Noah’s Arc the only black gay TV show ever to air on television season two DVD available today!!!!

The Cast of Noah’s ArcWell its been a long wait but the second season of  Noah’s Arc the only black gay TV show to ever air on American television is now available! I will race down to buy it at the HMV ASAP!!!! Noah’s Arc is a very important show its the first and ONLY black gay TV show ever to broadcast on television. Now to be fair MTV LOGO in the United States is such a small network that had a small audience.  MTV LOGO is the gay channel in the United States and its such a specialty network the demographic is too small. The problem with Noah’s Arc is the show should of been on a bigger network in order to reach a larger audience. Another dilemma for the show I think is that MTV LOGO simply wasn’t supporting the show enough and we all know why don’t we.

Its interesting a positive show about four young black gay men that are proud to be black and gay and yet MTV LOGO cancels the program. I doubt very much if MTV LOGO was about four white boys they would cancel the show. Noah’s Arc gave a face to black gay America and to young black gay men. Although I am not American I am indeed black and I was so happy to finally be visible. In the so called “gay” community which is really a white racist enviroment black gay men we are invisible due to white supremacy and white  gay male cultural domination.  Noah’s Arc also taked about issues in the black community such as homophobia in the black church, black gay culture, the black family and the daily struggles just being black and gay. The show was a voice for us. And its like MTV LOGO snatched that voice away. I really hope another bigger network takes on  Noah’s Arc. The show deserves more press and more promotion. Again the reason the show never caught on was due to racism of the mainstream American media but also the so called “white” gay community. Noah’s Arc of course was never on the cover of those so called gay publications which really are just for white gays. Its good though in America two new black gay magazines have emerged and thank god for that!

Unlike other certain gay shows that shall remain nameless Noah’s Arc had class. On Noah’s Arc scatalogical language was not used nor was there any nudity nor was the show dirty. Noah’s Arc was like a gay sex in the city it had more in common with that show. Also, Noah’s Arc had four gay black men that were so diverse. First you had Noah the screenwriter and star of the show. Second, there was Ricky his sexy friend that owned a boutique on Melrose Avenue. After Ricky there was the bitchy but loveable STD counsellor Alex. And finally Chance was the mama bear of the group the older gay black man he was a professor.

I liked the show a lot because I finally got to see people that were black and gay just like for a change. I already bought the first season of Noah’s Arc. Its such a shame the show did not reach a larger black audience. And yes I already contacted BET. Now of course BET refused to return my e-mails. BET is too homophobic anc conservative. Even though BET is owned by the same company Viacom just like MTV LOGO. Why couldn’t Noah’s Arc be on the regular MTV dial its a lot better then those tacky rich white kid shows like the Hills? Why couldn’t MTV or some other Viacom network give Noah’s Arc a chance? Noah’s Arc was only 22 minutes and it only had eight episodes. Again now this goes down to the cheapness of MTV LOGO and their lack of support for the black gay TV show. The story is that Noah’s Arc didn’t have enough money to continue producing the program. I honestly believe MTV LOGO was not the best fit for the show. And this is the dilemma that Noah’s Arc had you got a wonderful program about a group of intelligent, smart, and attractive black gay men written from a black gay point of view. And this part is very important. I am tired of the racist stereotypes that white gay men consistently placed on black gay men on those other gay TV shows. I am tired of black men being stereotyped as sexual savages and whores. Noah’s Arc finally fought off the white cultural domination and white supremacy. The show had substance  and allowed black gay men to be three dimensional characters. It was so refreshing also to see that the show had black on black romance. Its about damn time I say. There has been a fear in movies and TV to show black gay men in loving relationships with each other. Noah’s Arc is more then just a TV show its a political statement. And although I hear a movie is being  made for next year I consider that a tacky cop out. How many people know about Noah’s Arc? And that’s the problem the show wasn’t promoted right by MTV LOGO and we all know why.

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