Tottyland

Home and a gay

OK it's a tragic title but I am having my monthly 'can't be bothered' day today (which is why I'm not out drinking).

Now Home and Away has recently replaced Neighbours as quality totty Australian soap.

It does have it's advantages being set in Summer Bay which is actually Palm Beach north of Sydney (though Mona Vale has better beaches) which is a tad warmer than Melbourne. It hasn't always been this way. Neighbours has gone from Jansen Spencer, Jesse Spencer, Jonathan Dutton, Andrew Bibby and Dan Paris to Blair McDoughnut, his plumpness something Harvey (see the impression he's made) and Jay I forget his surname.

Home and Away has Kip Gamblin (yes dear), Chris Egan, Mitch Firth, Beau Brady, Danny Raco, and now Rian McLean who those who have been ill recently or students will know was in the odd Round the Twist (which featured Tim's crush Brook Sykes).

Rian plays Christopher Ross who has magically (as they do in soaps) gone from 10 to 16 in a year and is gay...yes gay.

Now one might hope for a good storyline with pathos and subtle investigation of the issues around teenagers being gay...nahhh Rian has been told to act camp (not hard for him...see Round the Twist) and to make rather lame passes as Chris and Mitch (mainly Mitch) while they stand shirtless in front of him (Mitch wants to join in too) and later to get shirtless himself.

I bet what we get is an inept attempt to pull Mitch followed by loads of angst then a happyish ending with Rian's character disappearing faster than David Sneddon's career.