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Bonus video! Full interviews about trans characters of the 1970s
🕑 Added 2022-04-03 17:01:01 +0000 UTCWell hello!
The upcoming video about Dynasty is getting close! But in the mean time, I want to share with you the full interviews that I recently did -- one with Dr. Susan Stryker (who you may recognize from the Netflix documentary Disclosure) and the other with Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short (of the podcast Totally Trans). Clips from these interviews appeared in my recent video about the show Soap; this video features our full conversations, where we go much more in-depth. We talked all about queer characters on TV shows of the late 70s and 80s -- the good, the bad, and the totally bizarre, particularly when it comes to the forehead-slapping misunderstanding that television had regarding the differences between sexual orientation and gender identity. Big thanks to both experts for sharing their insights!
Backup link in case the embed doesn't work:
https://youtu.be/dNtS53d07uE
Comments
The Stepford Life ( Bryce )
Just watched your Dynasty episode. So good. Well done. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Artemus
Yay!!! Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short:) I love her podcast❤️
Trevor
Great video and interviews, Matt. I think it's really difficult to look at a show like Soap while we're sitting in 2022. Even if we try to put it into 1970s context, it's impossible not to be influenced by today's understanding and standards. Regarding Soap, the show and Jodie made a big difference in my life and I think it seriously benefited others as well. Ninety-nine percent of other shows didn't have LGBTQ characters and a sympathetic ongoing one was unheard of. The fact that he existed at all was a big deal. Jodie is a far from perfect portrayal but the character represented a huge jump and helped move us toward broader acceptance. He was intelligent, funny, and loving. He was the butt of some jokes, just as minorities on All in the Family were, but the person making the joke wasn't praised. They were often viewed as ignorant or an asshole and once we got midway into the first season, you could tell the studio audience was behind him. Could Jodie have been more accurate? Sure, but he never would have gotten on the air. I also look at it like LGBTQ people weren't really the intended audience. Thanks to Susan Harris, the millions of people who watched Soap had, very possibly for the first time, a gay person in their lives that they knew and liked.
