Kings

NBC has developed a new Sunday night show named Kings. Maybe this is a preemptive strike to fulfill the place of the slowly deteriorating heroes. After all the episodes are becoming more and more torturous, but I digress. Kings takes place oddly enough not in the modern day world. They have all the benefits of the world such as things like the internet, but countries are different and they have monarchies and such. The bad thing is that most of the series has biblical undertones. Silus is King…David is a Hero….Gath is the name a Country… the list goes on and on.

Despite for the writers love for biblical metaphors the plot is somewhat juicy. The hero falls in love with the king’s daughter and the parents intervene constantly in the relationship to ensure that it will not perpetuate any further. Also, there is the juicy back story that the prince is gay! When this is first brought out I was a little concerned. It almost seemed as if the show was grasping from any angle to keep people interested. The homosexual aspect of Prince Jack Benjamin is not ever fully developed. Instead the plot jumps on to the relationship between David and the princess.

Furthermore, the way the homosexuality was portrayed seems almost a backstep in comparison to other homosexual representations in the media. Jack is shown throughout the series so far as impulsive, irresponsible, and promiscuous. Is this how most homosexuals behave and can they choose to turn it off? King Silus speaks on the issue in a moment with his son in which he states that you have to give up what you want for power. SO basically I guess homosexuality is fine if you do not want to pursue a career. I don’t know I’m only speculating. Its just a little um CONVENIENT.