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I found another new Cowlip interview. It's similar to the one on bjfic, but different:
Interviewer: It’s such an honor that you’ve granted me this interview. Thank you so much. If you don’t mind, I’d like to jump right in and ask you where you see Brian and Justin today?
Dan: In our bedroom. Right before bed each night we watch half an episode. Sometimes Ron makes us fast forward through the Melanie and Lindsay scenes. Okay, sometime we fast-forward through Ted’s scenes too. We NEVER fast forward through Brian and Justin’s scenes. In fact, some woman, I can’t remember her name, I think it began with a T, sent us a set of DVDs with ONLY Brian and Justin scenes. It’s actually a copyright infringement, but given how much fast-forwarding it saves us, we don’t mind.
Interviewer: I meant, do you see Brian and Justin together today? As in still together as a couple.
Dan: They’re fictional characters. Why would we see them together today?
Ron: I think what Dan means is that we prefer to watch our DVDs of Brian and Justin as we created them. We cast the actors who portrayed them, we wrote the lines they spoke, we often directed the actors who portrayed the characters who spoke the lines we wrote. It’s a testament to our creativity that fans are still at odds over the fact that Justin needed to leave Brian at the end of the show to make his way in the world.
Interviewer: So Justin did leave Brian?
Dan: Well, he moved to New York and Brian stayed in Pittsburgh. What is there not to understand? We utilized the old-time fade-out convention, both to show that time had elapsed and to emphasize Justin being gone. Kaput. Never to be seen again.
Ron: Dan likes to exaggerate. Of course Brian and Justin will see each other again. New York is a brief commuter flight, less than 90 minutes, from Pittsburgh. Justin’s mother lived in Pittsburgh. Justin’s move to New York may have been the end of the romance of the century, but that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t lay eyes on each other again. To think otherwise would be shortsighted.
Interviewer: So Brian and Justin will see each other again, but their love affair is over?
Dan: Pretty much. Remember, they’re fictional characters.
Ron: I think what Dan is trying to say is that since Brian and Justin are fictional characters, you can believe whatever you want to believe. We prefer for our fans to see our show in whatever light makes them happiest and more inclined to purchase additional DVDs.
Interviewer: What did you have in mind with the line, “It's only time.”
Dan: Truthfully?
Interviewer: That would be my preference.
Dan: We wanted to torture some of the fan base.
Interviewer: No shit?
Ron: I think what Dan meant to say is that we wanted to end the Brian and Justin story with a little mystery. Make our fans spend years, decades even, wondering what we meant by it.
Dan: The idea for the speech came after we shot and reshot that scene over 100 times. We were doing some rewrites during a break after the 115th take and had lost our sense of time.
Interviewer: Really?
Ron: Actually no. Dan told the truth the first time. We just wanted to torture some of our fan base.
Interviewer: Are you surprised by how huge an impact on society you have made and that all this time after the show has ended there are still millions of active fans?
Dan: We are thrilled that QAF continues to engage and enrage. We are deeply appreciative for the fans around the world who watch and re-watch the show. And how lucky we are to have the DVD's! Did I mention how we watch half an episode every night?
Interviewer: Yes, I think you did. Just changing the subject, Randy Harrison was once quoted as saying he felt that Justin was in an abusive relationship with Brian. What's your take on that?
Dan: Brian should have been WAY more abusive with Randy. That kid really needed a kick in the ass in a serious way.
Interviewer: You mean Justin?
Dan: Excuse me?
Interviewer: You said Brian should have been more abusive with Randy. Didn’t you mean Justin?
Dan: Same difference.
Interviewer: Okay. I have no criticism of your character choices whatsoever, but I know a minority of fans had issues with the Pink Posse arc in that it was out of character for Justin. Can you explain your thoughts behind your ideas for this?
Dan: Vigilantes exist. Gay vigilantes exist. We wanted a character to become a gay vigilante and who better than Justin?
Ron: I think what Dan is trying to say is that we were able to manipulate Justin’s storyline best in order to transform one of our characters into a vigilante. And we wanted to shave Randy’s head.
Dan: That’s right! I forgot about that.
Interviewer: What would you have done differently if given the opportunity to change one thing about the show?
Dan: We would have fired our former employee who made a small fortune selling stolen set artifacts on eBay. Ron and I could have made a killing if we’d done that ourselves.
Ron: While true, enough with the eBay fixation!
Interviewer: Who were your favorite secondary characters?
Dan: I really don't remember any secondary characters.
Ron: I think what Dan is trying to say is that we don’t currently spend time thinking about the characters, except for Brian and Justin.
Interviewer: Can you supply any juicy tidbits about the actors during filming?
Dan: Other than what you can see on the behind-the-scene segments of the QAF DVDs, I’ll just say that some of the tidbits were very juicy.
Ron: Dan is kidding. All of them were juicy.
Interviewer: There have been a lot of quotes from cast members, especially Randy Harrison, that you and members of the cast had some serious disagreements after the first two seasons. In fact, Hal Sparks has said in an interview he would never work with Gale or Randy again. How do you feel about Gale and Randy?
Dan: As for Hal's remark, I don't know where, when or in what context that was said. But I can assure you that we love Gale Harold. We adore him. Nobody could have portrayed Brian Kinney as well as Gale Harold. We still watch his audition tape when we need a break from the QAF DVDs.
Ron: I think what Dan means is that, as is the case with any family, there can be disagreements. In our case, disagreements are likely among people who spend five years together stuck in the tundra of Toronto making a hell of a lot less money than they would have if we had been able to produce the show in LA. What we cannot disagree about is that Gale Harold was amazing as Brian Kinney and had we not discovered him, QAF would not have been what it was.
Interviewer: Thank you gentlemen! I’m still in shock that I had this opportunity. You’re amazing.
Interviewer: It’s such an honor that you’ve granted me this interview. Thank you so much. If you don’t mind, I’d like to jump right in and ask you where you see Brian and Justin today?
Dan: In our bedroom. Right before bed each night we watch half an episode. Sometimes Ron makes us fast forward through the Melanie and Lindsay scenes. Okay, sometime we fast-forward through Ted’s scenes too. We NEVER fast forward through Brian and Justin’s scenes. In fact, some woman, I can’t remember her name, I think it began with a T, sent us a set of DVDs with ONLY Brian and Justin scenes. It’s actually a copyright infringement, but given how much fast-forwarding it saves us, we don’t mind.
Interviewer: I meant, do you see Brian and Justin together today? As in still together as a couple.
Dan: They’re fictional characters. Why would we see them together today?
Ron: I think what Dan means is that we prefer to watch our DVDs of Brian and Justin as we created them. We cast the actors who portrayed them, we wrote the lines they spoke, we often directed the actors who portrayed the characters who spoke the lines we wrote. It’s a testament to our creativity that fans are still at odds over the fact that Justin needed to leave Brian at the end of the show to make his way in the world.
Interviewer: So Justin did leave Brian?
Dan: Well, he moved to New York and Brian stayed in Pittsburgh. What is there not to understand? We utilized the old-time fade-out convention, both to show that time had elapsed and to emphasize Justin being gone. Kaput. Never to be seen again.
Ron: Dan likes to exaggerate. Of course Brian and Justin will see each other again. New York is a brief commuter flight, less than 90 minutes, from Pittsburgh. Justin’s mother lived in Pittsburgh. Justin’s move to New York may have been the end of the romance of the century, but that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t lay eyes on each other again. To think otherwise would be shortsighted.
Interviewer: So Brian and Justin will see each other again, but their love affair is over?
Dan: Pretty much. Remember, they’re fictional characters.
Ron: I think what Dan is trying to say is that since Brian and Justin are fictional characters, you can believe whatever you want to believe. We prefer for our fans to see our show in whatever light makes them happiest and more inclined to purchase additional DVDs.
Interviewer: What did you have in mind with the line, “It's only time.”
Dan: Truthfully?
Interviewer: That would be my preference.
Dan: We wanted to torture some of the fan base.
Interviewer: No shit?
Ron: I think what Dan meant to say is that we wanted to end the Brian and Justin story with a little mystery. Make our fans spend years, decades even, wondering what we meant by it.
Dan: The idea for the speech came after we shot and reshot that scene over 100 times. We were doing some rewrites during a break after the 115th take and had lost our sense of time.
Interviewer: Really?
Ron: Actually no. Dan told the truth the first time. We just wanted to torture some of our fan base.
Interviewer: Are you surprised by how huge an impact on society you have made and that all this time after the show has ended there are still millions of active fans?
Dan: We are thrilled that QAF continues to engage and enrage. We are deeply appreciative for the fans around the world who watch and re-watch the show. And how lucky we are to have the DVD's! Did I mention how we watch half an episode every night?
Interviewer: Yes, I think you did. Just changing the subject, Randy Harrison was once quoted as saying he felt that Justin was in an abusive relationship with Brian. What's your take on that?
Dan: Brian should have been WAY more abusive with Randy. That kid really needed a kick in the ass in a serious way.
Interviewer: You mean Justin?
Dan: Excuse me?
Interviewer: You said Brian should have been more abusive with Randy. Didn’t you mean Justin?
Dan: Same difference.
Interviewer: Okay. I have no criticism of your character choices whatsoever, but I know a minority of fans had issues with the Pink Posse arc in that it was out of character for Justin. Can you explain your thoughts behind your ideas for this?
Dan: Vigilantes exist. Gay vigilantes exist. We wanted a character to become a gay vigilante and who better than Justin?
Ron: I think what Dan is trying to say is that we were able to manipulate Justin’s storyline best in order to transform one of our characters into a vigilante. And we wanted to shave Randy’s head.
Dan: That’s right! I forgot about that.
Interviewer: What would you have done differently if given the opportunity to change one thing about the show?
Dan: We would have fired our former employee who made a small fortune selling stolen set artifacts on eBay. Ron and I could have made a killing if we’d done that ourselves.
Ron: While true, enough with the eBay fixation!
Interviewer: Who were your favorite secondary characters?
Dan: I really don't remember any secondary characters.
Ron: I think what Dan is trying to say is that we don’t currently spend time thinking about the characters, except for Brian and Justin.
Interviewer: Can you supply any juicy tidbits about the actors during filming?
Dan: Other than what you can see on the behind-the-scene segments of the QAF DVDs, I’ll just say that some of the tidbits were very juicy.
Ron: Dan is kidding. All of them were juicy.
Interviewer: There have been a lot of quotes from cast members, especially Randy Harrison, that you and members of the cast had some serious disagreements after the first two seasons. In fact, Hal Sparks has said in an interview he would never work with Gale or Randy again. How do you feel about Gale and Randy?
Dan: As for Hal's remark, I don't know where, when or in what context that was said. But I can assure you that we love Gale Harold. We adore him. Nobody could have portrayed Brian Kinney as well as Gale Harold. We still watch his audition tape when we need a break from the QAF DVDs.
Ron: I think what Dan means is that, as is the case with any family, there can be disagreements. In our case, disagreements are likely among people who spend five years together stuck in the tundra of Toronto making a hell of a lot less money than they would have if we had been able to produce the show in LA. What we cannot disagree about is that Gale Harold was amazing as Brian Kinney and had we not discovered him, QAF would not have been what it was.
Interviewer: Thank you gentlemen! I’m still in shock that I had this opportunity. You’re amazing.