Noah's Arc is premiering on cable TV (LOGO) tonight at 10pm in Los Angeles. Noah's Arc is the brainchild of Patrik-Ian Polk, the man who brought you the black gay classic film "Punks" (which included Rockmond Dunbar and Vanessa L. Williams from Showtime's "Soul Food" and Seth Gilliam from HBO's Oz and The Wire). The show is a combination of "Sex in the City" and "Soul Food" with a "Queer as Folk" twist. It's set in Los Angeles, so it should be fun to watch how a new poignant, funny, sexy television series set in L.A. references the city now that HBO's "Six Feet Under" is six feet under.
Early reviews of the first show indicate that sex scenes may have been toned down a little but that the result is still a unique portrayal of Black, gay life in a large urban metropolis, specifically Los Angeles. Similar to "Sex in the City," there are four main characters: Noah and his ARC (circle of friends), Alex, Ricky and Chance. Get it? Each one of the friends is an archetype (hopefully not a sterotype). Alex is the responsible one (Miranda from Sex in the City),Ricky is "the ho" (Samantha from Sex in the City), and Chance is "the stuffy professor" type (thus you may understand my interest in the series :)). The lead character is a struggling screenwriter in Los Angeles (go figure!) who meets a phyne "down low" brutha named Wade who identifies as straight but is interested in getting to know Noah better. Much better. Biblically better.
Fun ensues.
Instead of Noah's Arc, I'll go with "The Closet" on the Q Television Network. (www.qtelevision.com)
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