Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy calls out Comedy Central India for censoring gay kiss and it’s epic
The edit job is terrible, btw.
Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy has addressed the censorship of a gay kiss on his hit show by Comedy Central India.
Levy plays pansexual character David Rose on the award-winning comedy series.
The actor was referring to a (badly) edited clip shared on Comedy Centrl India’s Twitter platform.
Tweeting the broadcaster this week, Levy said: “You showed the kiss between two women, you showed the kiss between a woman and a man, then removed the kiss between two men?”
The star added: “This is a show about the power of inclusivity.
Dan has played David Rose on Schitt’s Creek since 2015 (Picture: CBC)
“The censorship of gay intimacy is making a harmful statement against that message. #loveislove.”
Hard agree!
You showed the kiss between two women, you showed the kiss between a woman and a man, then removed the kiss between two men? This is a show about the power of inclusivity. The censorship of gay intimacy is making a harmful statement against that message. #loveislove https://t.co/3ouNbuetq1
— dan levy (@danjlevy) October 6, 2020
The video, shared by the channel last year, shows David and fellow character Ted (played by Dustin Milligan) going in for a kiss during a game of spin the bottle – but the scene cuts away before they ever lock lips.
Cruel!
Gay sex in India was legalised by the country’s Supreme Court in September 2018.
“I had a platform to tell stories that would reflect my experiences”
Speaking to Attitude about LGBTQ inclusivity last year, Levy said: “I mean it was important in the sense that I had a platform to tell stories that would reflect my experiences and real experiences of my friends.
“It felt in a way kind of irresponsible not to seize that opportunity and tell stories that meant something, and stories that I haven’t really seen that much on television. So, in that capacity it was really important. I was really proud of the work that we did, and I really loved the stories that we’re able to tell.”
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