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    'We had death threats': the defiant return of Will & Grace

    The groundbreaking TV show returns to tackle Trump, butt doubles and Madonna-bashing millennials
    by Jane Mulkerrins Jan 20, 2018 5 minutes
    WILL & GRACE -- Season: 1 -- Pictured: (l-r) Megan Mullally as Karen Walker, Eric McCormack as Will Truman, Debra Messing as Grace Adler, Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland -- (Photo by: Andrew Eccles/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

    When it debuted on TV, Will & Grace was revolutionary. Not only was it the first mainstream LGBTQ sitcom on TV, but it was one in which gay life was portrayed in a naturalistic way; where the characters weren’t walking cliches but just … existed.

    The arrival of Will & Grace in 1998 – a year after Ellen had come out on her self-titled sitcom – was political by its very presence on primetime. The success of its eight-season run was significant: in 2012 Joe Biden, Obama’s vice president, commented that the show “probably did more to educate the American public” on LGBTQ issues “than almost anything anybody has ever done so far”. It opened the doors for gay characters on TV, paving the way for the likes of Modern Family’s Cam and Mitch. Comedian Billy Eichner (Difficult People, Billy on the Street) recently said: “If

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