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Do you think that “Queer as Folk” could have premiered at this point in time?

You know, no. I think that for some reason we came on board at just the right time. I think the winds of change were blowing, and we came in and caught a good draft. We all helped each other, I think, in that way.

But if someone came to Showtime or HBO or any cable network right now with “Queer as Folk,” I don’t know if they would take it, to tell you the truth. Maybe they would. Maybe they would feel it’s even more necessary now than before.

Do you think “The L Word” will be able to pick up the slack for “Queer as Folk”?

I think so. “The L Word,” from a cursory point of view on my part, isn’t as “dangerous” as “Queer as Folk” was. “Queer as Folk” had a real element of danger to it. The fact that it had “Queer” in the title, the fact that we helped kind of take that word back and empower it.

You know, “The L Word” doesn’t even spell anything out, it’s kind of careful in that way, I think. Even in its title, it’s not a very bold statement. I don’t think it’s interested in being groundbreaking as much as “Queer as Folk” was. I think it’s interested in being a really terrific drama, which it is, but I don’t think it’s as much about being provocative as “Queer as Folk” was.

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