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Queer as Folk 20 Anniversary & Reunion


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Just got to know that this year is Queer as Folk's 20 Anniversary. It's my first gay TV series with a lot of memories. And glad to know that the castings are going to reunion to raise funds for the LGBT community on May 1st.

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Did you ever see the original UK version?  I prefer it to the US version.

A description from Amazon:  The original UK television phenomenon that inspired the American remake, this groundbreaking, award-winning series celebrates gay culture—openly, often hilariously, and with no apologies. Aidan Gillen (The Wire), Craig Kelly (Titanic), and Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) star. Seen on the Ovation channel. “Compelling”—New York Times. 6 episodes, 5 ¾ hrs (plus 2 hrs of bonus material), 3 DVDs, SDH. Mature audiences.

https://www.pride.com/tv/2018/12/18/queer-folk-getting-reboot-it-ready-2019

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In all honesty, one reason I prefer the UK version is because I hate the way the US takes British shows and makes them palatable for American audiences. It has been doing it since the 70s when it took Steptoe and Son and remade it into Sanford and Son.

Why can’t American screenwriters come up with original fare? Why can’t American TV expose audiences to original programmes from other countries?

If the UK remade beloved American shows like Seinfeld or Frasier (or films such as Gone with The Wind and The Wizard of Oz), I think some Americans would cry "foul", but the US doesn’t give a second thought to Americanizing British programmes (or foreign films for that matter).

Off the top of my head here are some US remakes which thankfully have failed:

  • Being Human / A vampire, a werewolf and a ghost share a flat while they try to exist alongside humans.

  • Broadchurch / The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

  • Coupling / Six best friends talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love.

  • Men Behaving Badly / Two early thirties best friends with completely different personalities share a flat.

  • The Inbetweeners / a coming-of-age sitcom

These British programmes are absolutely brilliant and deserve to be seen not copied.

There have been a few American "successes" other than Queer as Folk: Three's Company, The Office, Shameless.  I am glad the successes have been few.  It's time the US stopped ripping off foreign programmes and passing them off as originals or improvements.

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I hope you get to see it.  Someone has uploaded it to YouTube.  One viewer said: Best 4 hrs of my life!!  Another commented: That's so well written it's fucking mind blowing. Loved it love it LOVED IT!

For the record, it’s not just British programmes that are stolen.

  • Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and The Voice are from The Netherlands

  • The Masked Singer and The Good Doctor are from S. Korea

  • The Killing is from Denmark

  • The Slap is from Australia

  • Survivor is from Sweden

  • Ugly Betty is from Colombia

And of course there are countless foreign films that have US remakes.

But to be completely fair, Hollywood also steals from itself: one successful TV show, late night Talk Show and movie breeds sequel after sequel or copies with similar titles. There have been 4 Lethal Weapon Films, 4 Shrek Films, 5 Karate Kid Films,  7 Rocky Films, 5 Scary Movies, 7 Fast and the Furious Films, 10 Halloweens, 7 Planet of The Apes, 5 Final Destinations, 4 Screams.  I could go on, but think you get my point. 

I think Ben Hecht and Dorothy Parker said it best:

I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. / Ben Hecht ~ one of old Hollywood’s most prolific screenwriters

The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism / . Dorothy Parker ~ poet, writer, critic and satirist

 

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