JamesG
07-17-2014, 04:16 PM
"Two and a Half Men" Is Heading for a 'Gay Wedding'
by Matt Webb Mitovich
July 17, 2014
CBS’ "Two and a Half Men" is poised to say “I do” before it says adieu.
In its farewell run (premiering Oct. 30), the long-running sitcom will find Walden (played by Ashton Kutcher) proposing marriage to Alan (Jon Cryer) — if not in the name of love, for a greater good.
“Walden is going to have a major health scare and it is going to give him a bit of an existential crisis,” CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler told reporters Thursday at the Television Critics Assoc. summer press tour.
“He wants to find a way to add more meaning to his life, so he decides he wants to adopt a child. And in doing so, he starts the process and he realizes that it’s very difficult to adopt a child as a single, straight man.”
Cue the popping of a Q! “So once and for all, he decides, ‘I’m going to propose to Alan,’” Tassler shared. “‘We’re going to get married and adopt a child as a gay couple.’”
Though Tassler believed the storyline would send a "positive statement" and she wouldn't receive backlash from the LGBT community, some tweeters were quick to criticize "Man" for exploiting rights that the community has fought so hard to obtain and, in some states, still do not have.
GLAAD declined to comment directly on the story line until seeing the finished product, but Sarah Kate Ellis, the organization's president and CEO, released a statement on Thursday morning in response.
"We hope the show will acknowledge not only the progress made in acceptance of gay and lesbian couples, but also the fact that — in many areas of the country — same-sex couples are often under greater scrutiny or still barred from adoption options that straight couples have."
http://tvline.com/2014/07/17/two-and-a-half-men-gay-wedding-final-season/
by Matt Webb Mitovich
July 17, 2014
CBS’ "Two and a Half Men" is poised to say “I do” before it says adieu.
In its farewell run (premiering Oct. 30), the long-running sitcom will find Walden (played by Ashton Kutcher) proposing marriage to Alan (Jon Cryer) — if not in the name of love, for a greater good.
“Walden is going to have a major health scare and it is going to give him a bit of an existential crisis,” CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler told reporters Thursday at the Television Critics Assoc. summer press tour.
“He wants to find a way to add more meaning to his life, so he decides he wants to adopt a child. And in doing so, he starts the process and he realizes that it’s very difficult to adopt a child as a single, straight man.”
Cue the popping of a Q! “So once and for all, he decides, ‘I’m going to propose to Alan,’” Tassler shared. “‘We’re going to get married and adopt a child as a gay couple.’”
Though Tassler believed the storyline would send a "positive statement" and she wouldn't receive backlash from the LGBT community, some tweeters were quick to criticize "Man" for exploiting rights that the community has fought so hard to obtain and, in some states, still do not have.
GLAAD declined to comment directly on the story line until seeing the finished product, but Sarah Kate Ellis, the organization's president and CEO, released a statement on Thursday morning in response.
"We hope the show will acknowledge not only the progress made in acceptance of gay and lesbian couples, but also the fact that — in many areas of the country — same-sex couples are often under greater scrutiny or still barred from adoption options that straight couples have."
http://tvline.com/2014/07/17/two-and-a-half-men-gay-wedding-final-season/