I think it would be interesting for a contemporary writer(s) to write a new show in the style of COMPANY that would be set, as COMPANY was, in the present when it was written, about a gay man (or a lesbian) at the center of a circle of gay and lesbian friends who, a few years after the advent of marriage equality, finds himself (or herself) the last remaining single friend in the group. The writers could write about all kinds of marriage and relationship issues, both universal and unique to LGBTQ relationships.
That should wouldn't be COMPANY, but I would find it preferable to the endless tinkering with COMPANY, trying to make it be more than the original creatives intended.
Yes, it would be awesome to have a show like COMPANY that addresses the existence of LGBT people. So someone go write that show. That show is not COMPANY. |
