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| | Amazon.com: Queer as Folk - Series 1 (British TV Series): DVD: Aidan Gillen,Craig Kelly (II),Charlie Hunnam,Denise ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | Less sensationalistic than it sounds, Queer as Folk shares more in common with gritty, working-class British films like My Beautiful Laundrette and Beautiful Thing than it does with glossy, sex-themed American TV like Sex and the City or even the Americanized version of Queer as Folk. |
 | | Though definitely comedic in parts, Queer as Folk takes a clear-eyed yet fond view of its characters, from lothario Stuart, who can be charming one minute and self-obsessed the next, to hapless Vince, a mess of insecurities who can't believe it when a handsome Australian (Peter O'Brien) falls in love with him. |
 | | Fans of the American Queer as Folk will recognize the British counterparts to the American characters, as well as familiar plot arcs, but this series' writing and directing make it a far more dramatic--and multifaceted--look at gay life. |
| www.amazon.com /Queer-Folk-British-Aidan-Gillen/dp/B00005B3Z6 (3033 words) |
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