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- From: rhayden@oracle.com (Ronald Hayden)
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- Subject: Re: television: _I'll Fly Away_
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:45:52 GMT
- References: <TIM.93Jan13181820@ear-ache.mit.edu>
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- In article <TIM.93Jan13181820@ear-ache.mit.edu> tim@ear-ache.mit.edu (Tim Wilson) writes:
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- Has anyone out there followed this show more closely, and could they
- please fill me in on how explicit the coach's sexual orientation has
- been made, other interactions with the young man I've surely missed,
- and what's happened since? My reading of it has been that the young
- man is gay, the coach is gay, and that the coach's friends were all
- gay. However, because of the late-50s, early-60s setting, there's no
- language to describe those situations, if they're the case.
-
- I haven't seen all the episodes yet, but from what I've seen (up to
- the father (almost) assaulting the coach and the coach being nice to
- the kid's mother), here's my take:
-
- The coach is gay (this has been hinted at since the beginning -- his
- fascination with Greeks, and a number of other subtle things), but the
- kid is not, at least not out to anyone, including himself.
- --
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- - Ronald Hayden
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