The Desperate Housewives are getting a gay neighbor next season. Two of them, in fact.
The ABC series' gay creator, Marc Cherry, confirms a queer couple will be moving into the struggling soap. While the actors have yet to be named, Cherry says the gays, who are moving into Alfre Woodard's old digs, will butt heads with Teri Hatcher's character, Susan. Cherry tells AfterElton:
We're going to have the first male desperate housewives. They will move into the old Applewhite house and one of the gay men will just have a fractious, hateful relationship with Teri Hatcher.
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I just decided to have them move onto the street and have as many issues as any other couple. And Susan wants to be so politically correct and show how open-minded she is and she puts her foot in her mouth instantly and it goes downhill from there. I'm basing it a little bit on my relationship with my neighbors.
Though Cherry's not leaking any of the juicy details, he promises the show's other gay character – Marcia Cross' evil son, Andrew, played by Shawn Pyfrom – will be back to his old tricks this season.
From AE:
Cherry again promised things will be different this season for the reformed troublemaker who may not be so reformed. "We're not doing much with him at the beginning of the year but in the third episode, we have a fun thing that happens," Cherry explained. Andrew will somehow become involved in Lynette's (Felicity Huffman) cancer storyline and revert to his former evil ways.Cherry said Andrew's sexuality will not be prominently dealt with in early episodes, especially with the new gay neighbors shaking things up.
Hopefully he gay drama can help boost the show, which faced a ratings slump in its third season. And, even more importantly than stupid ratings, hopefully the gay hubbies are as steamy as their female counterparts. And as bitchy.
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None of the female characters were turned into men, so I hope the male characters aren't turned into women in an attempt to make them palatable to the audience.
Haven't they already made a gay porno already ripping off the show's premise?
I used to watch this show religiously with my friends but I've lost interest in it.
Interesting that there are plans for Andrew to return to his "evil ways" as a gay man. I seem to recall reading an interview with Shawn Pyfrom where he absolutely insisted his character was not "gay", but was "straight" and trying to get back at his mother. I don't remember where I read the interview, but for some reason I carried away the feeling that Pyfrom was quite homophobic and didn't want to be known as a "gay" character in the series.
I used to watch the program, but after the first season lost interest and moved on to something else. I may tune in again to see how the gay characters are handled, and if they turn out to be the run of the mill stereotype or "evil", I'll probably take a pass.
And Shawn, you are cute, but appear to be very obnoxious in and out of character.
isn't bringing in cousin Oliver… errr… i mean a "gay couple" dangerously close to 'jumping the shark'?
"but for some reason I carried away the feeling that Pyfrom was quite homophobic and didn’t want to be known as a 'gay' character in the series."
This was discussed at length on Horsey's message board and the consensus from those who read and saw interviews was that Pyfrom was indeed trying to degay his character and was in fact coming off quite anti-gay.
I've only seen a couple of episodes and I didn't think much of those. The characters were trying to be too ballsy and it came off as cartoonish, rather than over the top melodramatic like Dynasty was.
There's much to like about the show still, but re the gay, the very gay Cherry is a PIG! And not just because he's a fag Repug. So far the only gay characters with more than a couple of lines have been 1. Andrew, a psychopath who hit a woman while driving, drove on, and she died, and he never showed any remorse. 2. A little girl's beauty pageant coach who was more fem and childish than they were. 3. A child molestor.
So one can only shudder at what kind of gay "couple" he will create. Mrs. & Mrs. Carson Kressley perhaps? Ross the Intern & Bobby Trendy.
Contrast DH's dated portrayal of gays with the gay characters on "Brothers & Sisters" that immediately follows it.
Fuck your Cherry, and not in the good way.
I've never watched the show.
I'd rather watch QUEER AS FOLK
and THE L WORD.
and even WEEDS.
Now those… those are good shows. :]
I only watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Tim and Eric Show, The Squidbillies, Harvey Birdman, and
Lou Dobbs.
I wait for the day they make a lifesize Lou Dobbs doll.
Jack Jett
Every character in this series is hugely flawed, so we can expect the same from the new gay couple.
We can also expect for drama's sake that the couple will be diverse (interracial and/or huge distinction in personalities). It's about time that TV had a functioning gay COUPLE, let's just hope they aren't desexualized…
Whatever the storyline, these new gays will be fucked up thanks to Marc Cherry.
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Leland Frances, I didn't know Cherry was a Log Cabin Republican, all the more reason for me to continue to avoid DH. I'm sure the gay couple will be obnoxious or stereotypical "screamers". It would be interesting though if the gay couple were to be the only emotionally balanced couple on Wisteria Lane.
You are right about "Brothers and Sisters". What a really great program. I try not to miss an episode and will be adding the 1st season DVD to my collection. The "Brothers and Sisters" series reminds me a lot of the "Family Stone", which was a very good movie.
I saw the first few episodes and thought it was irredeemably smug about being so "edgy" in that annoyingly self-congratulatory way of network shows. Basically, the same old shit network TV's been flushing out for the past 40 years. It's just sad that some fags are so bored with their lives that thhey have to believe that these shows are "campy."
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