"Queer as Folk" (2000)Series de televisión 2000-2005

Creator:

Russell T. Davies

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

3 diciembre 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Frase comercial:

It's here. It's queer. Coming out December 2000.

Plot:

Based on the British series of the same name, Showtime's 'Queer as Folk' presents the American version...

Plot Keywords:

Friendship Between Men | Promiscuous Man | Gay Lead Character | Homosexual | Homosexuality

Awards:

7 wins & 22 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Hot and funny

Cast

Michelle Clunie	...	Melanie 'Mel' Marcus (83 episodes, 2000-2005)
Thea Gill	...	Lindsay 'Linz' Peterson (83 episodes, 2000-2005)
Gale Harold	...	Brian Kinney (83 episodes, 2000-2005)
Randy Harrison	...	Justin Taylor (83 episodes, 2000-2005)
Scott Lowell	...	Theodore 'Ted' Schmidt (83 episodes, 2000-2005)
Peter Paige	...	Emmett Honeycutt (83 episodes, 2000-2005)
Hal Sparks	...	Michael Novotny (83 episodes, 2000-2005)
Sharon Gless	...	Deborah 'Debbie' Jane Grassi Novotny (80 episodes, 2000-2005)
Robert Gant	...	Professor Ben Bruckner (55 episodes, 2002-2005)
Jack Wetherall	...	Vic Grassi / ... (47 episodes, 2000-2004)
Makyla Smith	...	Daphne Chanders (34 episodes, 2000-2005)

También conocida como:

Q.A.F. (USA) (informal alternative title)
Queer as Folk USA (UK)
Queer as Folk (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

55 min (83 episodes)

País:

USA | Canada

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Spain:18 | Hungary:18 | Germany:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Australia:R | USA:TV-MA

Filming Locations:

6 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Cowlip Productions

Trivialidades:

The producers decided to pursue the project after reading an article in the Los Angeles Times that critically praised the UK version and said that any American attempt at a show of this nature would be a complete disaster.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: There is a hexagon shaped window on the wall between Debbie's front door and the stairs that lead upstairs. In season 1 this window was clear and you could see 'daylight' coming through it. In subsequent seasons the glass panes of this window were covered in gay pride colors and had a non-see-through look. When you see the outside porch and front door of Debbie's house, her house is a semi-detached home with the other half of the house attached to the wall that has the window.

Quotes:

Emmett: Why do I always give my heart away to trash?
Brian: Because you want to see it in the dumpster.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Spunk

Hot and funny

It's always fashionable to negatively critique US versions of British material, but I am not always into that fashion.

I loved the first two episodes of this Americanized QUEER AS FOLK. It certainly follows the plot of the British version (so far at least). Yet the pace is more leisurely since the US version takes 45 minutes to do what was done in 30 minutes on the British version.

The US version is also easier to understand -- and it's not just the fact that we aren't getting the British slang in quickly-spoken thick British accents. Maybe it's the more leisurely pace that makes the plot easier to follow.

Hal Sparks has a wonderful dead-pan dry humor as the narrator, Michael. Randy Harrison is sweet as Justin, the newly-out teenager. When he was rejected by his dream-man Brian, his pain looked genuine and touching.

Even though the opening narration indicates "It's all about sex," the show is actually about more than that. The narrator is referring to the fact that gay night life in trendy bars is "all about sex," but we see in Michael and Justin the reality of people searching for a sense of connection in a world that doesn't offer a lot of connection -- especially for gay people.

While the British version was only 8 episodes with a 2 hour finale (which I found disappointing), this US version promises to begin with 22 episodes and possibly go on from there. I look forward to the future developments. So far, I see nothing to complain about.