The scriptwriter of Sesame Street confirms that Epi and Blas maintained a sentimental relationship
GAYLES.TV.- "When I wrote Epi and BlasI always thought they were a couple" has declared Mark Slarzman, Writer Sesame Street the magazine Queerty. "There was no other way to contextualize them. In addition, many people referred to me and my partner Arnie (Arnold Gassman) as Epi and Blas real-life", remember.
There was always a rumor mill about the most popular couple in Sesame Street. For years the viewers wondered about their relationship. Blas, yellow, was the serious character while Epi I played a more joking and funny role. For decades we accompanied them in their daily lives and we even went into their bedroom.
In 2013, The New Yorker He took them out of the closet illustrating the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in favor of homosexual marriages with a cover in which they appear huddled on the couch. Blas surrounds with the arm Epi who leans on his shoulder while on television the nine Supreme Court judges appear posing, who handed down two historic rulings in favor of homosexuals, reinforcing the rights of gay marriages in the country.
Since then the open secret became vox populi, but it has not been until today that the words of Mark Slarzman They have confirmed the relationship. Hopefully in the future our creatures do not have to wait so many years to have LGTB + referents.
Source: Queerty,Huffington Post, Cadena Ser, La Vanguardia
Photographer: The New Yorker, Getty Images
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