Bromance Vindicated

A couple of months ago, I ranted about Hollywood's hypocrisy of portraying the "Bromance" relationships between two heterosexual men while at the same time perpetuating homophobia.

However, I am insanely pleased and almost downright giddy at the reversal of this trend in allowing the great bromance between Boston Legal's Denny Crane and Alan Shore to come to its logical end in the series finale when Denny and Alan got married.

While on the surface, the purpose behind this marriage was to secure Denny's interests as he progresses in the horrifying disease he's been struggling with for years, it emphasizes why we must continue to fight for equal rights. In states other than Massachusetts, people are being denied the rights that Denny wanted to grant to Alan, that of power of attorney and tax-free inheritance among the thousand others. Even when a group tried to block their marriage license from being granted on the grounds they were two heterosexuals trying to take advantage of a legal loophole, the judge rightly ruled that it is not the place of the courts to determine why a couple wants to get married. It was right because for Denny there is not another human being in the world he trusts or loves more than Alan. Even if they never had or ever will, want to have sex with each other doesn't matter. There is a lot more to love and marriage than just what goes on in the bedroom. Boston Legal proved that point beyond a shadow of a doubt with Denny and Alan.

So, kudos to Boston Legal and William Shatner and James Spader and to Hollywood for bringing us the wonderfully bromantic story of two men to a close who, even though they might be heterosexual, obviously share a damn lot of love and affection for each other and are not afraid to show the world. What a wonderful slap in the face of homophobia. Well done!



--->Susan