Normal, Ohio
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Normal, Ohio was an American television sitcom, which aired on the Fox Network in 2000. The show starred John Goodman as William "Butch" Gamble, a gay man returning to his Midwestern home town. The cast also included Joely Fisher, Anita Gillette, Orson Bean, Mo Gaffney and Charles Rocket.
Goodman won the People's Choice Award for Best Actor in a New Comedy Series, but the show was not generally a success in the Nielsen ratings, and was cancelled after only a few months on the air.
The show was most notable for the divisions it exposed regarding American culture's view of homosexuality. Gamble was portrayed as an average blue collar guy with many traits typical of American masculinity, including a love of football and beer, and very few of the traits stereotypically associated with gay men. As a result, many gay media outlets praised the show for its portrayal of an average gay man living a normal life[citation needed], while mainstream media outlets often dismissed Goodman's role as "unrealistic"[citation needed].
[edit] External links
- Normal, Ohio at the Internet Movie Database
- Normal, Ohio at TV.com
- Normal, Ohio at popmatters.com*
- Jump The Shark - Normal, Ohio
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