Darkside Rainbow

You may recall that a while back we talked about rumors of a gay couple joining the Desperate Housewives cast, and that I was more interested in Nathan Fillion than in the upcoming entrance of DH into the realm of the pink triangle. Well, for those of you with a more vested interest in these things, it’s been confirmed that Kevin Rahm (Judging Amy) and Tuc Watkins (One Life to Live) will be playing the desperate duo joining the desperate wives.

Allow me, dear readers, a moment to abandon my principles. Allow me to step down from my soapbox on which I preach about substance, rhetoric, philosophy, politics, all things beyond the physical. Allow me, in fact, to be entirely and wonderfully shallow. And once you’ve given me that leeway, take a look at just why:

    

What I’m going to say next will probably get me skinned and crucified as a racist, even though I’m not: I’m not normally into white guys. It’s not a hard and fast rule; your average white guy just doesn’t appeal to me because they tend not to be my type (and everyone has a type; you might as well admit it before you point fingers at me), but I’ve made exceptions to that rule both for personality and for appearance.

Rahm (left) and Watkins (right, the one without the upper body attachments, thanks) are definitely exceptions to that rule.

I have to wonder just how much of their relationship will be portrayed. I’d be amusingly interested to see a bedroom scene a la Bree’s BDSM hijinks; voyeurism aside, I am clinically interested to see how the producers will portray the sexuality involved in a gay relationship - if they even have the balls (no pun intended) to touch on that in prime time TV. Mainstream America does tend to protest such things, you know, and television broadcasters do have to play it safe with their ratings.

I also wonder what kind of on-screen dynamic the two will have, and how well they’ll act the part. It always heightens the character relationships when there’s a natural chemistry between the actors, and that can be a bit more difficult to find when same-sex relationships are portrayed by one or more straight actors (though really, I don’t know much about these two - anyone know anything about their off-screen orientation?).

The more press this gets, the more curious I become. Considering the odd humor of DH, the introduction of a gay couple provides many opportunities to explore serious issues laced with a few good laughs.

desperate housewives, kevin rahm, tuc watkins, gay tv, eva longoria