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‘SEARCH PARTY’ STAR JOHN EARLY: TV’S FUNNIT GAY NARCISSIST SAYS GOODBYE

After five seasons of reventg jt how sufferable—yet still relatable and hilar—a gay megalomaniac lennial n be, John Early looks back on his “Search Party” n. * search party gay characters *

He and his bt iend and equent edy llaborator, Kate Berlant, played hooky om all of life’s obligatns—Berlant even nceled a gig she had schled for that night— orr to partake the equivalent of a holy sacrament for a gay lennial and his loyal hag: bgeg the first few episos of the new Sex and the Cy sequel seri, And Jt Like That…“We had martis and latk, ” Early says, speakg to The Daily Beast over Zoom.

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Throughout three seasons of the TBS/HBO Max edy Search Party, John Early’s “gay, energetic, self-diagnosed narcissist” character has evolved to a satiril figure as funny as he is terrifyg. * search party gay characters *

”After five seasons of playg tic gay narcissist Elltt Goss on the cult favore edy seri Search Party, Early knows to be nimble while skippg through the proverbial moetraps of lennial culture, which is to say, how and when to shut your mouth when your opn uld land you trouble or attract unwanted ’s not an easy lson, and one he adms he stggled wh over the years as his reer took off, thanks to rave cril notic for Search Party as well as his work Wet Hot Amerin Summer: First Day of Camp, Neighbors 2: Sorory Risg, and Late Night. Coupled wh his performanc on Wet Hot Amerin Summer and Neighbors 2, Early was among stars like Billy Eichner and The Other Two’s Drew Tarver, who were evolvg what meant to be young, gay characters on TV away om the stock “sassy gay BFF” type.

SEARCH PARTY'S CO-CREATOR RECKONS WH ITS 'WHE GAY NARCISSISM'

He was changg the way we thought about–and perhaps more importantly, lghed at–gay characters on TV. Still, when me to his sexualy, Early weathered and overme the same ternalized homophobia that still bis characters like Elltt. “I was like, ‘Oh, I’m not that kd of gay.

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“That’s somethg that every gay person has to work through.

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‘Search Party’ Star John Early, TV’s Funnit Gay Narcissist, Says Goodbye .

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