:33:03,047 THEY WERE SWEET TO EACH OTHER. THIS AMAZING LOOKING GUY, I 346 00:33:03,048 --> 00:33:07,986 AM NOT AMAZING. REALLY? 347 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:14,426 I WOULD NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. THE HEARTS ACCEPTED US BEFORE 348 00:33:14,426 --> 00:33:16,756 OUR MINDS DID. WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT THEM TO 349 00:33:16,761 --> 00:33:19,831 BE MARRIED? JUBILATION AMONG SAME‐SEX 350 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:23,668 MARRIAGE SUPPORTERS AS THE COURT CLEARS THE WAY FOR SAME‐SEX 351 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:25,837 MARRIAGE TO RESUME IN CALIFORNIA. 352 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:29,167 -THE WHOLE MITCH/ -CAM MARRIED WAS SPARKED BY THAT SUPREME 353 00:33:29,174 --> 00:33:31,109 COURT DECISION. MITCH WAS ON THE SECURITY 354 00:33:31,109 --> 00:33:32,939 WATCHING AND PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING IN FRONT OF THE 355 00:33:32,944 --> 00:33:37,148 SUPREME COURT. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS FINALLY 356 00:33:37,148 --> 00:33:38,917 HAPPENED. "MODERN FAMILY" CREATED THIS 357 00:33:38,917 --> 00:33:42,887 WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF COMEDY THAT YOU WOULD NOT GET IN A 358 00:33:42,888 --> 00:33:47,358 -TRADITIONAL MALE/ -FEMALE RELATIONSHIP. 359 00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:49,089 HE WOULD LIKE IT IF I PROPOSE TO HIM. 360 00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:51,496 I BOOKED THE RESTAURANT FROM OUR FIRST DATE. 361 00:33:51,496 --> 00:33:57,566 CAM. OH MY GOSH. 362 00:33:57,569 --> 00:34:04,576 AND IT THEN WITH THEM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TRYING TO FIX A 363 00:34:04,576 --> 00:34:14,616 FLAT TIRE. YES. 364 00:34:14,619 --> 00:34:18,489 IT CAN OPEN UP PEOPLE’S MINDS AND PEOPLE’S HEARTS. 365 00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:25,297 AND I DO THINK THAT "MODERN FAMILY" COULD TAKE SOME CREDIT 366 00:34:25,297 --> 00:34:31,336 MAKING AMERICA COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA OF SAME‐SEX MARRIAGE. 367 00:34:31,336 --> 00:34:33,366 YOU MAY NOW KISS YOUR HUSBAND. 368 00:34:33,371 --> 00:34:36,641 THE SUPREME COURT RECOGNIZED THE CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES 369 00:34:36,641 --> 00:34:38,877 MARRIAGE EQUALITY. NOW WITH SHOWS THAT ARE SOME 370 00:34:38,877 --> 00:34:43,647 OF THE STREAMERS WHERE WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE STORIES LIKE 371 00:34:43,648 --> 00:34:48,918 THE THANKSGIVING EPISODE FROM "MASTER OF NONE." 372 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:53,758 THESE CREATORS FROM THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN 373 00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:56,358 GIVEN PLATFORMS TO TELL THEIR STORIES. 374 00:34:56,361 --> 00:35:01,499 BEING GAY IS NOT SOMETHING BLACK PEOPLE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT. 375 00:35:01,499 --> 00:35:03,599 WHY? SOME BLACK PEOPLE THINK BEING 376 00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:07,405 GAY IS A CHOICE. WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THEIR KIDS 377 00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:13,175 WAS GAY, THEY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY DID WRONG. 378 00:35:13,178 --> 00:35:24,918 MA, I AM GAY. YOU ARE WHAT? 379 00:35:24,923 --> 00:35:32,463 LENA WADE, WINNING AN EMMY, WHICH WAS HER COMING OUT STORY. 380 00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:35,066 THAT WAS REVOLUTION. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GAY. 381 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:39,466 YOU DON’T HAVE TO SACRIFICE ANYTHING TO STILL BE BOTH 382 00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:49,551 ENTERTAINING AND THOUGHT‐PROVOKING AND SPARK 383 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:09,034 >>> HEY POPS, HOW COME YOU NEVER GIVE ME THE TALK? 384 00:36:09,034 --> 00:36:12,037 I CERTAINLY DID, WHAT DID YOU THINK THE BOX OF CONDOMS I GAVE 385 00:36:12,037 --> 00:36:14,606 YOU ABOUT? THAT’S IT? 386 00:36:14,606 --> 00:36:17,976 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY ARE CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT COMES 387 00:36:17,976 --> 00:36:23,206 TO ISSUES OF SEX. DON’T GET IT ALL CAUGHT UP 388 00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:24,349 WITH THIS DIALOGUE. IT IS NOT NATURAL. 389 00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:27,619 SHOW ME ONE WAY IN THE BIBLE WHERE KIDS TALK. 390 00:36:27,619 --> 00:36:32,119 WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LAUGH ANYTHING THAT SCARES US OR 391 00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:35,360 DISTURBS US. I AM SURE YOU HAD SEX WITH MY 392 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,630 MOTHER WHICH IS FINE BUT ARE YOU USING PROTECTION? 393 00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:43,568 IT TOOK A LONG TIME. SITCOM REALLY OPENED THE DOOR 394 00:36:43,568 --> 00:36:49,107 FOR US BEING ABLE TO TELL STORIES ABOUT SEX AND LAUGH AT 395 00:36:49,107 --> 00:36:52,007 THEM. WITHOUT "THREE’S COMPANY," 396 00:36:52,010 --> 00:37:01,850 YOU DON’T GET "GOLDEN GIRLS." THAT’S SUPER OPEN ABOUT SEX AND 397 00:37:01,853 --> 00:37:02,953 SEXUALITY. I THINK I KNOW YOU FROM SOME 398 00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:06,257 WHERE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE 399 00:37:06,257 --> 00:37:15,397 [ BLEEP ]. I THINK I KNOW YOU IN 400 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:19,770 COLLEGE. IN THE 1990s, WE HAVE NOT 401 00:37:19,771 --> 00:37:23,641 SEEN SHOWS OF WOMEN BEING FRANK OF THEIR SEX LIFE. 402 00:37:23,641 --> 00:37:31,316 WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HBO WAS THEIR CRITERIA WAS QUALITY. 403 00:37:31,316 --> 00:37:32,846 TELL ME EXACTLY HOW HE WORDED IT. 404 00:37:32,851 --> 00:37:38,221 I WANTED TO EXPLORE THIS WAY OF SEX AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 405 00:37:38,223 --> 00:37:40,992 FEMALE POINT OF VIEW. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING EACH 406 00:37:40,992 --> 00:37:44,762 OTHER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I REALLY LIKE YOU AND TOMORROW 407 00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:48,533 NIGHT, I WANT US TO HAVE ANAL SEX. 408 00:37:48,533 --> 00:37:52,103 IT FEELS A LITTLE FUNNY TO CALL IT A SITCOM AND I THINK THE 409 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:58,209 REASON FOR THAT IS IT REALLY PUSHED A LOT OF BARRIERS AROUND 410 00:37:58,209 --> 00:38:01,209 TALKING ABOUT SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS IN WAYS THAT 411 00:38:01,212 --> 00:38:06,382 SITCOM DIDN’T DO. HOW BIG WAS IT? 412 00:38:06,384 --> 00:38:09,921 FRESH PEPPER. MY GUILTY PLEASURE WAS "SEX 413 00:38:09,921 --> 00:38:14,959 AND THE CITY." YOU MEN DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE 414 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:22,867 DEAL WITH DOWN THERE? THEY DON’T CALL ATEIT A JOB F 415 00:38:22,867 --> 00:38:28,837 NOTHING. I FELT NAUGHTY WATCHING IT. 416 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:33,840 THERE IS STILL A RARITY. I HAVE NOT HAD SEX IN A YEAR. 417 00:38:33,845 --> 00:38:39,918 DAMN, GIRL, YOU SURE YOU STILL OPEN ARE OPEN FOR 418 00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:44,888 BUSINESS? AT THE TIME "SEX AND THE 419 00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:54,199 CITY" WERE ON, BEING RAISED NOT TO COMPLAIN BUT SEE THE 420 00:38:54,199 --> 00:38:57,635 OPPORTUNITY TO PITCH GIRLFRIEND. I GOT A GREAT HOUSE. 421 00:38:57,635 --> 00:39:00,235 I DON’T HAVE ANYONE TO SHARE IT WITH. 422 00:39:00,238 --> 00:39:07,878 IT WAS LIKE A NETWORK VERSION OF "SEX AND THE CITY" BUT WITH FOUR 423 00:39:07,879 --> 00:39:10,648 BLACK WOMEN IN LOS ANGELES INSTEAD OF NEW YORK. 424 00:39:10,648 --> 00:39:14,718 WE SEE HOW THEIR LIVES ARE DIFFERENT. 425 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:19,319 I AM GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT I AM GOING TO DO TO YOU, BIG BOY. 426 00:39:19,324 --> 00:39:21,860 SMOO WHO’S YOUR DADDY? 427 00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:25,129 WHAT? GIRLFRIEND STARTED TO DEAL 428 00:39:25,129 --> 00:39:28,629 WITH SUBJECT MATTER THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE DEALING WITH FROM THE 429 00:39:28,633 --> 00:39:36,773 LIGHT AND FLUFFY STUFF. MY FRIENDS ARE PERKY TONIGHT. 430 00:39:36,774 --> 00:39:40,011 BLACK WOMEN NEED TO BE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND NOT 431 00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:43,681 TEARING EACH OTHER DOWN. YOU ARE THE ‐‐ I ALWAYS 432 00:39:43,681 --> 00:39:48,086 WANTED TO BE. WOMEN IN SITCOM HISTORY HAVE 433 00:39:48,086 --> 00:40:05,666 BECOME MUCH MORE VOCAL IN ADVOCATING 434 00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:14,979 THEMSELVES. I DON’T WANT A PICTURE OF 435 00:40:14,979 --> 00:40:17,715 YOUR DICK. BECAUSE I LIVE NEAR YOU. 436 00:40:17,715 --> 00:40:25,455 IF YOU WANT ME TO LOOK AT YOUR DICK, I CAN COME OVER AND LOOK 437 00:40:25,456 --> 00:40:28,726 ATE. IT WAS ABOUT THEM FINDING A 438 00:40:28,726 --> 00:40:30,056 WAY TO BE A MESS. NOTHING WAS OFF THE TABLE. 439 00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:38,069 PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED AT WHAT SHE WAS DOING. 440 00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:40,805 IT WAS STILL A NARROW VISION OF AMERICA. 441 00:40:40,805 --> 00:40:43,065 IT WAS NOT THE REALITY OF MOST AMERICANS. 442 00:40:43,074 --> 00:40:49,747 I THINK YOUR ‐‐SP IS BROKEN. INSECURE CENTERS IN ON THE 443 00:40:49,747 --> 00:40:55,417 CHARACTER AND THE IDENTITY AND THE CULTURE THAT SHOWS" SEX AND 444 00:40:55,420 --> 00:40:58,820 THE CITY" AND GIRLS HAD NOTHING DO WITH IT. 445 00:40:58,823 --> 00:41:03,093 OH, IT DEFINITELY DO. FOR RTHE FIRST TIME MAYBE A 446 00:41:03,094 --> 00:41:05,663 LOT OF WHITE PEOPLE ARE LEARNING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF 447 00:41:05,663 --> 00:41:09,433 DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE A BLACK WOMAN AND MILLENNIAL BLACK 448 00:41:09,434 --> 00:41:12,937 WOMAN. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT 449 00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:17,007 WAYS TO BE. THIS IS MY FAVORITE BED. 450 00:41:17,008 --> 00:41:22,447 PLAY BACK WAS JUST REVELATION. IT FELT DANGEROUS. 451 00:41:22,447 --> 00:41:26,947 BE SURE TO TREAT YOU LIKE A NAUGHTY LITTLE ‐‐ 452 00:41:26,951 --> 00:41:34,659 SITCOMS DON’T USUALLY FEEL DANGEROUS. 453 00:41:34,659 --> 00:41:48,869 FLE 454 00:41:48,873 --> 00:41:59,483 E "FLEA BAG" IS RESTLAWNAU 455 00:41:59,484 --> 00:42:04,689 "FLEA BAG" WAS JUST ‐ SHE SLEPT WITH A PRIEST? 456 00:42:04,689 --> 00:42:06,689 YEAH. OH. 457 00:42:06,691 --> 00:42:14,061 THAT’S INTIMATE. IT IS FUTURE CAST NATSINGASCI 458 00:42:14,065 --> 00:42:15,633 THE EVOLUTION OF FEMALE SEXUALITY. 459 00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:19,971 YOU START WITH BEDS THAT HAD TO BE SEPARATE AND YOU COULD NOT 460 00:42:19,971 --> 00:42:23,371 SAY THE WORD PREGNANT. I HAD A LOT OF SEX OUTSIDE OF 461 00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:25,810 MARRIAGE. FAST FORWARD TO NOW WHEN WE 462 00:42:25,810 --> 00:42:27,310 CELEBRATED LOVE AND WE’LL GIVE YOU AN AWARD FOR IT.