Documentary HackVisible: BreakthroughsBy Ryan White
In a Nutshell
In this episode of Visible: Out on Television, an Apple TV+ series from director Ryan White, actors and producers look back on monumental moments for LGBTQ+ characters on TV, starting with Ellen DeGeneres.
Favorite Quote
Having a hit show and being a moneymaker for the studio, I was important to them. And then suddenly I was poison to them.
Ellen DeGeneres, TV show host and comedian
Introduction
In the 1990s, sitcoms ruled the television landscape; however, there were no shows starring LGBTQ+ main characters.
Most LGBTQ+ roles were supporting characters, often used as the butt of a joke or played heavily into stereotypes.
But the entire media landscape shifted in 1997 with Ellen, the hit ABC sitcom starring Ellen DeGeneres, in which the actor and character came out as gay.
In the fourth episode of Visible: Out on Television, actors, TV executives, and writers look back on the evolution of monumental LGBTQ+ characters on the small screen.
Visible is an Apple TV+ series from director Ryan White, known for The Case Against 8 and The Keepers.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
- 1.Ellen DeGeneres made TV history when she and her character came out as gay in 1997
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