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''Queer as Folk'' is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Initially running for eight episodes, a two-part follow up called ''Queer As Folk 2'' was shown in 2000. Both ''Queer as Folk'' and ''Queer as Folk 2'' were written by Russell T Davies. ''Queer as Folk'' was produced by Red Production Company for Channel 4. The title of the programme comes from a dialect expression from some parts of Northern England, "there's nowt so queer as folk", meaning "there's nothing as strange as people"; which is a word play on the modern-day English synonym of "queer", meaning homosexual. Davies had originally titled the series this, although at the suggestion of Channel 4 executives for a period during its development and pre-production it was known as ''Queer as Fuck'', before it reverted to the former name.〔Davies, Russell T Audio commentary on the 2003 "Definitive Collector's Edition" DVD boxed set of ''Queer as Folk''. (VCD0308).〕 In 2015, ''The Guardian'' ranked the serial at number 13 in their list of "The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time".〔http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/jan/12/50-best-tv-drama-west-wing〕 ==Characters and plot== The main characters are Stuart Alan Jones (Aidan Gillen), who is highly sexually active, and successfully so. His long-time friend Vince Tyler (Craig Kelly), who has a crush on Stuart, has less luck regarding men. 15-year-old Nathan Maloney (Charlie Hunnam) is new to the gay scene but is not lacking in self-confidence. The producers say that ''Queer as Folk'', although superficially a realistic depiction of gay urban life in the 1990s, is meant as a fantasy, and that Stuart, Vince, and Nathan are not so much characters as gay male archetypes. Stuart, an advertising executive, possesses intrinsic power, able to bend anything to his will. Stuart's principal characteristic is that he does whatever he wants, whenever he wants, however he wants. He blows up a car belonging to his friend Alexander's antagonistic mother (in the second series). He invites Vince's female work colleague, who has a crush on closeted Vince, to Vince's birthday party and then introduces Vince's boyfriend. When offered a test drive of a Jeep by a car salesman who makes some homophobic comments, Stuart drives the car straight through the large window of the car dealership. In the second series, the tone became somewhat more serious, with each of the main characters having to make hard choices concerning their futures. A recurrent theme throughout the series is Vince's fandom of ''Doctor Who'', with various scenes from the classic series being played (in one instance an awkward situation with a guy Vince brings home.) This is a small, yet significant piece to the series, as six years later Russell T Davies revived ''Doctor Who''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queer as Folk (UK TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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