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Sexuality in 'Sally Forth'?
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Comic strips, for the most part, portray a society much like that depicted in "I Love Lucy" or "The Honeymooners." Husband and wife live together, but rarely if ever are seen sleeping together, if you know what I mean. Yeah, yeah, we'll see Blondie and Dagwood in bed together, but usually one of them is reading, one of them is thinking about a sandwich. etc. Hell, even Brenda Starr is never really seen in a compromising situation. These people live life without lust.
So it's intriguing to see the prospect of "another woman" pop up in - of all places - "Sally Forth," that workaday strip about the travails of a nine-to-fiver who is the center of a family that includes a spacey husband and a somewhat angsty pre-teen. These days, Ted Forth seems bewitched by a co-worker named Aria. They share an interest in 70s songs and the like. In recent days, Aria has even suggested to Ted that should he ever find his marriage foundering, he'd be welcome to knock on her door.
When CBS broadcast "Swingtown" last summer - all about the spouse-swapping sexual revolution of the 1970s - the decision was met with raised eyebrows and even some frowns by advertisers. That's why it's quite surprising to see even the merest whiff of outside-the-marriage shenanigans pop up on the funny pages - still one of the most whitebread media outlets around today..
Recent "Sally" episodes make it seem as if Aria is here to stay for a while. Could an affair be in the offing? Other sexual hijinks? We'll have to stay tuned.
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