Homer finds himself rooming with Grady (voiced by openly gay actor Scott Thompson) and Julio, two gay men who befriend Homer and bring him into their world. Karl was meant to reappear in a later episode, “Three Gays of the Condo”, but as Fierstein declined to reprise his role, he was replaced by a likeness. But in order to drive home a pep talk prior to Homer giving a speech, Karl exclaims, “My mother taught me never to kiss a fool!” and kisses him. Homer hires an assistant, Karl (voiced by Harvey Fierstein), whose devotion to Homer is never fully explained.
Less well-known is “Simpson and Delilah”, the season two episode in which Homer becomes a bigshot at the power plant because of a serum which regrows his hair. The Simpsons’ history of gay representation is a bit spottier outside of this episode, not least because most subsequent attempts fell outside of the show’s golden years. When the hunting trip designed to make a man out of Bart is upended by John, who weaponises camp in order to defuse a dangerous situation, it’s both clever and poignant. Homer taking Bart to a steel mill to show him what real men look like, only to have it be an all-gay affair which turns into a club called The Anvil after quitting time (in the episode commentary, Waters talks fondly of once being in a bar with that name which was filled with all kinds of sexual debauchery). It’s only by spending time with John that Homer learns he has nothing to fear, a lesson which still requires teaching.īut more subversive than that is the way the episode tears down notions of masculinity, and a particular American brand of it. Homer is so oblivious that he doesn’t even realise John is gay until Marge points it out to him, but as soon as he finds out he is fearful for Bart’s sexuality by transfer. Homer’s fruitless quest to de-gay his son, who is not even gay in the first place, is the crux of the episode, in that it shows the extent to which prejudice boils down to a fear of the unknown.
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For a long time the network’s censors deemed the script unsuitable for broadcast – until one day, the network had a new president, new censors, and full approval for the episode to go to air. Curiously, while the episode was being written the showrunners received two full pages of notes from Fox’s standards and practices, where they would usually only receive a couple of sentences. The show’s presentation of John was decidedly normal, and in the commentary recorded for the episode, Waters expresses his pleasure at how the episode turned out. John, voiced by John Waters, in The Simpsons. It both allowed the show to engage in some self-effacement – Homer asks John if his record collection has camp value and John responds, “Everything here does!” – as well as some satire of society's fear of the obviously gay man. The episode featured the gay character of John (voiced by John Waters) and confronted the reality of homosexuals existing in the world with a slyness – and sense of humour – that was typically absent from other representations at the time, which were often approached with caution, desperate not to show anything too gay.īut taking one of cinema’s queerest and most subversive directors and making him the voice of a pop culture memorabilia merchandiser was a masterstroke on the show’s part. Webmaster if you are the owner of copyrighted animation that is not credited and would like to receive credit and a link.The 15th episode of The Simpsons’ eighth season, “Homer’s Phobia”, was significant for a number of reasons, not least of which being that it won both an Emmy and a GLAAD Award. Originally pitched simply as “Bart the homo”, the episode was written by Ron Hauge and aired in February 1997, a couple of months before Ellen DeGeneres came out and made television history. Must check the copyright restrictions with the original author. If artist name appears next to the animation or on the animation then you Images created by Best Animations can not be edited, can not have the copyright mark removed, can only be used for sharing along with a link pointing to. Gifs can be shared on personal non commercial pages along with a link to.
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