Family: the web series

From left: Ernie Joseph, Terisa Greenan, Amber Rack, Eric Smiley

Family: the web series is an episodic web series created by actress and filmmaker Terisa Greenan, and based loosely on her own life of polyamory with her two male partners. Greenan wrote and directed the show, and acted in a small supporting role. Some episodes were co-written by Matt Bullen. The series is 21 episodes in total, and explores the fictional lives of Gemma (Amber Rack), Ben (Ernie Joseph) and Stuart (Eric Smiley), who live in Seattle as a polyamorous "V" triad. Greenan began the web series while she was between acting jobs in the autumn of 2008, and by early 2009 the show had received national attention, including an invitation from the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction to include a DVD of the web series in the polyamory section of their library. Greenan and "Family: the web series" have gone on to be profiled by numerous national and international newspapers, magazines, television shows and radio programs, including being featured on the television show The O'Reilly Factor. Prominent blogger Mistress Matisse, herself openly polyamorous, featured and commented on many episodes of "Family" on her widely read blog.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

References

1. "Family webisodes spotlight polyamory" Natalie Ingraham Kinsey Confidential, April 8, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2011.
2. "Seattle-based ‘Family’ webisodes no ordinary sexy sitcom." Mark Rahner Seattle Times, March 9, 2009. Accessed July 3, 2011.
3. "Local family's lifestyle gets national attention." Michelle Esteban KOMO TV News, July 22, 2009. Accessed July 21, 2016.
4. "Only You. And You. And You." Jessica Bennett Newsweek Magazine, July 29, 2009. Accessed July 3, 2011.
5. "Polyamour: le bonheur a plusieurs" Yves Schaeffner Elle Quebec, Sept 14, 2010. Accessed July 5, 2011.
6. "L'Effet Papillon" Canal Plus TV L'Effet Papillon, Sept 26, 2009. Accessed July 5, 2011.
7. "Web Series Actor Fired" Anita Wagner Practical Polyamory, Feb 6, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2011.
8. "OliVaylle Fires Actor" LiminalD Neither Here Nor There, April 19, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2011.
9. "This Is Lame" Mistress Matisse Mistress Matisse's Journal", Feb 8, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2011.

External links

• Family: the web series at the Internet Movie Database