Zarf Is Must See TV

Housewives across the country got a little lesson in transgenderism on Friday's episode of "All My Children."

Zarf
The soap furthered the storyline of transgendered lesbian character Zarf/Zoe's quest to transition from male to female. On today's educational and partially unscripted episode, Zarf, played by male actor Jeffrey Carlson, ventured to a support group where he encountered trans persons, played by genuine transgendered actors in various stages of undergoing the change. Janice Dickinson must have been unavailable, but a Sandra Oh lookalike was!

For a brief moment, the ABC soap diverged from their laughable Satin Slayer storyline to expose audiences to more diverse characters in a positive light. Let's hope this noble effort doesn't turn into the serial's killer, or kill the serial.



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91. All I can say is reading most of these comments makes me realize how twisted and ignorant this country is. Alot of the ignorant rantings I have read is really pathetic. If someone is gay, transexual, whatever, it really doesnt affect my life. And I love AMC and this storyline.

Posted at 8:46PM on Mar 9th 2007 by Joanne

92. Dear Loveyourmeat,

I have some meat you'd REALLY love!! Especially if you like the taste of FISH!!

HA HA HA HA HA HA ! Eat me, BITCH!!

Posted at 8:54PM on Mar 9th 2007 by R U Freakin kidding me?

93. I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT AMC DID THIS. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STORY LINE OR THE MALE ACTOR THAT IS PLAYING HIM.....

Posted at 9:14PM on Mar 9th 2007 by KAREN

94. This show should have a R rating and not be allowed to show before 10 pm,for the protection of our children. I am going to write Congress in protest.

Posted at 9:43PM on Mar 9th 2007 by America the Beautiful

95. One day I hope for the sake of our society that the medical world can find a way to fix these sick gay/tranny type people because it is a mental illness. It's not normal people - think about it - does your dog or cat wish it was the opposit sex ??? Nature has males & females for a reason - survival of the species. These sickos just need to accept the way they were born or seek medical attention for their illness.

Posted at 10:04PM on Mar 9th 2007 by Just a thought

96. BRAVO to ABC!!!!

Posted at 10:11PM on Mar 9th 2007 by Gimme A Break

97. #16, you suck! Susan Lucci rules!

Posted at 10:22PM on Mar 9th 2007 by John

98. This has been a rude awakening to read these comments. The hatred displayed here is frightening. AMC has done an entertaining and HIGHLY EDUCATIONAL storyline about the torment of an individual contemplating a sexual transition. We are not to judge with hatred the decisions someone makes to achieve peace. Try to be a little less judgemental and if this is not of interest to you, don't watch the soap. Don't get fired up about it. Focus on what makes you content and do something positive in your life,

Jeffrey Carlson has done a stellar performance with the script given to him. It certainly provides a refreshing tone on the typical soap storylines of adultery, paternity, murder, etc. I, for one, am totally mesmerized by the character of Zoe.

Posted at 10:40PM on Mar 9th 2007 by Valpo

99. First off, people who don't watch AMC really don't have the right to be commenting on this storyline. Second, I think it's an informative storyline geared to all audiences of people, and personally I've also watched the show for 21 years now and I love the storyline, it's new and interesting. Lastly to all the close minded people: Just a Thought, Tired of it all, Sermon on the Mount, TH, God Bless America, Shawna, Back Off, Candace & Anny-YOU ARE ALL IGNORANT. Why can't you accept people for who they are, not everyone is like you, people are all different and that's what makes our country so great, if you don't like it go live in a repressed communistic civilization like China. If we were all the same life would be really boring. Also why is it that you have to try to bring people down with your hurtful words, is it because different people scare you or is it that your uneducated and you only know how to insult. I'm sure that once in your life someone didn't accept you for who you were and you're trying to turn that anger around onto someone else and it's not acceptable. And stop standing behind your religion to hate, that's not what it's meant for. It only says in the bible that homosexuality is wrong because the Catholic religion is a business and they want you to have as many babies as possible to make more money, I mean followers for them. Besides, for all you know your savior could've been a homosexual. And all religions preach loving your neighbor and accepting all people. And before you jump to your judgmental conclusions, I'm in my late twenties and I'm a heterosexual female. And by the way I'm in the broadcasting industry and we DO NOT have our own agenda we are EDUCATED people who write about things that will interest all groups of people, and we refuse to write storylines to groups of sexist, racist, ignorant, bigoted people. THESE STORYLINES ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE ARE WRITTEN TO TEACH YOU ACCEPTANCE OF OTHER PEOPLE. All of that hating must really tire you ignorant people out.

Posted at 11:04PM on Mar 9th 2007 by End Racism and Sexism Everywhere

100. First off, people who don't watch AMC really don't have the right to be commenting on this storyline. Second, I think it's an informative storyline geared to all audiences of people, and personally I've also watched the show for 21 years now and I love the storyline, it's new and interesting. Lastly to all the close minded people: Just a Thought, Tired of it all, Sermon on the Mount, TH, God Bless America, Shawna, Back Off, Candace & Anny-YOU ARE ALL IGNORANT. Why can't you accept people for who they are, not everyone is like you, people are all different and that’s what makes our country so great, if you don't like it go live in a repressed communistic civilization like China. If we were all the same life would be really boring. Also why is it that you have to try to bring people down with your hurtful words, is it because different people scare you or is it that your uneducated and you only know how to insult. I'm sure that once in your life someone didn't accept you for who you were and it hurt so now you’re trying to turn that anger around onto someone else and it's not acceptable. And stop standing behind your religion to hate, that’s not what it's meant for. It only says in the bible that homosexuality is wrong because the Catholic religion is a business and they want you to have as many babies as possible to make more money, I mean followers for them. Besides, for all you know your savior could've been a homosexual. And all religions preach loving your neighbor and accepting all people. And before you jump to your judgmental conclusions, I'm in my late twenties and I'm a heterosexual female. And by the way I'm in the broadcasting industry and we DO NOT have our own agenda, we are EDUCATED people who write about things that will interest all groups of people, and we refuse to write storylines to groups of sexist, racist, ignorant, bigoted people. THESE STORYLINES ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE WRITTEN TO TEACH YOU ACCEPTANCE OF OTHER PEOPLE. All of that hating must really tire all of you ignorant people out.

Posted at 2:45AM on Jun 19th 2007 by End Racism And Sexism Everywhere

101. #29 -- Bianca's storyline has been one of the best things AMC has ever done, because they have focused on Bianca as a human being as being more important than her being a lesbian. They took a beloved character and broke through a lot of stereotypes.

I wasn't wild about Zarf at first, but the character is growing on me. I really like what Jeffrey Carlson is doing and I hope AMC will continue with this storyline in a respectful way.

AMC has always been devoted to raising social consciousness; maybe you ought to quit watching if you hate it so much.

Oh, and it's CALGON "take me away," not CALGO!

Posted at 11:59PM on Mar 9th 2007 by Milagros

102. I don't like it! they could have made it fun with the drag queens but it was so serious and BORING! YAWN! the show went down hill when they changed Erica Cane ' s whole history by bringing her long lost son on. I think Erica has had one too many face lifts.

Posted at 12:11AM on Mar 10th 2007 by BOOO

103. I just happen to know who God hates and who will go to hell when they die. It's not gays and it's not transgendered people. God hates self-righteous, sanctimonious, bigoted, bible-thumping, provincial, ignorant, Bush-loving, war-mongering, Fox-watching, trailer trash. They will be punished on Judgment Day. I know this for a fact because She told me so.

Posted at 1:00AM on Mar 10th 2007 by antiquegirl

104. When I read that storyline was coming I made a permanent switch to Y&R and Days. I'm a housewife with three young children. ZERO desire to see tranny crap anytime let alone during daytime. ABC has turned into the most controvercial gay/lesbian/tranny network station. The other networks produce much, much better quality shows without the need for reaching out to segment groups. Frons is an ass. But, I appreciate his sicko mind turning me on to much better shows!!!
ABC is now blocked from our DirectV televisons for good. They can pander to minority groups. Believe it or not, I'm not racist. I just don't have a desire to watch storylines that are of no interest to me or listen to Rosie trash anything she can get her hands on while being so obviously dysfunctional (no, not talking about gay). She claims to have gone into a "deep depression" due to Columbine". Sure. Sounds to be as though she's looking to blame a trigger instead of her own messed up childhood/life she didn't deal with before.
The last thing my husband and I want is for our kids to walk past a TV and see a man dressed as a woman. It's out job to educate our children on the variety of people we have not, ABC daytime.
For those promoters of this crap, say what you will. I'm being a responsible parent to my young children and choosing to watch programming geared toward me.

Posted at 1:14AM on Mar 10th 2007 by Barb

105. I've said it before and I'll say it again: if you don't like what's on, change the channel.

The amount of hatred here is sad. So you're all right with murder and adultery storylines but you think a story about a character making a decision and personal journey that harms nobody is the worst thing ever?

Sad.

Posted at 1:30AM on Mar 10th 2007 by Stop the Hate

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