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Will & Grace / Tison Pugh.

by Pugh, Tison, author.

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Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2023]

Will & Grace (Television program : 1998-2006)

Will & Grace (Television program : 2017-2020)

Situation comedies (Television programs) -- History and criticism.

Sexual minority culture.

0814349064 (paperback)

9780814349069 (paperback) :

Contemporary approaches to film and television series. TV milestones.

vii, 123 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Introduction: A Queer Television Milestone -- A Queer Primer for "Grandmothers in Kansas" -- Gay Stereotypes and the Limits of Utopian Queerness -- Visualizing Queerness and the Quest for a Gay Kiss -- The Reboot: Will & Grace Reborn in the Trump Era -- Conclusion: The Queer Legacy of Will & Grace -- Episodes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

"The sitcom Will & Grace (1998-2006, 2017-20) shifted the media landscape and its treatment of queer themes by starring an openly gay protagonist, Will Truman, on primetime network television. Will, along with his best friend Grace Adler and their constant companions Jack McFarland and Karen Walker, engaged in many stereotypical sitcom shenanigans imbued with decidedly queer twists. Despite the series' groundbreaking nature, its accuracy and responsibility in representing gay men-and of queer culture in general-has been questioned throughout its initial run and reboot. Author Tison Pugh places the sitcom in its historical context of the late 1990s and early 2000s, considering how it contributed to contemporary debates concerning queer life."--amazon.com

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