NBC has ordered a pilot for a sitcom about a lesbian couple. Good call! Lesbians are known for their free-wheeling senses of humor.
NBC gave the thumbs-up to a half-hour romantic comedy pilot called I Hate That I Love You. It’s from Will and Grace alum Jhoni Marchenko, and the logline is certainly eye-catching: “A straight couple introduces two of its lesbian friends to one another and what results is both instant attraction and a pregnancy.” [Vulture]
Honestly, I think it’s past time that open lesbians got shown on network TV beyond what we get from Ellen Degeneres. And as much as I like the femme-leaning glamorization of “The L Word,” this could be an opportunity to approach and break down stereotypes in a thoughtful manner. For example, there really ARE very nice, funny lesbians out there. The scowling, cargo-short-wearing dyke is just as reductive a stereotype as the hot pants/mesh shirt-wearing gay man. Which is to say: the funniest kind of stereotype! “Hot thtuff, comin’ through!”
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Unless I am fundamentally misunderstanding basic biology and sexual reproduction, I am not sure how there could be “instant attraction and a pregnancy.” Seems to me, the latter (when it involves lesbians) requires some serious planning and investment of time, resources and medical aid… but I am clearly thinking WAAAAAY too much about an NBC sitcom.
/show self out
the hot pants/mesh shirt-wearing gay man
Do you really have to work yourself into *every* post?
The pregnancy is clearly one lesbian acting as surrogate for the straight couple.
You could have said visiting “Pussy le Queer” would both give my computer a virus and me hepatitis and I would’ve still clicked on it.
You can get pregnant by scissoring in the back of a Subaru??? Great, now my kids need paternity tests.
unless the lesbians are evangeline lily and minka kelly I don’t really care for this show
As long as Banky from Chasing Amy is the quirky neighbor.
“All every woman really wants, be it mother, senator, nun, is some serious deep-dickin’.”
I am heavily interested in the casting. And in participating in the casting. I’m willing to put in grueling hours examining the authenticity of all applicants.
Ooooooh, the midwest is not going to like this one bit.
/turns on CBS
//Jon Cryer makes stupid face
///HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I remember watching a porn documentary of some shape or fashion that highlighted the disgust that REAL lesbians have toward porn chicks licking snatch but not doing it right because they were only lipstick lesbians. Think they’ll like this one? This show will single handedly piss off every already pissed off butch bender for the unforgivable shoehorning of pretty young actresses into roles best suited for Rosie O’Donnell and, well, John Goodman. John Goodman would make a fine butch lesbian.
In regard to “Hot thtuff, comin’ through!”, are you saying they’re also going to make a sitcom set in the gay steel mill from the Simpsons? Who’s playing Roscoe?
Thanks for the shout out to my queer pussy!
This is kind of, sort of, an arc on Rules of Engagement right now. And, of course, it’s awful.
Quite a ballsy move from the Peacock network if true.
It’s on NBC. They could cast Charlize Theron as both of the lesbians and it will still suck.