| re: Here! Here! | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 06:02 pm EST 02/18/19 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 05:51 pm EST 02/18/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Here! Here! - Chazwaza 05:23 pm EST 02/18/19 | |
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| I'm going to split hairs, but I don't think that a "committed partnership" (which for years was the closest thing we had to legal gay marriage) and an actual "marriage" are the same thing. Not just legally, but emotionally and socially. Now, one can argue that Company really isn't about marriage, but is really about (Bobby's fear of) commitment - but the key word used all over the show is "marriage" - which is what was expected back in the day. I will continue to argue that despite a much more liberal world view, gay marriage is still not an expectation now - it is just a right and an option. I don't feel the pressure on Bobby in the original quite yet translates to that in a modern world. I do hope that soon enough it will (and I speak as a gay man) - but I don't think we're there yet. And - unfortunately - I do think there's still enough misconception in the "straight world" that gay relationships tend to be more casual. In the original show, Bobby could well have slept with Kathy, April, and Marta and still just be searching for "the right girl." In a gay themed version, Bobby could also have slept with the male counterparts in those roles and it would just be "part of the gay lifestyle." I'm not supporting that view, lol - but I do think enough people still do see it that way, even in 2019. In the meantime, we can ponder possible alternate lyrics... "I could understand a person, if I didn't titllate (doo doo, doo doo, doo) I could understand a person, if he actually were straight..." ;-) |
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