You can’t help but think about your own mom and wonder how she would react, most likely, not unlike Julia if she would be unexpectedly ambushed by homosexuals and her manly clone. But no boring bigots to be seen here, as the scene closes in notorious Julia-style with her realizing the absolute sanctuary and liberation of her surroundings. He responds sheepishly, “I was afraid you wouldn’t come.” But thankfully, it’s fiction based on facts, and the show writers knew the last thing we need on our screens is another LGBTQ hindered person. Julia immediately glances around the visibly queer space with unease and discomfort, expressing to James that he should’ve warned her. Spoiler Alert: In episode 5 of HBO’s Julia, fellow chef James Beard (Christian Clemenson) invites Julia (Sarah Lancashire) for an exciting night out during her weekend trip in San Francisco, though he fails to mention the venue’s theme of men who have sex with men. Somebody better tip a b*tch with filet mignon. Julia Child singing a Frank Sinatra duet with her drag doppelgänger at a gay bar has to be just about the queerest thing on straight television this year, thus far.
