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"Noah's Arc" (2005): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Clip: Season 2 - Episode 8 - Say It Loud?
"Noah's Arc" (2005): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Clip: Season 2 - Episode 7 - Baby Can I Hold You
"Noah's Arc" (2005): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Clip: Season 2 - Episode 4 - Excuses for Bad Behavior
"Noah's Arc" (2005): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Clip: Season 2 - Episode 2 - It Ain't Over Til It's Over
"Noah's Arc" (2005): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Clip: Season 2 - Episode 1 - Housequake

Overview

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Seasons:
1 | 2 full episode list
Release Date:
19 October 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
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Cast

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Darryl Stephens ... Noah (14 episodes, 2005-2006)
Rodney Chester ... Alex / ... (14 episodes, 2005-2006)

Christian Vincent ... Ricky (14 episodes, 2005-2006)

Douglas Spearman ... Chance (14 episodes, 2005-2006)

Jensen Atwood ... Wade (14 episodes, 2005-2006)
Gregory Kieth ... Trey (13 episodes, 2005-2006)

Jonathan Julian ... Eddie (13 episodes, 2005-2006)

Benjamin Patterson ... Guy (12 episodes, 2005-2006)
Wilson Cruz ... Junito / ... (8 episodes, 2005-2006)
Merwin Mondesir ... Dre (7 episodes, 2006)
Jennia Fredrique ... Brandy (6 episodes, 2005-2006)

Keith Hamilton Cobb ... Quincy / ... (6 episodes, 2006)
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Additional Details

Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color

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The show arose from humble beginnings. The pilot was produced independently and to assist in funding each episode, the show was originally envisioned as a DVD subscription series. Logo pursued the series after the pilot was well-received at film festivals, independent circuits and special screenings. Some scenes from the pilot were either re-shot or removed and the final product remains one of Logo's most popular programs. more
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Version of Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom (2008) more

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Nothing Less Than A Groundbreaker..., 18 December 2005
Author: Christopher T. Chase (cchase@onebox.com) from Arlington, VA.

It really bugs me that with all the hype surrounding BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and the performances of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, very little love is being shown the landmark series that is NOAH'S ARC. Not to take anything away from the performances of the cast, Ang Lee's note-perfect direction or the milestone that this movie represents, but hey, NOAH "ain't nuthin' to sneeze at", either!

So, "what's the 'T', gurl?" as one of the livelier characters says as his trademark catchphrase. The "T" is a funny, silly, sometimes slap-sticky and very soapy, yet remarkable series for presenting something that mainstream TV (and the media in general) has yet to realize: black gay men not only do exist, (=GASP!=), but the foibles, failings, flings and frenetic friendships that they have are universal - not just to other gay men, but to everyone in general!

Presenting the lives of BGM's in a positive light NEVER seen before on television, NOAH bids us watch as the story of four friends unfolds. Noah (Darryl Stephens), is a cute screenwriter living and working in Santa Monica, CA., crushing heavily on the straight-but-curious hunk Wade (Jensen Atwood), who is also a writer. This raises the eyebrows and the concern of his three closest friends: Chance (Doug Spearman), a buttoned-down English lit professor who is just entering into a monogamous relationship (or so he thinks); Alex (Rodney Chester), the sassy, brassy, divalicious group "mother hen" who works as an AIDS counselor at a local clinic and has been in a LTR with his impossibly gorgeous bodybuilder hubby, Trey (Gregory Keith) for seven years, and finally, hard-bodied and hard-partying Ricky, (Christian Vincent), who considers the concept of monogamy about as necessary in his life as a bad case of leprosy, and sleeps with different men about as fast as Anna Nicole Smith plows through a bag of Lay's potato chips. (Think a black counterpart of Brian on QAF, but with a better body and a bigger...LIBIDO, and you're there!)

Okay, so the 411 on Season One: it has a tendency to lean towards melodramatic exaggeration, but no more or less than any prime-time soap does. The remarkable thing, besides having an all-black cast playing gay black characters as (mostly) positive role models, is that even after all these episodes, I still LIKE them all immensely, for all their faults...even Ricky, who at the end of Season One is nursing a broken heart for maybe the first time in his life, (but you'll have to watch the reruns for the "how" and "why".)

And just getting back to the BROKEBACK accolades for a moment...where's the back-slapping and congrats for THIS cast? True, most of these actors have limited credits, though are definitely not limited in the talent department, and most of them are STRAIGHT! So why aren't they being lauded for their "bravery," for keeping it real in every scene they play, ESPECIALLY the love scenes? It could be said that because NOAH is the first major project for many of them, that they have nothing to lose in giving it their all for these characters. So, what was the excuse for the actors on QAF? For me, the thrill was gone when I reached the end of Season Two for that show. Not only could I not get enough of spending time with Noah and his friends, but I can't WAIT to see what will happen to them next! Being a GBM myself, I have to admit to some bias, but I still think that no one has achieved what writer/director/creator/producer Patrik-Ian Polk has here, and that's even with a non-black cast!

In other words, if you've been waiting for the "black" QUEER AS FOLK, it's here, it's most definitely queer, but you won't mind "getting used to it." Because in a lot of aspects where QAF failed, NOAH succeeds with flying colors. Now I hope that the cast, crew and creator can take the surplus of goodwill and the rep they've built, and run with it right into Season Two!

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