Emmy Award-winning actor David Hyde Pierce opened up about his time on the smash NBC sitcom, "Frasier," in an interview on HuffPost Live this week, recalling -- among other things -- the show's then-progressive treatment of gay issues. Many of the gay-themed jokes on the series, Pierce said, were created to acknowledge the fact that Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) and Niles Crane (Pierce) engaged in a lot of behavior, including "wine-tasting, going to the opera and all," that would be "seen as ga...
David Hyde Pierce Looks Back On 'Frasier' And Its Then-Progressive Take On Gay Issues
The Huffington Post - 26 May 2015 20:27
Emmy Award-winning actor David Hyde Pierce opened up about his time on the smash NBC sitcom, "Frasier," in an interview on HuffPost Live this week, recalling -- among other things -- the show's then-progressive treatment of gay issues. Many of the gay-themed jokes on the series, Pierce said, were created to acknowledge the fact that Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) and Niles Crane (Pierce) engaged in a lot of behavior, including "wine-tasting, going to the opera and all," that would be "seen as ga...
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