拓展电视的家庭观念
From 同性恋者 to 的培养, Peter Paige makes prime time more inclusive
图片由ABC Family/Eric McCandless提供
横幅图片:彼得·佩奇(左一)是ABC家庭剧的联合创作者和执行制片人 的培养这部电影讲述了一对跨种族的女同性恋夫妇抚养家庭的故事。
我们是一个沉迷于自我反思的社会, Peter Paige says, “only
the mirror we are looking in is the 42-inch plasma in our living rooms. 我们都想在那里得到反映,当我们看不到自己的时候,我们就觉得自己被忽视了。”
的培养 本片讲述了警察斯蒂芬·福斯特(泰瑞·波罗,前饰)和学校管理员莉娜·亚当斯(雪莉·索姆,左饰)抚养亲生孩子、收养孩子和寄养孩子的故事。 图片由ABC家庭频道/Gilles Mingasson提供
For much of his Hollywood career, the actor, writer, and director has striven to make gay people more visible on television, first playing Emmett Honeycutt on Showtime’s groundbreaking 酷儿, 民间 and now working as a creator and executive producer of ABC Family’s 的培养, an award-winning series about an interracial lesbian couple and their blended family.
“当我还是个孩子的时候,我非常渴望成为某件事的一部分,通过陪伴来获得认可,”Paige(91年)说。 “我是家里唯一的孩子,我们经常搬家,所以我从来没有很多人坚持的那种地区或种族身份的特权。 同性恋身份给了我一点这样的感觉,但这并不是我在世界上看到的。”
或者在电视上。 Although gay people occasionally showed up on talk shows like 瑞克湖 and 多纳休, gay characters on scripted series tended to serve as either comic relief with obvious—but unacknowledged—sexuality (Paul Lynde, Dom DeLuise) or guest stars in “message episodes,” like Archie Bunker’s linebacker friend Steve on 所有家庭成员.
The teenagers bring drama to 的培养 with their romances, identity issues, and acting-out. Hayden Byerly和Sherri Saum的照片由ABC家庭/Eric McCandless提供
So Paige knew he was part of a paradigm shift when, as a young actor in Hollywood, he auditioned for the out, proud, and often sexually explicit 同性恋者. 这部剧改编自一部英国电视剧,讲述了匹兹堡一群男同性恋者的生活。 它呈现了一幅同性恋同伴群体的完整肖像,将他们的爱情、纠纷和卧室行为戏剧化,就像他们是卡林顿夫妇或《老友记》一样。 佩姬说,这是许多男同性恋者第一次在电视上看到与自己的生活非常相似的生活。
他饰演的角色埃米特(Emmett)风趣、浮夸、性感,在他的故事情节中,他变成了一名色情演员,与一名未出柜的职业四分卫有染。 同性恋者, which ran from 2000 to 2005, was part of a TV continuum from 艾伦 to 威尔和格蕾丝 to 《异性恋酷儿之眼 that Paige believes helped shape audiences’ evolving attitudes toward the LGBTQ community.
“你每周都在人们的家里——穿着内衣——向他们展示澳门威尼斯人注册世界和他们自己的事情,这些事情可以产生令人难以置信的变化。“彼得·佩奇
佩姬说:“你每周都在人们的家里——穿着内衣——向他们展示澳门威尼斯人注册世界和他们自己的事情,这些事情可以产生令人难以置信的变化。” “我绝对相信,人们通过讲故事来学会与与自己不同的人建立联系——尤其是每周一次地熟悉电视。 I witnessed it firsthand with 同性恋者, and I’m lucky enough to be experiencing it again with 的培养.”
He had change in mind when he and writing partner Brad Bredeweg created 的培养, which counts Jennifer Lopez among its executive producers. 该剧讲述了警察Stef Foster (Teri Polo饰)和学校管理员Lena Adams (Sherri Saum饰)抚养亲生孩子、收养孩子和寄养孩子的故事,这些孩子大多是十几岁的青少年,他们的爱情、身份问题和表演为该剧提供了基础。 While the show doesn’t feature the sex romps that made 同性恋者 a sensation, the milder domestic drama may have an even more significant impact on viewers, Paige says.
With 的培养, Peter Paige helps shape audiences’ evolving attitudes toward the LGBTQ community. ABC家庭频道/Craig Sjodin提供的图片
“When fans of 同性恋者 see me, they feel like they know me, like I was at the gay bar with them just last week,” Paige says. “Now, with 的培养, we get stopped by moms saying, ‘Thank you, I never thought I’d see my family on TV,’ and 13-year-old kids saying, ‘I never thought I’d see my parents on TV. 谢谢你把像我这样的一个家庭带到这里,因为这对我来说意义重大。”
佩奇说:“这不仅适用于女同性恋家庭,也适用于很多不同的家庭,这些家庭不是一个种族,不是两种性别的澳门威尼斯人注册网站,不是两个半孩子。” “这些天他们越来越多了。 任何不符合20世纪50年代标准的家庭都渴望得到代表和曝光。 看到一个充满爱意的家庭不属于传统的保护伞,对很多人来说都是令人兴奋的。”