"The Office" gets kudos for outing episode

I'll have to admit upfront that I didn't see it but in surfing around this morning, it seems that a lot of folks are pleased with the way "The Office" handled the episode "Gay Witch Hunt" last night. The show's gay paper supply accountant (portrayed by Oscar Nunez) was unintentionally outed on the episode. As a way of showing their acceptance, the characters played by Steve Carell and Raimm Wilson kissed him on the lips!

Check out a clip by clicking HERE.

And here is a snjippet of a review posted on AfterElton.com: "Humor often allows touchy subjects to be addressed in ways that get past viewers' protective walls. Last night's episode probably did more to educate viewers on why the use of the word 'fag' is inappropriate than a year's worth of well-intentioned public service announcements could ever do. But "The Office" went one better. Oscar was never the butt of the show's jokes—that was usually his ignorant, homophobic co-workers who think gay people wear dresses, who giggle uncontrollably at the thought someone is gay, or gullibly believe that 'gaydar' is a product to be ordered online."

Since Oscar (the actor and the character have the same first name) is one of only slightly more than a handful of gay characters on a broadcast network show this fall, it will be interesting to see how is character is handled in future episodes.