Morning Brew- Monday, July 19: “Girl/Girl Scene” readies second episode, “Runaways” comic book adaptation starts Jan. 2011
Happy Monday!
It feels like such a long time that we’ve seen the first episode of Girl/Girl Scene. We finally have a trailer for the second, which is coming soon.
Scandalous drama. Can’t wait!
A new webseries is in the works from Portuguese production company Mimi’s and it’s about women who are jilted by their partners and decide to get revenge. It’s called The Payback and one of the main women is a lesbian whose partner cheated on her. It’ll be available in English and expected to launch in the last half of 2010. We’ll keep you posetd. (Thanks Kris!)
Huge creator Savannah Dooley talked with The Advocate about the episode in which Will (Nikki Blonsky) is thought to be a lesbian. Here’s what she had to say:
I didn’t really see it as Will questioning her sexuality, and it wasn’t meant to be a red herring. For me, it was just an interesting scenario that the boy she likes has this assumption about her. I did design the character, particular in clothing but other things too, to be a little butch, because I’m tired of seeing every female character in a compulsory feminine role.
I saw a lot of tomboys in my youth, and loved seeing a different model of what a woman can be. Will never wears makeup and would never wear a skirt, but she’s really comfortable with herself. Being mistaken for gay wouldn’t normally bother her except for the fact that it’s by a guy she likes. But that’s not been my personal experience because I’ve always presented as very femmy. Even now that I’m really out, people never make the assumption that I’m gay just looking at me.
Savannah’s co-creator at Huge is her mom, who was also one of the creative minds behind Once and Again, the series in which Mischa Barton and Evan Rachel Wood end up getting together as young teens. She told The Advocate about how she came up with the storyline.
I think most people start to socialize assuming heterosexuality. I knew lesbians existed, I saw some lesbians on TV, and my mom was friends with lesbians, but they were older women, so I couldn’t reconcile the image of myself with the image of a lesbian as I knew it. I started getting crushes on girls, but I would tell myself, “No, you’re not a lesbian. This is different because you just have this crush on this one girl. And these three other girls.” [Laughs] With each new crush, it got harder to say, “But I’m still basically straight.”
Rohan lovers might be psyched to know that Samantha Ronson is visiting her ex(?) Lindsay Lohan while she’s in rehab. Of course this causes much speculation, but really I’m just glad to see ex-girlfriends can be friends. So gay!
Last night on Entourage, some girls kissed during Truth or Dare. Just an FYI in case you are a huge fan of the game.
The comic book Runaways has a feature film in the works and Comic Book Resources wants to know who should get cast, including the lesbian character Karolina. They’ll have to figure it out soon as
