Homeandawayfan. Posted January 7, 2017 Report Posted January 7, 2017 H&A is keen to ignore diversity as much as they can, they like the characters to be all straight but pin ups at the same time.
Luke39 Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 14 hours ago, harrietjames said: It's hard to cast an actor to ACT? Tim Campbell(Dan) and Kylie Watson(Shauna) were both actors who convincingly played straight characters while being gay in real life. I never said that. I am just saying I get the show need more diversity in the show. But I Don't think the show should be looking at casting characters/actors simply for the sake of having an LGBT Character, or an Asian, Pacific. Maori. Aboriginial e.t.c. For me personally does not bother me. I never said it is hard for actors to play gay or straight characters. I am just of the opinion H and A are not equipped. And have prooven in the past, they suck at it lol. I mean we got a taste of it with Charlie and Joey, I know i am bringing that up again. As that is the last time they attempted at any diversity in this show. And it fell flat on its back. Charlie a confused straight woman, Joey Gay. Diddn't work. So I Guess they need to cast a character, who just happens to be Gay. The one from neighbors, sorry name escaping me is a good example. The Brennan. So I am just saying their is alot to consider. From the shows point of view.
harrietjames Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 Luke, lots of other people have interpreted your words as such based on their responses. It wouldn't take much to inject a bit of diversity. The character of Nate could have been any nationality rather than English it and still would have worked. Caroline could have been an African American rather than White. Or If Spencer and Maddy had been two boys or two girls when they rocked up, running from families so they could be together.
Blaxland 89 Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 6 hours ago, Luke39 said: I never said that. I am just saying I get the show need more diversity in the show. But I Don't think the show should be looking at casting characters/actors simply for the sake of having an LGBT Character, or an Asian, Pacific. Maori. Aboriginial e.t.c. For me personally does not bother me. I never said it is hard for actors to play gay or straight characters. I am just of the opinion H and A are not equipped. And have prooven in the past, they suck at it lol. I mean we got a taste of it with Charlie and Joey, I know i am bringing that up again. As that is the last time they attempted at any diversity in this show. And it fell flat on its back. Charlie a confused straight woman, Joey Gay. Diddn't work. So I Guess they need to cast a character, who just happens to be Gay. The one from neighbors, sorry name escaping me is a good example. The Brennan. So I am just saying their is alot to consider. From the shows point of view. Trouble is, they dont even portray straight white people in a proper way. And if your point is true I would suggest they get out of their little box quick smart and work out a way to write for people. Real people, gay, straight, black, white or bright green. (As roxy would say). Its sudden me that in the past we had Stephanie, Aaron, Jai, Elijah, Kevin, Kelly etc. Characters that were just there. They never felt like "token" characters. And now you think they are incapable of that? It's ludicrous. And look how the current episodes are dealing with Shannon's sexuality in the repeats. Might not be perfect, but for that time I'd say it was a positive thing. They weren't scared of complaint but 22 years later they could be! Something's wrong here.
cadyctslover Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Blaxland 89 said: And look how the current episodes are dealing with Shannon's sexuality in the repeats. Might not be perfect, but for that time I'd say it was a positive thing. They weren't scared of complaint but 22 years later they could be! Something's wrong here. There's definitely something wrong here. From what I can tell it's coming from a level higher up that the H&A production team. I believe there is someone at Network 7 actively preventing the team from introducing 'diversity' on the show. For the Australian viewers here, what is the rest of 7's content like? Do they promote much/any diversity in the rest of their content?
Matt Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 16 minutes ago, cadyctslover said: There's definitely something wrong here. From what I can tell it's coming from a level higher up that the H&A production team. I believe there is someone at Network 7 actively preventing the team from introducing 'diversity' on the show. For the Australian viewers here, what is the rest of 7's content like? Do they promote much/any diversity in the rest of their content? Winners & Losers showed a wide spectrum of characters - diverse in culture, race, and sexuality.
cadyctslover Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 20 minutes ago, Matt said: Winners & Losers showed a wide spectrum of characters - diverse in culture, race, and sexuality. Interesting, thanks for the info. Another drama show on the same network, also with John Holmes and Julie McGauren credited as Executive Producers. And the outgoing Script Producer/Series Script Executive wanted to increase diversity on the show, but was prevented from doing so. This narrows it down to the Series Producer. The nosedive I feel the show has taken under Lucy's control is subjective, but would she really prevent the promotion of diversity within the show?
Matt Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 34 minutes ago, cadyctslover said: Interesting, thanks for the info. Another drama show on the same network, also with John Holmes and Julie McGauren credited as Executive Producers. And the outgoing Script Producer/Series Script Executive wanted to increase diversity on the show, but was prevented from doing so. This narrows it down to the Series Producer. The nosedive I feel the show has taken under Lucy's control is subjective, but would she really prevent the promotion of diversity within the show? But Packed to the Rafters didn't have a single gay character in its six years on air (apart from 1 lesbian couple for 2 eps in season 2) but had a Greek character. All Saints had Charlotte, a lesbian-turned-straight after Sarah Walker left... Always Greener had 2 gay characters back in the early 00s but one was closeted and the other pretended to be straight, but no racial diversity. Blue Heelers, whilst not an in-house Seven Network drama, never had a gay character. To my knowledge, Marshall Law never had gay characters or racial diversity. Don't twist what I said and use it against me. I've made it very clear, you can't blame the Series Producer for everything that you don't like about the show.
cadyctslover Posted January 8, 2017 Report Posted January 8, 2017 Oh calm down, it was a rhetorical question. And also please read what I said more carefully, I am doubtful that she would really be behind that move.
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