Maxxie = Bad?
Tea = Good?
I finally broke down and watched the American version of Skins. Aside from being a cheap imitation, the thing that offended me most was the token gay character.
In the E4 series, the character Maxxie is a homosexual male. In the American version, the character is replaced by a female called Tea. I suspect that they changed the sex of the character because the story line would be far too "shocking" for American television (which has already lost a gasket over some content of the show already.)
In the British series, the widely accepted "main character," Tony, has a falling out with his girlfriend because she catches him hooking up with Maxxie, claiming he's just "trying something new." The American show copied the story line, but it is far less shocking to see a straight male conquest the lesbian female. Also, because our culture seems far more accepting of feminine, exotic lesbians rather than gay males.
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