^^^^ That is +++ news. The Hallmark channel will get blowback. I hope they stand their ground. I kept this posting here b/c "Killjoys" is a awesome example of a very successful show that had a large cast of main and supporting characters - some of which are clearly LBGTQ+. They were presented as real people with complex lives, struggles, needs, desires and some really solid story lines interwoven with the main 3. Accepting, very accepting.
WRT Luke Macfarlane - *@(*@(@ I must have been asleep since 2008. Watched and enjoyed the Sci-Fi drama "Killjoys" a lot. It had a some violence but was moderated - so still not for everyone. The actors playing the 2 brothers - Macfarlane and Aaaron Ashmore - were well chosen along with the 3rd vixen who kept things steamy to say the least was Hannah John-Karmen. All three played well with each other, and had an onscreen presence, with trust and banter to seal the story. Didn't hurt they wore well fitted costumes and sometimes we got less
- hmmmm and were well in very good shape -
The show was LBGTQ friendly with several supporting characters with threads clearly in LBGTQ+ friendly.
I had no clue about Macfarlane.
WOW.
https://justrichest.com/luke-macfarlane-bio-gay-relationship-wentworth-miller/Killjoys
Rotten clocks in very high at 95% / 89% -->
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/killjoys https://www.syfy.com/killjoys https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3952222/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killjoys_%28TV_series%29https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/07/29/killjoys-season-5-syfy-cyberpunk-2077Sadly, the series is complete but if you are bored this summer, it's worth a try if you like sci-fi. I think I saw it streaming on Amazon and maybe Sci-Fi. So don't read the finale below as it would spoil the ending.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/09/21/killjoys-series-finale-ending-explained-by-creator-michelle-lovretta A clip from above reflecting what I said about the 3 mains. BTW, John-Kamen's character is presented as a bad-ass, powerful, female "Killjoy" who kicks ass with the best of them.. quite refreshing. (
bolding below is mine...)
GN: Completely. Do you want to talk a little bit about Hannah John-Kamen, as well as the chemistry of her, Luke Macfarlane and Aaron Ashmore? Because I just feel like there's so much of the show that doesn't work without all of that.
ML: It’s been this amazing
synergy between an amazing casting agent plus luck and timing. We found Hannah when she was still quite young, and also, I really pay attention to casting. This is going to sound dorky, but I have a very clear picture of the energy of a particular character, and energy is something that you pick up from people. But the thing that you can't predict is personalities. And so you can get an actress and actors that absolutely embody these characters, but that doesn't mean they're going to actually like each other.
The unvarnished truth is those three kind of fell in love within that first season. They became really good friends and they loved coming to work. And that's not the case on every show. It is really not the case [laughs]. And it makes for a such a shift on screen, which factors back into the crew and the energy on set. That is really just up to the luck of finding those three people and how well they fit each other.
It was really wonderful that they ended up being so fabulous to work with and [liked] working with each other.
Like, Luke is so damn funny. And we didn't know that at first. But he just kept nailing the random occasional [comic] line we gave him. That was such a blessing, because we thought, "Oh, here's a new insight into what makes D’avin so lovable." He's self-aware. He's just the tiniest bit goofy, especially for a big, handsome man. He's really loving, and kind of soft. He's a bit vulnerable in ways that Dutch can see — in a good way. That’s my favorite part about writing television versus writing a movie or writing a novel — you have time to extract from these actors all these things that they can do."
Peace. Stay safe, stay alive. Later.
