“700 Sundays” was a lovely book, and espoused American family Values in an off-beat, but loving way. He described a childhood that included New York Jewish Humor, American Jazz and Blues, The Catskills Borscht Belt Era, Love, Marriage, and family.
His introduction to TV was the first recurring homosexual character in SOAP, many years ago. I have a feeling he knows what his foray into the unknown has spawned, and may feel a little guilty about it. Unfortunately, it was he who pulled the cork out of the bottle, and it has spread exponentially, like Pandora’s box, or Eve eating from the tree.
When we play games with the forbidden, the results can be catastrophic.
Billy Crystal may have been the first recurring homosexual character but homosexual activists were being pushed in a number of “heterosexual” roles dating back to the 1960s.
Some well known homosexuals were also being pushed as male romantic leads and male pin-up crooners (both were sold to unknowing women).
It still happens.
Someone’s having a big laugh about it all.