American-Canadian television series "Close friends" is considered legendary for the LGBT community worldwide. Many have already forgotten that the original series was filmed in the United Kingdom and shown on cable channel BBC Choice. Russell T. Davies, Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman decided to decided to shoot a remake of the British show once read a critical article, which said that in America this series is doomed to failure. The creators of "close friends" challenged preconceptions and won.

Comedy or drama

"Close friends" - a highly controversial series of art and meaningful value. Series producer Russell Davies set out to show the most truthful realities of the lives of gays and lesbians in homophobic-tuned society. The plot revolves around the adventures of friends in Pittsburgh.

Brian Kinney (Gale Harold) universal favorite and playboy, he likes to find the men for one night, she gets pleasure from life and do not think about the future. At the beginning of the story in a gay club "Babylon", he meets Justin (Randy Harrison) - naive impressionable young man who fell in love at first sight. Druztya Brian Justin become friends. Michael Novotny (Hal Sparks), in love with Kinney since childhood, enjoys comic books and works as a manager in the store. Emmett Honeycutt (Peter Paige) runs a fashion designer, responsive and devoted friend, that he comes to the aid of other characters when they need support. In the series, there is a place for beautiful ladies: Lindsay Peterson (Thea Gill) and her wife Melanie Marcus (Michelle Clunie), trying to combine the child's upbringing and career.

The cult TV series

"Close friends" came in two thousandth year and has already become a cult classic. The original British version has not received such recognition and distribution, as the US. Perhaps the fact that in America the output of the series was accompanied by scandals and protests.

In the US, "close friends" broadcast cable channel «Showtime», had not yet had time to earn a reputation as one of the most provocative channels. Censorship series is not exposed, and therefore the resulting material has turned out quite frank. Serials such detailed homosexual intimate scenes in America is not yet revealed. It goes without saying that such openness has caused indignation that only added "close friend" of popularity.

This series was, sooner or later will appear on air, "Close friends" won the audience new, frankly, almost causing truthfulness. LGBT community to use this TV project as a way to talk about the existing problems in the society is open. "Close friends" touched on the theme of AIDS, intolerance, humiliation, relationships with parents, marriage, raising children in homosexual families. Script writers largely anticipated the questions that arise in society today. The series was the first of its kind, but not the last. It was with the release of "close friends" on television are increasingly appearing characters with different sexual orientations, depicting them yourself is not comic eccentrics, and ordinary people.

Recognition and epilogue

The series "Close friends" has received numerous awards and nominations for the television awards in the United States and Canada. Despite the fact that many TV critics responded negatively about the show, it did not prevent him to get viewers love and acceptance.

The TV series is written three feature of the novel, telling us about the school's main characters. During the broadcast of the series was released five official CD-publications with the soundtrack of each of the five seasons of the show. After the star of the series came out gift edition with selected musical materials.

"Close friends" appreciated and loved above all because this show was the first of its kind, he drew attention to the silencing of LGBT issues, to support young people who are afraid to admit their orientation to parents, I teach parents to take their children. Despite the overall simplicity of the plot and the show explicit scenes congestion, it has a moral, simple human values ​​like friendship and love that are important, despite the fact that everyone understands their own way. The series turned out to be important and necessary for a society that puts it out of the category of successful category in the legendary, its success is measured by the fact that he will be remembered, and cite as an example quite some time yet.

Anna Chizh

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