How are we to make sense of the transformation in gay representation, from virtual invisibility before 1970 to the 'gay chic' of the 1990s? Off the Straight & Narrow is the first in-depth documentary to cast a critical eye on the growth of gay images on television. Leading medai scholars provide the historical and cultural context for exploring the social implications of these new representations.

Off the Straight & Narrow challenges viewers to consider the value and limits of available gay images: who is represented, what they get to say, and how people respond to them. The video is an invaluable tool for all educators interested in introducing students to issues of representation and diversity in the media.

Featuring interviews with Richard Dyer of Warwick University (UK), Larry Gross of the Annenberg School for Communication at UPenn, journalist and historian Edward Alwood, Lisa Henderson of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Marguerite Moritz of the University of Colorado, Sasha Torres of Johns Hopkins University, Charles Nero of Bates College, and John Erni Of University Of New Hampshire.

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