shoes, Margaret Cho, and Oprah and Gayle? Frequent and matter-of-fact use of the word lesbian ? A straight woman who gets set up on a blind date with a smart, funny lesbian too good to be true.
Definitely sounds too good to be written by a straight person. Unless it s Tina Fey (Mean Girls, Saturday Night Live), who may shoes but knows how to write one on TV.
Live-type variety show in New York.
In addition to being the show s creator, executive producer, and writer, Fey also stars as Liz Lemon, the fictional show s head writer, who routinely and comically clashes with overbearing by Alec Baldwin.
Thomas. It isn t until the two meet for dinner that name and her first name is Gretchen.
jig is up immediately, as Liz tells Gretchen she s not gay, Gretchen tells Liz she is ( that s the moment), and Gretchen assures Liz, I m They have dinner anyway, and hit it off over a discussion of plastics.
next day, Liz tells Jack she s not offended, but doesn t understand why he thinks she s gay. He mentions her shoes (which are of the casual sneaker variety), saying, Those shoes are definitely bi-curious.
Despite her insistence that she s straight, Liz is flattered when Jack tells her Gretchen had a great time at dinner.
brings Gretchen to a company poker party a few days later, not gay, because that chick is hot! , Liz responds, We re just friends, like Oprah and Gayle.
Why is that so hard for everyone to believe?
and see a Margaret Cho concert together, Gretchen breaks up with her, so to speak. I think we need to take a break , she tells Liz, because I said I m not into chasing straight girls, and I kinda think that s what s starting to happen here.
So unless you re ready to make a big life change, I need to move on. First Liz asks, Is this because I wanted to submit us for The Amazing Race? Because I was 80% kidding .
person she wants to be with has to be a guy.
Gretchen is leaving, Liz does make one last attempt to save their friendship. What if we made a pact?
She asks. What if we say in 25 years, if neither of us has someone, we move in together and be roommates. And even though I m not into the sex stuff, if it helps you, I would let you do stuff to me.
Gretchen doesn t take Liz up on the offer.
mistaking-someone-for-gay conceit is hardly new, episode. But for a moment there, while watching the storyline never let the audience have.
Sitcom writers are usually in this episode, the jokes and the dialogue were clearly written by someone who not only seems to like lesbians, but actually knows a few.
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