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All visibility is not created equal since so few queer stories are being told, it’s important that the ones that are make a difference. often seemed to struggle with during the show’s initial run. It’s not a tall order, but it is one Chaiken and Co.
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Queer characters on TV and in movies are, with few exceptions, still reduced to being either flamboyant sidekicks or vulnerable outcasts-so it’d be nice to see some normal LGBTQ people living normal lives.
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The series was always something of a guilty pleasure for queer and straight audiences alike, but the L Word reboot shoulders a responsibility to portray members of the LGBTQ community with respect and dignity-not least because it will still be one of the few series that features said community so centrally. Their lives were lascivious and chaotic-exciting and innovative, sure, but also reductive.
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TV is still full of young women who live in sprawling California pads and drive expensive cars despite their employment status (or lack thereof)-but the women of The L Word were often misguided at best and downright damaging at worst. Even fans of The L Word recognize that, in its original run, it presented the queer experience-particularly the lesbian, bisexual, and trans experience-in an unrealistic and frustrating light. The TV landscape has changed massively as well, with shows like Transparent and Orange Is the New Black breaking down barriers, and exploring real issues, in a way The L Word never did. military repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and pop culture found its first openly trans celebrities in Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox. Since its finale in 2009, the Supreme Court voted in favor of marriage equality, the U.S. Much has changed in LGBTQ culture since the series’s original run. While it’s unclear when the revival would air, Chaiken hopes that it will introduce a slew of new characters as well as old favorites to reflect what it’s like to be queer in 2017. While the cable network initially passed on the proposed 2009 L Word spin-off The Farm, it would seem the recent success of reboots including Twin Peaks and The X-Files has encouraged Showtime to give this series another shot.
credits while also reprising their roles as Bette, Shane, and Alice, respectively. Former cast members Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig, and Leisha Hailey will share E.P.
The Showtime reboot, which is currently on the hunt for a showrunner, will welcome back L Word creator and current Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken as executive producer. And now, eight years after we said our final goodbyes to the ladies (and Jenny Schecter in particular- RIP, you crazy S.O.B.), there’s a bit of good news: The L Word is getting a sequel. Sure, even fans at the time acknowledged that the series left a lot to be desired, but it’d be unfair not to recognize the positive impact it had, not only on the community it portrayed, but on mainstream media more broadly. The show unapologetically portrayed queer life in all its messy, sexy joy. The groundbreaking drama, which began airing in 2004 and followed a group of Los Angeles-based, 30-something lesbians as they talked, lived, loved, laughed, fought- oh, you get it-was unlike anything that aired before or since. Between Bette and Tina’s dysfunctional and disloyal marriage, Shane’s insistence on bedding anything that moved, Alice’s bunny-boiler tendencies, Dana’s untimely death, and Jenny’s complete insanity, it was often hard not to cringe slightly while watching The L Word-if not outright scream at the TV.
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