At the premiere of Peacock’s ‘Queer as Folk,’ Stephen Dunn, Kim Cattrall and more spoke about the show’s depictions of gun violence.
After the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex. on May 24, Quinta Brunson tweeted that it was “wild how many people have asked for a school shooting episode of the show I write,” referring to her ABC sitcom “Abbott Elementary” and adding that the clear answer is “no.” Meanwhile, CBS pulled the season finale of “FBI” in response to the tragedy, while Netflix added a content warning for Season 4 of “Stranger Things” due to the show’s depiction of violence.
“Queer as Folk,” Stephen Dunn’s reimagining of the groundbreaking British television series for Peacock, also announced that the show’s pilot episode would include a warning card. Unlike its counterparts, however, “Queer as Folk” addresses the issue of gun violence head-on, centering its story on a mass shooting based on the 2016 massacre at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., that left 50 people dead. At the show’s premiere, which opened Outfest’s OutFront TV Festival at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, Dunn explained why the decision to include a warning card was made.
