'Grey's Anatomy': Shonda Rhimes on her plans for Erica and Callie

As with ER, it seems that making the characters gay, is an attempt to build up two characters that were poorly constructed from the start. Weaver on ER never knew who she was as a doctor or as a person. Her entire “life” was a search for the answer to the question, “Who is Kerry Weaver?”. Making her gay failed to answer that question for me because then her flaws as a person were overshadowed by the discrimination she faced as a gay woman.

This is another stupid move by a show now infamous for making them. My problem with any gender-based and/or minority storylines are this, are they willing to expand them beyond their confines? Will they allow break-ups, make-ups, or bring in other love interests for these characters once the initial storyline runs its course? Typically it isn’t done. When it is we get stuff like this. I also have to say how offended I am that Sara Ramirez is caught up in this nonsense. Hasn’t the character she plays been through enough garbage?

To TMB,
All I have to do is point to the track record of other shows that have gone in this direction. It never leads anywhere. I am not objecting to the presence of a gay character or gay couples. I’m objecting to the use of Callie in this way because the writers are too lazy to do anything else with her. I like larger women and I love it when they are major characters on a TV show, but the writers always screw it up, like with the bartender on “October Road”. They never gave Callie a chance to develop fully. If this character turn is an attempt to do just that and it is done well, good. But, if not, that means I will see less and less of Sara Ramirez on-screen. So, basically, I object for purely selfish reasons. Sara is for me, THE eye-candy on that show.

can’t they think of anything else? this show is getting boring…pretty soon they’ll run out of material for the show

I was also disappointed with the Callie/Dr. Hahn story. We never really saw Callie deal with losing George nor see her ask herself what happened and how she got to this point in her life. In fact, I don’t think her character has been developed well at all. Where are Callie’s friends? We all know she isn’t friends with any of the original gang of interns but I’m sure she hasn’t gotten through life without at least one best friend she talks to about everything. The writing is very lazy regarding this character.

To Lilian…there are alot of degrees of sexuality between being completely straight or being completely gay. I don’t think it’s a stretch at all that Callie would, at whatever time in her life, find herself attracted to a woman. I just don’t think she had opened herself up to the possibility before.

“Does every show have to have to have a homosexual couple?” Really? I think you’d be hard pressed to find even a handful of shows on network television that DO have a homosexual couple. If any. Anyone? Help. Let’s name them.

I think gay storylines are fine and interesting – but it just disappoints me (as referenced in the article) that a strong woman who has some social fears would naturally have to be a lesbian. It is a stereotype and I’m surprised at Rhimes for reinforcing when she’s usually into busting images (like Bailey as a sci fi fan – love it!). I liked Callie/Hahn as a fierce and intense friendship – why does it need to turn into something else?