Along with apples and sweet potatoes, September brings with it a crop of new television, including the return of campy small-town soap opera Paradise Falls. Now in its third season on Showcase, Paradise Falls is packed with queer characters such as gay B&B operator Sacha Martinelli, played by Salvatore Antonio, and bisexual goth Trish Simpkin, played by Michelle Latimer. It’s arguably the gayest Canadian drama on TV.
Paradise Falls is a tiny town in an unnamed province, the exteriors of which are filmed in scenic Muskoka. It’s a place where, as Antonio says, “anything can happen and anything does happen.” But small-town life has its drawbacks, especially for the show’s queer characters. The new season starts out well for Sacha with his wedding to boyfriend Nick (Cameron Graham). But things aren’t always so easy for Trish, who Latimer describes as “kind of an outcast in town.”
