But so much has changed in the last 20 years and how wonderful would it be if the next generation didn’t have to watch Queer as Folk alone in their dank basements with the sound muted, but with their family and friends and the volume cranked all the way to the max….” “When the show originally aired, the idea of unapologetic queer stories on TV was so provocative that I felt I could only watch Queer as Folk in secret. “It is a surreal honor to adapt the notoriously groundbreaking series by Russell T. It marked the first hourlong American TV drama to put gay men at its center and helped usher in a new era of programming that put LGBTQ characters front and center. The Showtime drama, starring Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Peter Paige, Hal Sparks and Sharon Gless, took stories from the original series and expanded them over a five-season, 83-episode run from 2000 to 2005. Davies’ original British series debuted in 1999 and chronicled the lives of three gay men (played by Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly and a young Charlie Hunnam) and ran for eight episodes with a two-part follow-up wrapping the storylines in 2000. Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman created Showtime’s Pittsburgh-set version. 'Queer as Folk' 10 Years Later: Creators Recall Backlash From Their Own CommunityĪll told, Dunn’s take will be the second time Davies’ Queer as Folk will be adapted for U.S.

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