Gay TV Characters

More and more of the shows that I regularly watch are starting to have gay characters. I absolutely love it! It's just all around comforting to see them. I really don't care if they are a stereotype, recurring character, or part of the main storey line. I'm just happy that they're there. My current list of INCLUSIVE shows includes: Desperate Housewives, Nurse Jackie, Brothers and Sisters, Weeds, True Blood, Modern Family, 30 Rock (kind of), and Suze Orman (not a 'show' but she's great... You, cannot, afford it!).

However I've noticed that something has started to happen. Shows that I once loved I find myself no longer wanting to watch. These are the shows without gay characters. I still find the shows to be good, but really feel like something is missing. One good example is Dexter. Last year I was absolutely delighted by this show. However this year I'd like to see a new cast member. Maybe someone transferred from another police precinct. He could have a picture of him and his boyfriend in clear view on his desk.

Does anyone else find their media choices becoming a little slanted? By the way I don't know if any else watched Ru Paul's Drag Race but I LOVED that show. It just fills a much needed void in my preferred televisions programming. I think it's coming back in January!!

Delightful Commercial

A few days ago I was watching TV and then the oddest commercial came on (watch before reading). It begins with two children sitting on a little metal bench. There's fabric in the background and within a few seconds you realize that they're either being photographed. After a few more seconds of people preparing the kids for the cameras, the little boy starts his watch and the view pans to that of one of the cameras. This is when you find out that it's actually a video camera.

Then something wonderful happens. They begin moving their eyebrows. It's slow at first and then builds up into a masterpiece. Did I mention that there is a balloon involved? By the end of the commercial I was extremely confused and had no idea what just happened. Then out of nowhere a Cadbury thing appears on the screen. So apparently that thing that just happened was actually an ad for Cadbury.

Normally I don't like ads like this. I see them as a cheap gimmick to get peoples attention, and make them want to purchase a product that is not good enough to sell itself. But this commercial was just so incredibly delightful to me that I had to rush over to youtube and watch it several more times. Since then it has been on multiple times per day and I haven't lost my enthusiasm for it. That is what led to this post. They couldn't possibly have casted better children for such a weird commercial! This is just one of those random nonsensical things that just puts a smile on your face!

It seems this commercial is at least 7 months old, but I have never seen it aired before in Canada. If anyone knows of any other great commercials please let me know!

PS. I also just saw a Government of Canada (to do with our healthcare services) commercial with a gay couple. And it wasn't one of those 'hidden' ones. They were in a car accident and the one had his arm around the other outside standing by their car. We also have a TD commercial running with a gay couple. Then there's the Ontario Travel one that shows the gay village in Toronto. Yeah! It's exciting to be included in advertising!