Comments on: Crystal from Australia Recaps Home & Away – The Lesbian Parts

By: lookin4lost_scene

lookin4lost_scene — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:34:05 +0000

did anyone recall seeing charlie watching a foreign film. i think ruby comes in and talks to her. can anyone help with this?

By: kez

kez — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:09:19 +0000

Charlie And Joey had such beautiful chemistry, it was amazing.
The show was SO AWESOME when Joey came and they fell in love.
I hope the actress that plays joey decides to come back.
Joey and Charlie should either run away together, or stay together<3

Home & Away please make joey come back "home" (now that shes "away") lol

there are fan sites and hundreads of people and youtube videos about they couple, and everyone wants them together again!! I recon charlie should hav dreams of Joey and flashbacks and then after awhile, Joey comes back and is on the warf and sees her one true love, charlie, and runs to her and forgives her.
that woule rock the tv people EVERYWHERE and thousands of people will be cheering lol xD

LOVE HAS NO GENDER

By: Thomas USA

Thomas USA — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:52:51 +0000

Yes my friends, I am a Yank who got hooked on internet soaps when I lost my job due to a serious back injury. I began watching H&A Charlie & Joey at night and got hooked on it until the damn writers sent Joey into the sunset never to return. I do not understand how the writers could get rid of one of the most beautiful and sensual characters of the entire show and still think that the series will still be worth watching. No damn way. Writers, get your heads out of your butts.

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:41:46 +0000

I see what your saying, and I must say again that I think the recap is wonderfully done. When I talk about the “Carry-on” I was not referring to the recap at all, rather some of the comments underneath, aswell as comments from people in general.

I agree that shows do lesbian relationships because of the hype – and as you said, it pulls ratings. However, I also think this is the reason these relationships aren’t lasting, nor are they a regular occurance. As long as it continues to gain so much attention, good and bad, it will always pull ratings. And as long as what they are doing continues to create hype and ratings, why on earth would they change it?

For example (i am making this up to get my point across) say a man and woman shown kissing on television was a rare occurance 20 years ago. Whenever it would be shown, people would get excited, a “Hype” created. No doubt this would pull ratings. The more often it is shown, the more people get used to it, and it becomes the norm – no longer pulling ratings. If people could just stop getting so excited over a lesbian encounter being shown during prime time, “sweeps lesbian” wouldn’t work – therefore the use of lesbians for ratings would be useless. I suppose this could have 2 outcomes – lesbian relationships never being shown, or becoming part of the norm. My bet would be on the latter.

And I’ll agree with you again – representation is a big deal. People do want their stories put across as accurately as possible. My point was, every relationship is different. How can someone say that a lesbian relationship was not portrayed accurately when they have only experienced it from their point of view?

By: riese

riese — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:08:46 +0000

it wouldn’t be such a big deal if it occurred more often! and yeah, we do get excited — but the “carryon” isn’t the reason why these soaps don’t do gay relationships. that’s never been their excuse. I mean I get what you’re saying, it becomes ridiculous for us, too, that’s why this whole recap is tongue and cheek. Like the way people start obsessing ahead of time that a girl is gonna look at another girl’s boobs for two minutes, it’s embarrassing for us, like how desperate are we?
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BUT in fact, the reason that they DO do gay relationships at all is because of the hype. the hype gets people interested in their show! thus the “sweeps lesbian” term, which is a standard in American television but can certainly apply anywhere, I think we just have more shows in the USA so it happens here more often.
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The Lesbian Kiss episode, defined by wikipedia: “Mainstream American broadcast media have created something of a sub-genre of lesbian portrayal with what is sometimes referred to as the “lesbian kiss episode” … a number of television series have included an episode in which a heterosexual female character kisses a lesbian or possibly lesbian character. In most instances neither the kiss nor the potential of a relationship between the women survives past the episode and the lesbian character never appears again. ”
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Here’s the description of “sweeps lesbian,” a ratings ploy executed during the time of year that Neilson ratings are assessed to judge shows for renewal from The New York Times:
“Eminently visual; cheap, provided the actors are willing; controversial, year in and year out; and elegantly reversible (sweeps lesbians typically vanish or go straight when the week’s over), kisses between women are perfect sweeps stunts. They offer something for everyone, from advocacy groups looking for role models to indignation-seeking conservatives, from goggle-eyed male viewers to progressive female ones, from tyrants who demand psychological complexity to plot buffs.”
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I’s nice to feel that a gay storyline could be more than just a ratings stunt, thus our disappointment when it turns out to be.. I don’t think anyone complains that a character is bad or not represented properly, we just want to feel that when are stories ARE being told, it’s because they genuinely want to tell our stories, not because they just want our cheap brief attention, our buzz and our hype. That’s where the criticism comes from.
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Anyhow, representation is a huge deal. That’s how change happens in the media and how every other minority or special interest group has reached their goals politically and socially.
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(But also, if the other side wasn’t so adamant about opposing these gay kisses, the hype would be much quieter.)

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:52:43 +0000

okay the first thing i have to address is the comment “soaps depict real life.” – Where the hell are you living? Is your foster mother an ex alcoholic in jail for killing some guy she went on a sailing trip with? Or is your sister actually your brothers daughter who once married your uncle and got it on with her stepbrother?

Re-cap – very entertaining. nice writing skills.

I’m straight so I guess I could be wrong, but the way I see it, love is love. Just because you love another girl doesn’t mean your acting has to turn to shit. This is where the “maybe im wrong” part comes in – if her acting wasn’t shit, being gay looks insanely boring and awkward.

And lastly, i think one of the major reasons lesbian / gay relationships aren’t often depicted on soaps is because of the huge fuckin carry on that goes with it – most of it being from gay people who are “so excited to FINALLY see a gay storyline” or “so proud of (insert soap title) for going there” who then go on to criticize and bitch about anything that doesn’t correspond with how their own personal relationship and coming out developed.

If you want gay relationships to be shown as often as straight relationships, stop making it such a big deal when it occurs.

By: rae

rae — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:54:48 +0000

im a new zealander, we have a few kiwi shows with gay story lines, even gay marriages, and no one even blinked an eyelash here, australians need to get with the times, soaps depict real life don’t they?? and you cant make someone gay by watching it on tv. I mean do gay people go straight after seeing constant sexual content of hetrosexuals on television?? i think not,.

By: Em

Em — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:31:30 +0000

OMG…you made me snort my coffee…lol

By: kim

kim — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:26:11 +0000

hahhaha! i love the recap and the CARTOON! just cracked me up ! i wished i can repost that to youtube. LOL!

By: Delly092

Delly092 — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:28:13 +0000

Great recap Crystal but you missed one crucial scene…the shoulder kissing scene! sigh

cliche #283 Joey turns out to be a lesbian vampire!!