Josh, love ya work mate. I just wanted to say thanks for such a great show. Not just for the non-standard, honest LGBT characters (which I appreciate), but also for the honesty around mental health. Some stories, especially the episode "Scroggin" (just Josh and Mum hiking through Tasmania), have felt very real to someone who had to grow up with a Mum who suffered depression.
So thanks, mate.
Since this is supposed to be used to ask a question: I saw some blow-back you had recently about the line about bi guys in the past. In your reply (which was good, by the way, and I totally understand what you were trying to say, I think) you spoke about TV Josh in the third person. I was surprised to find that I had made the classic mistake of forgetting that even though this is pretty real content, it is just a character you are playing there, if only one who seems very similar to you... So, do you find difficulty keeping that separation? Some people close to you would obviously know what's really you and what's just drama for TV, but I imagine that not everyone would get that difference...
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Josh, love ya work mate. I just wanted to say thanks for such a great show. Not just for the non-standard, honest LGBT characters (which I appreciate), but also for the honesty around mental health. Some stories, especially the episode "Scroggin" (just Josh and Mum hiking through Tasmania), have felt very real to someone who had to grow up with a Mum who suffered depression.
So thanks, mate.
Since this is supposed to be used to ask a question: I saw some blow-back you had recently about the line about bi guys in the past. In your reply (which was good, by the way, and I totally understand what you were trying to say, I think) you spoke about TV Josh in the third person. I was surprised to find that I had made the classic mistake of forgetting that even though this is pretty real content, it is just a character you are playing there, if only one who seems very similar to you... So, do you find difficulty keeping that separation? Some people close to you would obviously know what's really you and what's just drama for TV, but I imagine that not everyone would get that difference...
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