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   Tuesday, July 16, 2002

TABOO TOPICS

Making chit-chat with a man at the bar this evening who brought up the "Queer as Folk" series, mentioning that it wouldn't be back until April 2003. "Hopefully they'll spend the next year writing better scripts," I said. The man then told me he works on the show. Oops.

I've learned, however, that when you put your foot in your mouth, it's best to just keep talking through the sole. I explained that my low opinion of QAF came directly from my appreciation for what little IS good about it -- I just want it to improve, starting with better writing. I was relieved as he soon admitted that, yes, the second season was "really rushed" and the scripts would arrive days before filming. "And it showed," I pronounced before changing the topic quickly.

As a friend explained a bit later, "Never say ANYTHING about 'Queer as Folk' -- good OR bad. People either love it or hate it and you'll just get in a stupid argument either way." Fair enough, though it makes me worry that, if mediocre TV shows have now joined religion and politics as subjects to avoid at dinner parties, what CAN you talk about in polite company these days?