Sewers of Paris: Funny and Salacious and Dangerous (Ep 375: Andrew/Soap)
Added 2022-02-17 17:00:07 +0000 UTCFor this week’s episode of The Sewers of Paris, we’re jumping back to a 2015 interview about the show Soap, which was something of an obsession for my guest Andrew.
It's a little unfair that so many gay men adore The Golden Girls, but fewer have heard of the show Soap, without which Blanche, Rose, Sophia and Dorothy wouldn't exist. It is also one of the most controversial sitcom in television history, and I have a new YouTube video coming this weekend all about Soap’s rocky road, and why for one summer in 1977 gay groups and conservatives agreed that the show could not be allowed to air.
Andrew's obsession with the show was due in large part to the motherly power of the character of Jessica. Though her family was fractured and weird, her love never wavered. That family loyalty made such an impression on him that he still thinks about it -- and aspires to it -- to this day.
