While the classic 80s Sitcom “The Golden Girls” Have gathered a big gay after, the former author Stan Zimmerman said that the set itself was not as open as some can assume. An employee even told Zimmerman to burn sparse sweaters from a garage sale because they probably belonged “someone who died of AIDS.” But the author – who later worked on “Gilmore Girls” – said it was just “the climate then.”
“I know you see all these progressive scenes and you think,” Oh, it was a big gay party there, “but we couldn’t be who we really were,” explained Zimmerman under a pride live! Hollywood panel (via Hollywood Reporter). He said that their representatives even advised them to stay in the closet. But he added that there was a titular “Golden Girls” crew members could not fool.
“Our first day on the set, we noticed that Estelle (Getty) is running towards us, and she is like …” I know. Your secret is safe with me. You are one of us. “I thought she meant Jew,” he laughed. “But she meant gay. She wasn’t gay, but she was probably the first allies ever.” Getty was already deeply rooted in the Queer community, after playing Harvey Fiertin’s mother Broadway’s “Torch Song Trilogy,” The landmark game (and later film) about a gay, Jewish drag artist.
Bea ArthurAlso seemed to have a fine -tuned queer radar. Script supervisor Isabel Omero would later come out as transgender decades decades later, and at one time during the show’s long -term Arthur, Omero offered a sari she had been given on a trip to India.
“In my ended, panicked, paranoid brain, all I knew is that at that moment Bea Arthur offered me a dress to wear around the house, and I wish I had been in a place where I could have said something, even accepting the gift without ever using it, just so I could express something to anyone,” said Omero under the panel. “But fear and shame is a big deal.”
Despite the secret of the time, co -producer Jim Vallyly said that the series’ production team was aware of his great gay following. Several episodes dealt with queer questionsIncluding an arc with two episodes where Blanches (Rue McClanahan) brother came out and-in a special progressive moment-poisoning with his partner. “I think (we did the episodes) because we knew … We had a gay audience,” Vallyly said. “They would play (the show) in (gay) bars across the country.”
“The golden girls“Is Streaming at the moment on Hulu and Disney+.
