If Straight People Were the Minority

I found a really interesting episode of the U.S. sitcom “Ellen” on youtube.  The premise is a world in which straight people were the minority.  I thought it was really funny and in exploring LGBTQ the humor was really original and refreshing because fewer shows deal with these topics.

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I was also comparing the episodes after Ellen (the character) came out to those before and I noticed that there was more kissing, sexual innuendo, etc. in the episodes where Ellen was assumed to be straight and had boyfriends than with her girlfriend in the last two seasons.  I was wondering if this had to do with not wanting to “offend” fans of the show or to avoid catering to a male lesbian fantasy or some of both.  Any ideas?  

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