Hi!
I loved the pilot episode! It made me cry, it was very powerful.
Do they drop the gay slurs though? I suppose (sadly) it may be realistic, but I just can't root for the heroes if they're going to have prejudice like that.
-Johnny
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No. They seem to be rather cyclic with the gay slurs, but they don't really go away. It's entirely realistic to expect to hear things like that around a firehouse. Chalk it up to Hollywood and enjoy what is a fantastic series.
shareNo, and at times it gets worse. But I never it took as real prejudice. I don't want to spoil anything, but as the series progresses they seem to be fairly accepting of the sexual orientation of at least two other male characters and, in fact, one such liaison helps saves the firehouse at later on. So all those slurs were on the same level as the ethnic and racial slurs that were tossed about for the duration of the show -- it's how they related to each other and it was not meant with malice. It's like brothers picking on one another and, while not a fireman, have been in super-testosterone fueled jobs with outer borough boys and found all of that pretty realistic.
Thank you for the intelligent and well-considered reply! :)
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No other TV programme has EVER captured the camaraderie between bigoted, macho, Messed-up blokes that Rescue Me has. Good or bad. It's anti-gay theme is Just another Stupid way these blokes get along. Gay, Black, Female, or just confused. They're not evil bastards. Just Idiots. Life saving idiots!
shareYou are so ever correct. This show is extremely and sadly correct about firehouse life in the NYFD. These guys live on the edge in both their professional life and personal life. If you think it will change then think again. They use this job like movie stars in the city, granted it has quieted down tremendously in the past years but never the less many NYFD guys flaunt this job to the hilt. This show portrays it perfectly. What I wish is for season 8... ending it like they did doesn't really cap the series for those of us that know firemen and work with them. Just my opinion but I haven't found a show more realistic than this one.
shareAnd this is why I find this show sickening, and why firefighters in general are annoying, sappy and emotionally manipulative in the extreme.
I'm a New Yorker. I lived through 9/11. And these guys will trot out 9/11 without any hesitation any time there's even a whisper about budget cuts, possible firehouses closing, overtime cuts, etc.
To firefighters, 9/11 is like the end-all, be-all Trump card that they can always flash...and worse, you have this morbid fascination with it among FFs who were not there and were not even close to it. Some jerk in the East Nowhereville, Texas, fire department will talk about 9/11 and how his "brothers" died that day.
And "flaunt the job to the hilt"? I mean, for real? Never has an occupation been so lionized when the reality of it is spending 50% of their time sleeping, 40% of their time making pasta sauce, and 9% of their time playing XBox. Yes, that remaining 1% is dangerous, but so are a hell of a lot of other jobs whose employees don't get lionized and put on a pedestal.
It's just not a Politically Correct show... As much as they say and do alot of inappropriate things, i feel like the show tackles the situations in its own way. Its realistic... I mean, i dont judge anyone for their preferences, sexually/politically etc... But in reality, you put a bunch of testosterone in the same room, 40+ hrs a week, certain topics are just bound to be taboo... Homosexuality is absolutely one of them
shareI believe they keep using them but they are not prejudiced.
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