Gay, Straight, Man, Woman: Now on DOVD: The Creator of Queer as Folk Brings Us Bob & Rose, about a Gay Man Who Falls in Love with the Last Person He Would Have Expected
Duralde, Alonso, The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Bob & Rose * Written by Russell T. Davies * Directed by Julian Farino and Joe Wright * Starring Alan Davies and Lesley Sharp * Shout! Factory
"I'm not changing--I'm just adding a bit on top." That's how Bob (Alan Davies), a shlubby gay teacher in his late 30s, explains the fact that he's fallen in love with Rose (Lesley Sharp), an office manager who fears her social life is limited to boozy, cackling nights out with the girls.
It would be great to force timid American television programmers to watch the brilliant Bob & Rose, which proves once again that Queer as Folk's British creator, Russell T. Davies, is writing some of the sharpest and sweetest material …
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Article title: Gay, Straight, Man, Woman: Now on DOVD: The Creator of Queer as Folk Brings Us Bob & Rose, about a Gay Man Who Falls in Love with the Last Person He Would Have Expected.
Contributors: Duralde, Alonso - Author.
Magazine title: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine).
Publication date: March 2, 2004.
Page number: 63.
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