Binder containing drafts of the pilot episode of the NBC show Will and Grace
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content: Light blue binder containing drafts of the pilot episode of the NBC show "Will and Grace." The binder contains 13 drafts which range from September 30, 1997 to March 15, 1998.
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content: Will and Grace originally aired on NBC for 8 seasons from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006; it was revived for an additional three season run from 2017-2020. The sitcom is credited with exposing a mainstream audience to gay culture and helping to change public opinion of acceptance of LGBTQ+ Americans, although was also criticized for perpetuating stereotypes and limiting some of its gay characters to comic relief rather than representing the fullness of their lives and relationships. The show’s four main characters are Will (Eric McCormack), a gay lawyer, Grace (Debra Messing), a straight interior designer, Jack (Sean Hayes), a gay friend who often changes occupations, and Karen (Megan Mullally), a straight upper-class woman who is Grace's assistant. The series was nominated for a total of 96 Primetime Emmy awards and won 18 of them, including one for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2000 and an award for each of the lead actors, McCormack, Messing, Hayes, and Mullally.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: LGBTQ
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content: Gay Rights
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content: LGBTQ Rights
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content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: KoMut Entertainment
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 2014.0145.02
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content: 2014.0145.02
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content: 2014.0145
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content: script
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 12 in x 4 in; 29.845 cm x 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm