bu. Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Shonda Rhimes Shoots Down Homophobic “How To Get Away With Murder” Viewer With Most Awesome Tweet Ever We’ve been praising the gay sex scenes on How to Get Away With Murder, but apparently not everyone loves them. On Sunday, a viewer tweeted HTGAWM executive producer Shonda Rhimes to complain about the show’s same-sex shenanigans. “shondarhimes the gay scenes in scandal and how to get away with murder are too much. There is no point and they add nothing to the plot,” tweeted Dina Abdel Hakiem. Without missing a beat, Rhimes tweeted back “There are no GAY scenes. There are scenes with people in them.” A minute later, she added “@Dabdelhakiem If u use the phrase “gay scenes”, u are not only LATE to the party but also NOT INVITED to the party. Bye Felicia. #oneLOVE” Bang. Dead. As for what those gay scenes add to How To Get Away With Murder, Richard Lawson explains in Vanity Fair: What caught me off guard, though, is how oddly moved I’ve been to see how the Connor character functions on the show. Because you forget how rare it is to see a person like yourself (albeit a way younger, sexier person) kiss and get laid and just be gay on TV. I can tell you from first-hand experience that gay kids seek this stuff out desperately, while their straight peers have it in abundance. But it’s hard to find, or at least has been in the past. That lack of recognition is a lonely, alienating feeling, one that gets painfully internalized over the years. So HTGAWM‘s forthcomingness about its gay character’s gayness, like it’s not only “no big deal,” but just as sexy as everything else, makes the show seem, rather deliriously, like an artifact from a new world. This is a show that hints at what the most mainstream of television could look like in just a few years—open, inclusive, diverse in an easy, natural way. Won’t Dina be miserable then. http://www.newnownext.com/shonda-rhimes-shoots-down-homophobic-how-to-get-away-with-murder-viewer-with-most-awesome-tweet-ever/10/2014/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidfresh832 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I can see how it would make pressed gay haters uncomfortable cause there is gay sex scenes in every episode so far. But I applaud it, she is treating the gay storyline with the same kind of hand a straight couple would normally get. How many straight couple sex scenes air in prime time EVERY single night here but they don't get this "outrage". They aren't even showing ass or much skin at all really it is still ABC. I am glad to see a gay story line getting the same equal treatment in a non cliche way as a straight couple would normally see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyna ♔ Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Snatch her a bit, Shonda. Snatch her a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 This is heavily apart of our culture TODAY. Ppl need to fucking get over it already. The days of juss "straight" on tv are OVER. Tv shows reflect our world.. hello people!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackboy Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I think all the sex in her show, both homo and heterosexual is a bit much and doesn't work hard enough at advancing the story line. But then again, I don't have three shows on national television on one night, so there's that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyna ♔ Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I think all the sex in her show, both homo and heterosexual is a bit much and doesn't work hard enough at advancing the story line. But then again, I don't have three shows on national television on one night, so there's that. Great point. I hate when shows do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Collecting the girls by their strands with zero fucks in tow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I think all the sex in her show, both homo and heterosexual is a bit much and doesn't work hard enough at advancing the story line. But then again, I don't have three shows on national television on one night, so there's that. another great point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasSad Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I think all the sex in her show, both homo and heterosexual is a bit much and doesn't work hard enough at advancing the story line. But then again, I don't have three shows on national television on one night, so there's that. The scenes last week were pointless. I thought she was trying to hard it should just happen naturally like with Cyrus' I'd rather she focus on not continuing to make Olivia look like a desperate whore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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