The Hollywood Reporter: A lot of fans are upset about this story, as if lesbian couples are immune from cheating. Why is it an important one to tell?
Jessica Capshaw: It's important first and foremost because it's good drama. Forget about who you are or how you define yourself or and who you choose to love, it's good drama. It would not be interesting to watch a couple remain happy and free from anything happening to their marriage or connection. This is a very dramatic way of showing what can happen to a marriage. On an emotional level you want everyone to be happy but since this isn't real life there's a good opportunity here to lean into being disgruntled, mad, angry, happy or even turned on. You have to roll with it.
THR: The cheating arc is a departure from the stories audiences now -- thankfully -- have grown accustomed to seeing on TV for LGBT characters.
Capshaw: I look at what it felt like four years ago and what it feels like now and I do feel like progress is being made.
THR: Is there hope for Callie and Arizona? How much about season 10 has Shonda told you?
Capshaw: I don't know that anyone knows. I've been with my husband for 11 years, married for nine and when I think of the rupture of a relationship and the fallout of infidelity, I don't know that you can get that trust back. Clearly, by end of finale you understand that something for Arizona is permanently damaged and lost.
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Jessica Capshaw: It's important first and foremost because it's good drama. Forget about who you are or how you define yourself or and who you choose to love, it's good drama. It would not be interesting to watch a couple remain happy and free from anything happening to their marriage or connection. This is a very dramatic way of showing what can happen to a marriage. On an emotional level you want everyone to be happy but since this isn't real life there's a good opportunity here to lean into being disgruntled, mad, angry, happy or even turned on. You have to roll with it.
THR: The cheating arc is a departure from the stories audiences now -- thankfully -- have grown accustomed to seeing on TV for LGBT characters.
Capshaw: I look at what it felt like four years ago and what it feels like now and I do feel like progress is being made.
THR: Is there hope for Callie and Arizona? How much about season 10 has Shonda told you?
Capshaw: I don't know that anyone knows. I've been with my husband for 11 years, married for nine and when I think of the rupture of a relationship and the fallout of infidelity, I don't know that you can get that trust back. Clearly, by end of finale you understand that something for Arizona is permanently damaged and lost.
Read full interview at THR
I think cheating is cheating..gay straight bi...not sure....cheating is cheating. I'm not angry she cheated because I'm under the impression that lesbian don't cheat. I'm angry she cheated because she cheated and Callie didn't deserve that..nor did she deserve Arizona's self involved self serving rant. The truth of the matter is... if she had not gotten all twisted out of her frame because Alex wanted to go to Johns Hopkins, and had behaved like an adult and just decided to wait until he got back to discuss it instead of throwing a tantrum because someone failed to live up to HER standards and didn't want to do what SHE wanted them to do.....she wouldn't have even been on the plane.. Alex would have. So if she wants to yell at someone, and blame someone she needs to start with herself. She is selfish and self involved and I am just done with her. /rant :)
ReplyDeletehmmmm JCaps words makes the affair comes off as revengeful a lil. Maybe im reading it wrong idk. But i def can see the implication in the confrontation her blaming Callie for amputating her leg. This will be a head scratcher all summer.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that!
ReplyDeletePoor Callie, see her pain and cry really broke my heart
ReplyDeleteI think a big part of Arizona's cheating comes from anger and resentment, and maybe also the vulnerability of being found attractive by someone else. I think there's a lot that explains why Arizona would make that mistake, but is still something that Callie didn't deserve.
ReplyDeleteAnd come to think about it, because of Arizona's rash decision, that is why the survivors had to get the payout from the hospital instead of the mini-plane insurance. There was a clause saying only two attendings could be on a plane. Mark and Derek plus AZ made three. So she is the reason why the hospital went bankrupt. Arizona is the worst.
ReplyDeleteI know it is not good, but, as I always say that we are lucky to be one step out of the cave, evolutionary, what happened to relationships back then? Are we asking too much of ourselves to mate with one for life? No, I don't know the answer to my own questions, why I ask them! But the dramatisation is a reflection in the mirror of life. How we handle these moments through life and with whom we bond is what separates from our ancestors. I'm curious to see the first same sex divorce in history. It will be interesting to see how the media handles that matter. Are we still controlled by our hearts or has our evolved brain started to rationalise all of our responses to life's challenges...
ReplyDeleteyep... I completely agree.... I love me some JCap .but I CANNOT stand Arizona Robbins..not for one minute have I liked her.
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