How To Get Away With Murder Analysis

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Medium: Television Show “How to Get Away with Murder”: Sexual content on television has dramatically changed since the dawn of the medium over fifty years ago. The 2003 Supreme Court ruling abolishing sodomy laws made homosexual sexual acts legal in the United States creating significant strides in the LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights and marriage equality movements. The trend of depicting LGBT television characters as overly flamboyant queers is over and homosexual relationships are the new normal. The shift in ideology can be accredited to several factors however; the largest factor is the high acceptance of homosexuality in society. Currently, homosexual relationships are being looked at in the same fashion as heterosexual …show more content…

She will be honored by The Human Rights Campaign at its gala dinner in March 2015 for the ‘groundbreaking’ representation of LGBT characters on primetime television. An example of Rhimes raunchy characters can be seen in her new compelling drama How to Get Away with Murder. The series starts Viola Davis, a law professor at a prestigious Philadelphia university who becomes involved in a murder plot with her students. How to Get Away with Murder uses homosexual sexual activity as a means of increasing ratings. The story line consists of a gay law student named Connor who is very sexually promiscuous. Connor uses sex to gain information in efforts to win cases for his law professor Annalise Keating. One of his victims is an IT technician, Oliver who helps Connor get information. During the 9 episodes that currently aired thus far, Connor has had the Medium: Television Show “How to Get Away with Murder” Television has never been popular for being a role model for children. However, there were never many gay and lesbian relationships portrayed on television. The current analysis clearly confirms that times have changed. However, the role of Connor, played by actor Jack Falahee is pioneered sexuality to

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