Monday, November 19, 2007

What Do You Mean, Sub-text?

We fans of Rex Morgan, M.D. have long joked that Rex is gay. Sometimes you can stretch the dialog a little, maybe pretend that one word could, theoretically, be a euphemism for gay sex and we'll chuckle our little hearts out.

Lately, however, the fine writers of Rex Morgan M.D. have taken away all the fun by making Rex's homosexuality all but open. Recently (well, for the last year, but that's only like two weeks Rex-time), Rex has been mentoring a troubled youth named Niki. We've giggled. We've winked and nudged and generally had a gay ol' time insinuating that Rex and Niki have been having a gay ol' time.

Today's comic blows the lid off the insinuation and all but puts Rex in a drag show singing I Will Survive. Is there any other way to read this?:

2 comments:

wobblie said...

I seriously have to wonder if they've been self-consciously doing this now. For the last week, RMMD has been just chock full of innuendo that couldn't be avoided.

But I've got to say, having "an encounter with the trout" might just be my new pick-up line.

ash said...

heh heh.