Here’s What’s Wrong With “The New Normal”
by Frank Bua
Like many gay parents, I was eagerly looking forward to The New Normal. After Modern Family so effectively assimilated gay families into prime time — with the gay family just another part of society’s dynamic — I had high hopes. Heck, coming from Ryan Murphy, the maestro behind Glee and a man who himself may one day become a gay father, I was downright giddy with anticipation. Watching the first two episodes, however, left me with a level of disappointment I last felt when Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act.
Watching The New Normal is like watching a cookie-cutter cartoon; there’s nothing new, and over-the-top stereotypes make it difficult to differentiate between camp and just really bad taste. Worse still, many of the show’s generalizations are likely more damaging than entertaining: Gays are wealthy, materialistic effetes with crazy disposable income.
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