T'Pau's Wife

[fireproof78]

Now I'm curious who actually could be described as "All America wrapped up in one package".

Will Rogers.

 

[1001001]

Wow, it’s a regular Algonquin Roundtable in here…

I’m struggling to see why this should be left open at this point…

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Now I'm curious who actually could be described as "All America wrapped up in one package".

Brian Brophy

 

[Dukhat]

Wow, it’s a regular Algonquin Roundtable in here…

I’m struggling to see why this should be left open at this point…

Agreed.

 

[scotpens]

Context. In the 1960s no one was going to even suggest someone was gay on primetime television. So unless it was explicitly esrablished or even hinted at then it goes without saying the character is meant to be straight.

"My tastes include both oysters and snails."

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"We've never thought of each other that way."

"No, of course you didn't. But who's to say I didn't? I never felt that way about anybody but you. I've never loved a man. I never knew why before."

You quoted dialogue from the feature films Spartacus (1960) and The Children's Hour (1961). American movies were just beginning to tentatively deal with gay characters in the 1960s. Television had much more conservative standards.

And I agree, I believe this thread has run its course.

 

[1001001]

Closing time…