Will & Gracefabulously uncensoredFound this book @ the national library which is ironic cos the show is banned in Singapore--same goes for SATC.. I think the book made it into Singapore b4 the show..
oh gosh i'm so crazy about tv that I even read about tv... haha
So here's some meaningless/tantalizing gossip:
(depending on which side of the fence you're on)- Will & Grace is loosely based on a true life story of the producer/writer max mutchnick who's gay and his best friend Janet Eisenberg- the real grace adler-- they grew up in Beverly hills together...
- On why Jack was added: "We found that Will had this bitchy tone because we were trying to cram every kind of gay man into one person. He was everything -- campy, serious, flamboyant, and conservative. We realized we had to break up this two headed character. So Jack was born of Will's rib."
- Sean Hayes aka Jack was the only cast member to accept the role when it was first offered. A bit about his audition: The producers so enjoyed Sean's audition that they asked for an encore. " I'm sure that he knew he had just blown us away," Max remembers, "because as he was leaving the room. he turned around and said," Stop looking at my ass, Mutchnick!' n then closed the door.
Name game:
- Will & grace: David Kohan (writer/producer) studied the works of 20th century Jewish theologian Martin Buber and in his book "I and Thou", Buber describes 2 complimentary elements in faith: "you need the Will to pursue a relationship with god and the Grace to receive it." Kohan told himself that if he ever wrote about 2 complimentary characters it would be great to use the names.
- Truman: Will's last name is simply a pun. He's Grace's "true man".
- Rosario: When Max and David needed a first name for karen's right hand maid, they needed to look no further than to Max's own household help. The real life Rosario now tends not only to Max Mutchnick's house but to Sean Hayes' as well.
Now for great quotes:
Jack: You're my new best friend.. call me every five minutes.
Karen: "As Gandhi once said, ' You're only as strong as your weakest servant.' I think he said that. Or maybe it was, " Wow, this sand is hot!"
Will: "You know the saying. 'Give jack a fish , he eats for a day. Teach Jack to fish, he brings home a fisherman.'"
Jack (of NBC): "It's a gay network for God's sake. The symbol is a peacock."
Jack: "Rosario married me to get a green card. But as long as I'm married to her i get a platinum card, a barney's card and a hallmark card that says: welcome to easy street."
Will: "Did i just scream like a woman?"
Grace: "Don't flatter yourself. You scream like a girl."
Karen: "
well well well. Look what the cat cleaned up, showered, exofoliated, powdered, lipsticked, Gucci'd and dragged in"
Grace: " I'm the worst thing to happen to interior design since basketball players started making millions."
Lionel: "You don't jave sex for money"
Karen: " No, I do not. For jewels, for furs, for mixed securities - like a lady."
Will: " It's unisex."
Grace: "Sweetie, that's what gay men always say when they want to wear women's clothing."
Karen: "Rosie, I just met the most incredible man!"
Rosario: "Are you sure you didn't just lean into the doorknob again?"
Will
(playing the pyramid game) : School reports, two pieces of paper, a hemline in a hurry
Grace: I don't know. give me another clue.
Will: Your Aunt honey's stomach.
Grace: Things that are stapled.
Will: "A Cane. A railing.. each other."
Grace: "Things that you lean on. "
The book of karen:
Karen: I felt bad because I had no shoes but then i met someone who had really bad shoes.
Karen: Honey, I often ask people on my staff to do different things. Cook sometimes, cleans. Cleaner sometimes cooks. Driver somethimes provide an
alibi.
Karen: Christmas celebrates the birth of our lord, Cartier.
now for the sad part-
excerpt: Writers take liberties with life. The real world may inspire storylines but don't look for absolute realism on the screen. Authentic New Yorkers don't leave their doors unlocked so that friends can burst in, and they don't pop back and forth between say, a soho office and an appartment on the Upper west side. " You have to think TV logic. When life is crammed into a twenty one minute episode there's no time to stop and smell the flowers or unlock the door."
dang reality checks! boooo
not quite the happy gelato stained postcard.
--6:50 PM--
