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Homophobia Won’t Be Rear Its Ugly Head During First Season Of “Looking,” Says Creator

urlI don’t think it plays too prominently in the first season. We didn’t want to pretend that it doesn’t exist because it absolutely does in this day, so there are little elements of it, but our goal was to show these friendships and to be in their world, rather than [that of any homophobic] people outside of their circle.”

 

Michael Lannan, creator/writer of HBO’s Looking, asked whether the series will address homophobia, during an interview with In Toronto magazine

 

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