tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post3666081839756021715..comments2024-03-28T14:22:54.579+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Marcus and Maria - gay controversy rages onGlenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-45663831486641075732012-11-30T14:52:16.847+00:002012-11-30T14:52:16.847+00:00I would like to think that they have spent a lot o...I would like to think that they have spent a lot of time and have thought this storyline through and this is not being done just for the heck of it. The Producer and many of the script writers are gay so it's not as thought they are writing about something they have no knowledge. Charlie Condou is gay, it's not as they they have hetro sexual guy play the role as they did in "Will Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-60020077409112078832012-11-29T12:03:35.805+00:002012-11-29T12:03:35.805+00:00We all know the outcome of this..Maria will be dum...We all know the outcome of this..Maria will be dumped of course and Marcus will leave the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-80111338443375427932012-11-29T11:50:03.746+00:002012-11-29T11:50:03.746+00:00It's just another stick to beat the gay commun...It's just another stick to beat the gay community with. Now we are not accepting enough of gay men who want to have relationships with women. No doubt it won't be long before the bigots are claiming that gays are "trapped" in the lifestyle. My opinion of Charlie Condou has plummented. <br /><br />We have enough problems without Coronation Street trying to boost its ratings with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-45644902981670318222012-11-29T11:37:27.305+00:002012-11-29T11:37:27.305+00:00A very interesting article quoting Charlie Condou&...A very interesting article quoting Charlie Condou's comments. When I read those a few weeks ago, I felt that CC was giving the storyline a seal of approval. I don't think he would have been happy doing it if it went against everything he believed in. I have been dismayed by some comments on the blog that it would be more believable if Maria was stunning and/or a genius. Maybe he felt safeHumpty Dumptynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-15171361627300554552012-11-29T11:30:38.402+00:002012-11-29T11:30:38.402+00:00It's a very well crafted story and I think Mar...It's a very well crafted story and I think Maria is well suited to it - attractive and with a ready made family (which Marcus wants) I can imagine that it is an 'easy' (and I use that word advisedly) route into a hetero relationship for a gay man whose relationship with his partner split up because of Marcus's wanting a family. Marcus and Maria make a very attractive couple and Dolly Tubbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-8872903110129412172012-11-29T00:42:10.524+00:002012-11-29T00:42:10.524+00:00Regardless of the history of the stigma, it is sti...Regardless of the history of the stigma, it is still a stigma and since the straight community has time and again been told to join the latest century, perhaps those from the gay community who still hold that stigma should hurry to catch up as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-58548279190386789892012-11-29T00:16:45.733+00:002012-11-29T00:16:45.733+00:00The stigma from the gay community over a gay man b...The stigma from the gay community over a gay man being with a straight woman stems from the age old tradition of the closet. Even Oscar Wilde had a wife and kids. Until a generation ago men in the West did as men in other places still do today--marry a woman and fool around with me n on the side. Sean and other gays will question if Marcus is going back into the closet i.e. just play acting at a Mr. Humphries.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-21721446425377988432012-11-28T23:51:28.847+00:002012-11-28T23:51:28.847+00:00I agree that this storyline won't work out in ...I agree that this storyline won't work out in the long run but that's mostly because it's a soap and "happily ever after" is too boring for TV. <br /><br />However, I think it's very valid to question all the hoopla about Marcus becoming involved with a woman when the thing you often hear when a straight person develops a relationship with someone of the same sex is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com