The thing about producing is that the pressure is off of being in front of the camera, and being critiqued and judged in that way, but there are other pressures producing. ↗
The writers have slowly taken the show, with subjects other gay shows have dived right into, slowly. It was over a year before Will even started to date. ↗
They might have a long way to go before truly accepting gay people into their lives, but they have accepted the show into their living rooms each and every week. ↗
You don't have a face to work with, so your voice has to do all the work until you see the animation. So, a lot of it I had to pull back because it was too big. ↗