Abbott Elementary Adds a Queer Actor as a Recurring Character
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Happy Abbott Elementary Day to All Who Celebrate! School is finally back in session! (I’d make a joke here like “never though I’d say that” but it would be a lie…I was a nerd.) Season 2 of Abbott Elementary ended last April, but because the studios decided to be difficult and made the writers’ and actors’ strikes much longer than they had to be, the third season was delayed past the fall season, and the winter midseason. But luckily they’re not making us wait until the next typical TV “season” (which would be summer), and Abbott Elementary returns to us TONIGHT.
And, in gay news, they have added queer actor Kimia Behpoornia as a recurring character. I think I first saw Behpoornia in the very queer sitcom Abby starring Natalie Morales, but she has shown up and made me laugh in many, many shows since then, from Hacks to Atypical to Reboot and even Station 19. I find her hilarious and I’m excited to see what she brings to the (cafeteria) table.
We don’t know yet if Kimia Behpoornia’s character will be queer, but if she is, we’ll know she’s in good hands, with queer writers like Brittani Nichols in the room. If she is, it will be a boon, because too often a show adds a gay man and considers its LGBTQ+ box ticked, rarely moving on to add more queer and/or trans characters. I knew Abbott was smarter than that, and having queer people in the writers’ room means they know better than anyone that there is so much more comedy to be mined out of having multiple queer and/or trans character in one cast. The opportunities are endless, and I look forward to what this season brings.
Quinta Brunson also said that even though the strikes may have caused a delay, it only made them more creative in the writers’ room, so get ready for a very silly season of television.
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We didn’t get a look at Tala Ashe’s character on The Girls on the Bus. I’m hoping that if there is a queer character, it’s her.
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