Prime-time man-kissing (seriously, romantically) on prime-time 'network' TV wouldn't come until 26 years later, on the WB's 'Dawson Creek' in 2000.īut back to Pedro (PEE-droe), which 'Shelter' renders with an attentive, insider's eye, from the run-down, graffiti-tagged neighborhoods in sight of the Vincent Thomas Bridge to the posh McMansions across the tracks.
Jonah Markowitz's 'Shelter' is a Sundancey made-for-cable coming-out story from the here! network, which bills itself as 'Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Television.' In 1974, 'Shelter' would have been run as a Movie of the Week, but the two San Pedro surfers would not have kissed.
