Posted on 08/16/2005 5:04:13 PM PDT by sionnsar
the odds that single conservative bishop in the ECUSA is a woman is longer than what is needed to hit the MegaLotto.
Thanks for the ping. I needed a smile today - and while it was more of a grimace, it has convinced me to step away from this PC and go DO something!
With a wink and a nod to Stephen Vincent Benet, Aidan Quinn plays Daniel Webster in the series, an Episcopal priest with a monkey on his back, who regularly converses with a street-smart Jesus (Deadwoods Garrett Dillahunt). Together, Daniel and Jesus explore family problems, church politics, and Daniels addiction to prescription painkillers. It takes the concept of accepting Jesus as your personal savior, well, literally.
Ellyn Burstyn, an Oscar winner for 1974s Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore, plays Bishop Beatrice Congreve, with whom Daniel butts theological heads. Susanna Thompson (Once and Again) is on board as Daniels martini-drinking wife Judith. Alison Pill is their daughter, and Ivan Shaw, their adopted Asian son.
But for gay men, its the Websters son, Peter (Christian Campbell) who is the page-turning character in Daniels book. Not only is Peter Webster gay; hes a Log Cabin Republican. As the series opens, Peter is nursing a recently broken heart, and still struggling with the long-ago death of his twin brother.
The pulchritudinous, joyously heterosexual Christian Campbell, most recently seen cavorting in a G-string in Showtimes camp extravaganza Reefer Madness, and currently on the London stage in tick tick BOOM!, has been melting gay hearts since 1999s Trick. The indie picture--in which Campbell played Gabriel, a Sondheim wannabe looking for a place to get it on with his chiseled one-night stand--was the darling of that years Sundance Film Festival, and an art house favorite.
Back then, the actor told Prodigy Internet I was never concerned about playing gay, but my management was.
In The Book of Daniel, Christian Campbells Peter Webster brings something brand new to broadcast, dramatic television: the gay Republican. The only other occasion in recent history when television has offered up a gay Republican was during Election season last year, when the cable network Trio explored how Log Cabin Republicans were splitting over supporting Bush in the one-hour documentary Gay Republicans.
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