Etiqueta: narrativas

+ info: The Guardian

It’s hard to overstate the impact of Queer as Folk for those, like me, who grew up gay in the late 90s. The sharply written and uncompromising cocktail of hedonism, humour and human drama saw mainstream TV feature gay characters without resorting to euphemism or couching their sexuality in terms of shame or tragedy.

Cucumber marks writer Russell T Davies’ return to Canal Street. Fifteen years after Queer as Folk first aired, it is proving a trickier, more divisive beast. Despite heavy advertising, the show’s launch episode attracted a not-entirely amazing 1.57 million viewers. Critical reviews have generally been of the cautiously warm variety reserved for much-anticipated shows that inconveniently fail to live up to expectations – some tactfully focusing on what the show represents, rather than what it actually accomplishes.