He was both a believing Catholic and a gay man who neither shook off the simple faith of his youth nor came fully to terms with his maturesexual urges.
What makes it work is that Mr. Simon has upped the ante by turning Eddie into a grieving widower, his mother into a loveless monster and his sister into a slightly retarded woman-child with maturesexual urges.
And as long as video games continue to utilize violence primarily as a game play element rather than a narrative one, there is no room to deal with acts and implications of sexual violence in a mature, narrative fashion.
But rather than populate his schedule with a broad swath of programming that appeals to several demographics, the FX chief has remained narrowly focused on reaching more mature audiences with a mixture of darker themes, adult language and sexual content.