kightp observed, "If we do plays with gay
characters, we get complaints - except when those characters
(a) sing or (b) are funny." (In a
comment to an
entry by
firecat)
Contrasting observations in
community theatre to
firecat's coment about
television,
kightp went on to provide these
examples:
(We got hate mail for a single male-male kiss in Death Trap, but not a peep of protest over an entire stage full of hugging, kissing drag queens in La Cage Aux Folles, for instance.)