She said everything that I wanted in my heart but didn’t have the means of articulating.
Also, I had this language delivered to me by a brilliant writer. One, I didn’t have to go to school suddenly. I was so bad at it.ĬD: Some people are better than others. I felt bludgeoned, navigating my way through those social gymnastics. I had just gone through junior high school. That’s a very challenging age, especially for girls. I don’t think I’ve ever been in more pain in my life. I wonder if there were things that you felt that way about.ĬD: Oh, my gosh. When I look back on that whole experience, I think of my fictional world and my reality converging. Months later, I get this script where Rickie goes through a very similar thing. I remember we were with Winnie on our way to something, and I told her what had happened with my dad. WC: I lived on friends’ couches and in my car until we started filming the series. So that’s when I told my parents, and that’s when I was kicked out. I wanted people to know that I, as a gay man - a gay boy at the time - really put my stamp of approval to what we were doing.
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I had made a deal with myself that I would come out if the series went. I read it, and I had to decide whether or not I wanted to disclose to her. WC: My agent sent me the script, and she didn’t necessarily know that I was gay. and Devon Odessa had worked so much, and they were so savvy.ĬD: Jared had done a Noxzema commercial, so he was big time. For you, it was probably that much more heightened, because there hadn’t been a precedent. I remember having these conversations with you and thinking back, “Could she really comprehend what I was talking about?” But you did.ĬD: We were all kind of venturing forth into a big unknown. Wilson Cruz: I was 19 when we made the pilot. It was euphoric.” Here’s what they had to say about the groundbreaking series created by Winnie Holzman.Ĭlaire Danes: Wilson, can you remember what we did 25 years ago? I don’t know if I had done that before, gone out dancing for the sake of it. “I remember dancing with you to ‘Sweet Dreams,’” Danes tells Cruz. It feels like no time has passed between the two co-stars as Danes recalls one of her favorite episodes, set at an AIDS dance-a-thon. On a recent evening, Danes takes a break from shooting “ Homeland” in Morocco to chat with Cruz for Variety’s Pride Issue. And Cruz brought an LGBTQ character into living rooms before “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” or “Dawson’s Creek” did the same a few years later.
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As a true confidant to Claire Danes’ Angela, Rickie was both a TV trendsetter and a wonderfully ordinary teen. But Wilson Cruz changed that with his depiction of Rickie, a proudly rebellious high school sophomore who was a key member of Angela Chase’s social circle. This includes photos, which are not obviously retro and portraits of famous young women doing nothing but posing.When “ My So-Called Life” debuted in 1994, there weren’t many portraits of gay teenagers on television. Please add the info in the comments.ĥ: All reposts less than six months old and all reposts less than a year old from Top 100 will be removed.ħ: We reserve the right to remove any post that doesn't showcase historical coolness. Nobody cares about your sexual impulses, least of all the OP.Ĥ: All posts highlighting, in the title, that someone has recently passed away or titles trying to evoke sympathy upvotes will be deleted. Offensive comments include anything about pimping, about people's moms and scoring women. If you've found a photo, video, or photo essay of people from the past looking fantastic, here's the place to share it.ġ: Photos and videos must be over 25 years old.Ģ: Please put the year or decade in title, otherwise your post will be removed.ģ: Spam, racist, homophobic, sexist and offensive comments, as well as brigading, consistent reposting and shitposting, will result in a lifetime ban.
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