Showtime is currently developing a show documenting the coming out process called Way Out.
Helmed by Bryn Freedman of A&E’s Intervention, the program will follow closeted individuals through their hidden lives, their eventual coming out, and the reaction of family and friends.
Freedman hopes the show will be “all about getting to know the person – why they have been reluctant to come out and what it looks like to be living a lie, (and) what it is like when people are trying to set you up with dates.”
He believes the show will have “universal appeal because everybody can relate to having part of their lives hidden” and that like Intervention, which elicited some concern and controversy, people will “see we’re treating this subject with absolute respect and care and expect it will open a lot of hearts and minds.”
Sounds interesting!