According to producers and critics as well as fans of television shows that are perceived to have a sexually ambiguous or homosexual theme, such shows rely upon a subtext created through double entendres, situational irony, intentional ambiguity, and straightforward gay couplings. According to Liz Friedman, producer of Xena: Warrior Princess, the show's writers played on the ambiguous relationship between Xena and her traveling companion, Gabrielle: ``One episode starts with the camera looking at some bushes,'' Friedman, herself a lesbian, explains.
According to producers and critics as well as fans of television shows that are perceived to have a sexually ambiguous or homosexual theme, such shows rely upon a subtext created through double entendres, situational irony, intentional ambiguity, and straightforward gay couplings.
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producers
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critics
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well
well
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fan
fans
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case
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television
television
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show
shows
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perceived
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mark
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have
have
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advmod
sexually
sexually
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ambiguous
ambiguous
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or
or
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homosexual
homosexual
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theme
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such
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nsubj
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shows
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rely
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upon
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subtext
subtext
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create
created
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case
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through
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double
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entendre
entendres
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situational
situational
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irony
irony
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intentional
intentional
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ambiguity
ambiguity
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and
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straightforward
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gay
gay
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coupling
couplings
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According to Liz Friedman, producer of Xena: Warrior Princess, the show's writers played on the ambiguous relationship between Xena and her traveling companion, Gabrielle: ``One episode starts with the camera looking at some bushes,'' Friedman, herself a lesbian, explains.
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Liz
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flat
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Friedman
Friedman
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producer
producer
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NN
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of
of
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Xena
Xena
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Warrior
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Princess
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show
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writers
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play
played
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case
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the
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ambiguous
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relationship
relationship
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case
between
between
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Xena
Xena
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and
and
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nmod:poss
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her
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traveling
traveling
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companion
companion
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appos
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Gabrielle
Gabrielle
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one
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episode
episode
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parataxis
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starts
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with
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camera
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look
looking
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at
at
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some
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bush
bushes
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NNS
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Friedman
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herself
herself
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a
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DT
appos
Number=Sing
lesbian
lesbian
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NN
punct
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,
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Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
explain
explains
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.
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