Adam Rippon Reba set to fry up some ‘Green Tomatoes’ By Romeo San Vicente ‘Fried Green Tomatoes,’ but with lesbians — and Reba — this time? Reba McEntire In the early ’90s, when Fannie Flagg’s novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café was adapted to the big screen as Fried Green Tomatoes, the book’s lesbian themes were dialed way down.
Ladies in love became very close friends and straight audiences were allowed to feel comfortable. But that was 30 years ago.
Straight audiences have evolved somewhat, and now NBC has put FGT back in development as a weekly dramatic series. Legendary progressive creator Norman Lear is executive producing, and c is attached to star.