Will And Grace

One of my favourite episodes of Will & Grace involves Jack stumbling across the “Welcome Back Home” conversion program.

Apple can bend to the weight of public opinion. Photo: AFP.

It’s hilarious for two reasons: One, because Jack cunningly chooses to think of the group as “Welcome Back Homo” and two, as the episode amusingly shows, washing that gay right out of your hair isn’t all that simple. Or successful.

My interest in conversion programs is two-fold. I find them stupidly hilarious as Will & Grace and But I’m a Cheerleader and Saved and Boston Legal and Big Love and plenty of other examples testify.

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  • jason says:

    12:46am | 31/03/11

    This is different from just disagreeing with the app, the app is wrong and misleading. You can’t cure homosexuality and to think so is misleading and trys to claim being gay is a disease. its wrong and therefore it should be blocked. Read more »

  • john says:

    09:27pm | 29/03/11

    I spose there are also many type of homosexuals some who have become christian and stuggle with it. I guess we have to make room for them all hey Read more »

 

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