Anne Kingston at Macleans.ca Skirts blog:The ABC series Grey’s Anatomy has become a flash point forHollywood’s in-out-in ambivalence toward gay tolerance. First, T.R.Knight, who plays Dr. George O’Malley, announced he was gay after castmate Isaiah Washington directed a now-infamous slur at him and wasfired for it. Now, Brooke Smith, who played lesbian character Dr. EricaHahn, has been booted from the show, ostensibly because her buddingrelationship with Dr. Callie Torres, played by Sara Ramirez, didn’thave right “magic and chemistry,” according to executive producerShonda Rhimes. Many don’t buy it, including Smith (who’s lastappearance is this Thursday’s show) in this interview with EW.com. Count on Smith’s dismissal being analyzed with more zeal than the U.S. presidential results. My first question of course is, Was the storyline working? I don't watch the show. As far as I can tell from clicking around the web, though, it was. You can click here or here or here or just do your own blog search on Brooke Smith's name to see what fans are saying. All these links in this graph will open in a new window for you. I'm such a mensch.So, what's the deal, ABC? You got James Dobson or Tim Winter or maybe some I-sleep-with-male-hookers type clergy or political type breathing down your back? Someone threatening to stop going to Disneyland/Disneyworld? Or watch the Disney Channel? Or boycott Bolt?Or maybe the board these days is stocked with scaredycats. Or worse.'Cuz just about no one is buying the "it just didn't work out" excuse that your floating.I'm a bit surprised at Shonda going out in front of the suits and being the brave lead soldier on this one. Very surprised.  Not suprised that Ausiello at EW got the big get with Smith already. I include this, but click this for all of it:Did you get the feeling that the story was making people nervous? No.At work I had no sense of it. And more fans seemed to like it than not.I don't think I'm ever going to know .When did you fi...