“Cucumber” & “Banana”: Compelling, Uneven
THR looks at “Cucumber” and “Banana,” which premiere tonight on Logo: ‘Queer as Folk”‘s Russell T. Davies makes a welcome, if uneven return to the Manchester LGBT scene with his interconnected dramedies. Let’s talk about sex, specifically the Erection Hardness Score developed by the European Association of Urology, which classifies the stages of the male erection over four levels: tofu, peeled banana, banana, and cucumber. It was from these designations that writer Russell T. Davies—best known for the new “Doctor Who”—got the titles of his very compelling (and very uneven) new pair of TV shows.’
