Russell T. Davies

[ericadawn16]

Oh, that, that man! Here he is discussing "Captain Jack Harkness"

AfterElton: I think it's one of the most romantic episodes I've ever seen.
Russell T Davies: I loved the fact the original Captain Jack died the next day. I think it’s hilarious. I think he must have been flying his plane going “No, I’m gay! I’m gay!” Then he crashed. Gayness killed him.

Part of me wants to think he's being sarcastic but even at my blackest, I'd never say such a thing. Is that because I'm coming from a Heterosexual viewpoint? Is this an innocent coping mechanism for dealing with shit in the past for being gay himself?

Because I kind of want to hit something, why would you find that hilarious???

*must stop reading anything that comes out of that man's mouth*

The whole AfterElton Interview

Comments

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I've said a lot of things about being female in the same kind of vein, and I figure I'm entitled to it, if anyone is. :-D

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Hmm, what would be the female equivalent?

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I've heard breast cancer patients say they're being punished for having boobs. Jokingly, which is what I presume RTD was doing. Not every joke is PC or even really intended to be funny - sometimes horror is turned to humor as a coping mechanism.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Okay, I did wonder that because I use black humor myself in the same way. My worst jokes would have been the first couple of years in college when I would take an inflatable jet, crash it into the wall or tall edifice and go, Plane go boom!

I just...was totally taken aback by some using it in an interview context where he seemed to be making jokes otherwise.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Probably THE most extreme cases I've seen of this came when I was a young reporter and would ride along with ambulance and police personnel. They'd get together at the truck stop to eat late at night and swap stories, sometimes joking about the bodies and wrecks and beatings they'd seen - not to make fun of the victims, but in an effort to minimize the impact of it all as horrible. I was aghast at first, but then I realized these people saw this EVERY SINGLE DAY and if they were expected to take it all dramatically seriously all the time - like the rest of us do the very few times we encounter it - they needed some sort of outlet.