I had no idea who this was so I went and looked on IMDB and she was in a show called “Designing Women” and one of the top rated episodes has this description:
Suzanne [Burke] attends her high school reunion, where people shun her because she weighs more than she did in high school.
This show was waaaay more fucked up than Golden Girls.
For instance, The Golden Girls had an episode where they track down a jean jacket that leads them to Micheal Jackson tickets and the concept of the elderly becoming homeless. It’s a serious episode where political issues take a center stage…
Compare that to a show about a couple of women repeating a LOT of southern racist tropes… or the fact that an entire character was a 90s gay stereotype.
How about the episode where Rose was informed she might have received HIV infected blood, and the show tackled the stigma around it while she waited 72 hours for the results.
I had no idea who this was so I went and looked on IMDB and she was in a show called “Designing Women” and one of the top rated episodes has this description:
Suzanne [Burke] attends her high school reunion, where people shun her because she weighs more than she did in high school.
Irony.
This show was similar to Golden Girls.
This show was waaaay more fucked up than Golden Girls.
For instance, The Golden Girls had an episode where they track down a jean jacket that leads them to Micheal Jackson tickets and the concept of the elderly becoming homeless. It’s a serious episode where political issues take a center stage…
Compare that to a show about a couple of women repeating a LOT of southern racist tropes… or the fact that an entire character was a 90s gay stereotype.
How about the episode where Rose was informed she might have received HIV infected blood, and the show tackled the stigma around it while she waited 72 hours for the results.
I’d say there’s a reason golden girls is still very popular to reference in gay culture but that implies there’s only one