When I was a kid, we watched a TV sitcom called “Bewitched.” Running from 1964 to 1972, it featured Samantha and Darrin — a young, shiny, white, middle-class, suburban couple — everything you should aspire toward.
As in all marriages, marrying a witch means marrying your spouse’s whole nutty family. But Sam’s relations have one central thing in common: they’re all witches.
Allegory? About queerness? Hell yeah! “Bewitched” was loaded with some of the gayest stuff around, just brimming under the surface.
Good and beautiful witch Samantha (played by Elizabeth Montgomery, who was the loveliest, most supportive queer friend imaginable) marries the mortal Darrin Stephens (who, after a recasting, was portrayed by gay actor Dick Sargent).