I was under the impression that intense hot pink and the LGBTQ associations that tend to accompany same was on some kind of cultural upswing, mainly due to the approach of Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie, which is totally pink-flooded and (to judge by promotional materials) buoyantly and energetically gay in certain ways.
But on the other hand we have the abrupt cancellation of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, the poorly reviewed Paramount + musical series. Pink Ladies is a 1954-set prequel to the original Grease (’78) with something of an anti-straight mindset, despite hetero values and lifestyles having absolutely ruled with an iron fist during that post-Korean War, Commie-hunting, James Dean-flavored era.
The Pink Ladies cancelling doesn’t appear to have been a let’s-turn-off-the-woke-spigots thing — it mainly resulted from the merging of Paramount + and Showtime.
Pink Ladies was whacked after a single season. The animated Star Trek: Prodigy series was also cut loose; ditto Queen of the Universe and The Game. I don’t care about any of these shows…blaahh.
