Someone in The Facts of Life Yahoo Group sent this out.. Its pretty funny...

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have
the latest resuscitated campy schlock from ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney."
A "Facts of Life" reunion show on November 18 joins the network's stable of
retro-remakes, which already includes rehashes of "Footloose" and "Grease."
This tribute to the 1979-1988 NBC sitcom will include appearances by Mrs.
Garrett, Blair, Tootie and Natalie, but, in a stunning blow to dykes
everywhere, adolescent lesbian icon Jo won't be joining the rest of the cast.
Actress Nancy McKeon, who played the butch brat on the original show,
reportedly no longer wants to be identified with the teenage tomboy
character. The fact that she's the only cast member who has a job (she's a
series regular on Lifetime's police drama "The Division") might have
influenced her decision as well. In any event, actresses Charlotte Rae, Lisa
Whelchel, Kim Fields, and Mindy Cohn will revisit the fictional Eastlake
School for Young Women and reprise their respective roles. The plot centers
around grown-up Natalie, who needs the other girls' advice after she receives
two simultaneous marriage proposals. Natalie solves this "problem" with the
help of Tootie, who's become a Hollywood talk-show host, and Blair, who owns
a chain of hotels. Mrs. Garrett will also be there to share her wisdom with
Natalie, and God knows she probably has lots of it, now that she's older than
dirt. Filmmaker Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, whose lesbian indie film "Kissing
Jessica Stein" hits theaters in March, directed this get-together, which was
packaged by openly gay producer Laurence Mark ("As Good as It Gets").

Originally posted by tootieismyfav:
in a stunning blow to dykes
everywhere, adolescent lesbian icon Jo

Uh... http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/crazy.gif


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im not EVEN gonna comment on the "in a stunning blow to dykes
everywhere, adolescent lesbian icon Jo won't be joining the rest of the cast.
Actress Nancy McKeon, who played the butch brat on the original show.." part..i already no it'll start a fight...

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§*¤~¤Jamie Nancy McKeon Jinny Exstead¤~¤*§ LOL

NANCY MCKEON IS DA BEST ACTRESS IN DA WORLD!!!!

Lisa, Lauren, Tiffany, and Jamie, da sLaNgSIsTaS!!!!

GUM IS GOOD!! LMFAO

My newNancy McKeon (http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/nancy_mckeon) site..Check it out!

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LMAO I'm sorry, but thats funny

They said Mrs. G was as old as dirt and NMK a lesbain icon... http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/frown.gif But it was funny though, thanks for posting it

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Uh, thats not funny.

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Jamie,Lauren,Tiffany and Lisa Da SlAnG sIsTaHs

"You take the good, you take the bad you take 'em both and there ya have The Facts of Life!" Memories.

No they said Jo was a lesbian icon. They didn't say n e thing about Nancy being a dyke.

what the crap?

Originally posted by JinnyJo:
No they said Jo was a lesbian icon. They didn't say n e thing about Nancy being a dyke.

well, Nancy played Jo ...i seriously don't think this article is funny, at all

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§*¤~¤Jamie Nancy McKeon Jinny Exstead¤~¤*§ LOL

NANCY MCKEON IS DA BEST ACTRESS IN DA WORLD!!!!

Lisa, Lauren, Tiffany, and Jamie, da sLaNgSIsTaS!!!!

GUM IS GOOD!! LMFAO

My newNancy McKeon (http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/nancy_mckeon) site..Check it out!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
please e-mail or IM me at:
Jamiegirl2006@aol.com , WishiniwasNancyM@aol.com, NancyMcKeonfan4L@aol.com,or NancyMcKeonfan2001@yahoo.com

Originally posted by Division_Fan_Lisa:
Uh, thats not funny.



I'll be honest. It didn't seem that funny to be either.

Originally posted by Nancy McKeon Forever:
im not EVEN gonna comment on the "in a stunning blow to dykes
everywhere, adolescent lesbian icon Jo won't be joining the rest of the cast.
Actress Nancy McKeon, who played the butch brat on the original show.." part..i already no it'll start a fight...



Then why did you bring it up at all?

The article called the character an "icon" to the gay community. It never said anything about the character really being gay. Unless any of you were gay in the 80s and were looking for a character to identify with, I don't think you are in any kind of position to say wether or not a lesbian has the right to call Jo an "icon". You all need to interpret what these things say before assuming that it was an attack on your beliefs.

It's not funny. I am part of the Facts of Life Yahoo Group. It's a review of the FOL Movie by Planetout, a gay website.

well, a lot of lesbians did connect with Jo. Yes, Nancy McKeon is straight and so was her character, but so? Right now, the series "Queer As Folk" is very big with gay men, and only 2 of the 7 main characters are gay in real life, but that doesn't stop the lesbians from looking up to Michelle Clunie (Melanie) and gay guys with the same to Gale Harold.

Jo was a lesbian icon!

No biggie....

Look at it this way... Xena is a big lesbo icon, but Lucy Lawless is married, straight, and has kids.

Just because lesbian culture identifies with a character doesn't make the character or actress portraying the character a lesbian...

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/rotflmao.gif

Originally posted by coily2:
Then why did you bring it up at all?

The article called the character an "icon" to the gay community. It never said anything about the character really being gay. Unless any of you were gay in the 80s and were looking for a character to identify with, I don't think you are in any kind of position to say wether or not a lesbian has the right to call Jo an "icon". You all need to interpret what these things say before assuming that it was an attack on your beliefs.

Well said, coily. The fact is, Jo/Nancy was and still is a lesbian icon, but that doesn't make her or her characters gay, so don't get all offended. And no, the article wasn't funny.


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"Why would you want to be popular? You have to smile and talk to peple and all that stuff!" - Jo
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Jerry: No, but thank you for asking!
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May God be with the friends and family of those whose lives were lost in this terrible tragedy.

Not surprising. I laughed at the "blow to dykes everywhere" comment. It probably is. Too bad for them. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Obviously, Jo wasn't gay, nor is Nancy McKeon, so I don't know what there's to get up in arms about.

Someone in The Facts of Life Yahoo Group sent this out.. Its pretty funny...

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have
the latest resuscitated campy schlock from ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney."
A "Facts of Life" reunion show on November 18 joins the network's stable of
retro-remakes, which already includes rehashes of "Footloose" and "Grease."
This tribute to the 1979-1988 NBC sitcom will include appearances by Mrs.
Garrett, Blair, Tootie and Natalie, but, in a stunning blow to dykes
everywhere, adolescent lesbian icon Jo won't be joining the rest of the cast.
Actress Nancy McKeon, who played the butch brat on the original show,
reportedly no longer wants to be identified with the teenage tomboy
character. The fact that she's the only cast member who has a job (she's a
series regular on Lifetime's police drama "The Division") might have
influenced her decision as well. In any event, actresses Charlotte Rae, Lisa
Whelchel, Kim Fields, and Mindy Cohn will revisit the fictional Eastlake
School for Young Women and reprise their respective roles. The plot centers
around grown-up Natalie, who needs the other girls' advice after she receives
two simultaneous marriage proposals. Natalie solves this "problem" with the
help of Tootie, who's become a Hollywood talk-show host, and Blair, who owns
a chain of hotels. Mrs. Garrett will also be there to share her wisdom with
Natalie, and God knows she probably has lots of it, now that she's older than
dirt. Filmmaker Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, whose lesbian indie film "Kissing
Jessica Stein" hits theaters in March, directed this get-together, which was
packaged by openly gay producer Laurence Mark ("As Good as It Gets").

DAAAAMMMMN

I don't get the "big blow to dykes" comment, I know that they were trying to be funny but um, it wasn't and clearly Jo was not a lesbian in the original show...she dated men and she got married to one after all.

Also, who also thought the plot of the reunion movie was a little ridiculous? It's not that I wouldn't believe that Natalie would receive two marriage proposals, it's just that I don't know why it became the focus of an entire movie. No wonder Nancy wanted no part in it.

The movie was very campy and over the top.

I still like the scene where they go to Eastland, mentioning Mr. Parker and Sue Ann, but the rest of the movie is terrible.