[papertyger]

There was no compelling plot reason for that (the only even remotely possible excuse).

Sure there is!

If Strand wasn't a poof, such an appearance conscious, manipulative, self-absorbed, bitch wouldn't be nearly as believable.

[Moltke]

I looked on IMDB and saw that he got some ‘GLAAD’ award (those are the sodomites)...guess he’s a real-life one too...