Grey Henson, who plays Damian the Broadway productn of 'Mean Girls,' tells how he updated the inic gay character for 2018.
Contents:
- ‘TOO GAY TO FUNCTN’? MEAN GIRLS ACTOR OUT LETTER TO CHARACTER TEN YEARS AFTER FILM RELEASE
- TOO GAY TO FUNCTN
- FOR MEAN GIRLS ON BROADWAY, "TOO GAY TO FUNCTN" IS A MANTRA
- TOO GAY
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- ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
‘TOO GAY TO FUNCTN’? MEAN GIRLS ACTOR OUT LETTER TO CHARACTER TEN YEARS AFTER FILM RELEASE
15 years sce Mean Girls' release, the actor reflects on Hollywood's "gay glass ceilg," holdg out for eper queer characters, and his favore moments om the inic film. * was too gay to function *
“He’s almost too gay to functn.
”In 2004, when Mean Girls was released, characters like Damian — also known as the Gay Bt Friend trope — were few and far between. The stg director that put me Party Monster lled me for Damian; the script said that he was “probably fat and fely gay, ” which I thought was hysteril. Nobody was gog to stop do you thk Damian f to the leage of the “gay bt iend” trope film?
I thk Damian was the first gay role I saw where the character was jt fortable beg himself and there wasn’t too much foc on his beg gay.
TOO GAY TO FUNCTN
Ten years after the release of the film, an actor who played Damien Mean Girls has e out as gay. * was too gay to function *
You knew he was gay.
But they told her that my character was gay and that’s why she let me sg the movie. But then, bee my character was gay, Lda Perry allowed me to sg “Betiful.
But I don’t thk would have affected the role at all if I was out or not bee I thk Ta probably thought I was gay when she first hired me anyway.
FOR MEAN GIRLS ON BROADWAY, "TOO GAY TO FUNCTN" IS A MANTRA
A male who is blatantly gay but acts like he is still the closet and no one knows, when around other mal, he nnot help but be fltered and out of sorts" name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * was too gay to function *
As soon as the movie was over, I kept meetg the gay glass ceilg. I prayed about a b and if I was gog to do a gay role, was gog to be this one.
But then, immediately after, I was offered all the other gay parts that were all so stereotypil — jt makg fun of gays.
TOO GAY
Defn of too gay to functn. A man who has gay terts (dancg, sgg, a gay dialect, sex wh other men) that make him not f wh others|농담으로 쓰는 표현입니다^^ "To functn" means "to n/to work" 와이파이 잘 안돼는 The wifi isn't workg(/functng) well. I'm so gay. I'm too gay. 실은 너무 게이나 엄청 게이라고 하면 이상하겠죠? 그냥 어떤 취향이나 취미가 있으시면 농담으로 "I'm so gay"라고 하는 사람 있습니다. 또는 어떤 친구가 엄청 예쁘다고 칭찬으로 "Wahh I thk I'm gay for you."라고 하시면 "와~ 나는 남자가 좋아하는데 너가 너무 예뻐서 어쩌지?" 그런 것 입니다. ㅋㅋ 너무 깁숙게 생각 안 해도 돼는데 이거 친구사이에 쓰는 표현입니다. 안 친한 사람에게 쓰시면... 이상할 수도 있습니다 괜찮을 수도 있고요 ㅋㅋㅋ. * was too gay to function *
But I felt that there was a progrsn gaysploatn cema. It jt felt so serendipo — felt like somethg I was supposed to be dog, to be on a set where ’s not only okay to be gay but was ol to be gay. Ten years after the release of the film, an actor who played Damien Mean Girls has e out as gay.
In a letter to the character, dubbed “too gay to functn” the h teen edy, Daniel Franze has wrten a letter to the character addrsg issu such as typestg. In the letter, origally published on IndieWire mends the character Damien for beg “lghed wh stead of at”, but says he turned down other gay characters for fear of beg trapped by the “gay glass ceilg”. I might’ve been easier to be gay growg up.
But this was a natural and te reprentatn of a gay teenager – a character we lghed wh stead of at. I was meetg a “gay glass ceilg” stg. However, I did turn down many offers to play flamboyant, feather-boa-slgg stereotyp that always seemed to be lghed at BECAUSE they were gay.
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too gay to functn.A man who has gay terts (dancg, sgg, a gay dialect, sex wh other men) that make him not f wh others|농담으로 쓰는 표현입니다^^ "To functn" means "to n/to work" 와이파이 잘 안돼는 The wifi isn't workg(/functng) well. I'm so gay. I'm too gay. 실은 너무 게이나 엄청 게이라고 하면 이상하겠죠? 그냥 어떤 취향이나 취미가 있으시면 농담으로 "I'm so gay"라고 하는 사람 있습니다. 또는 어떤 친구가 엄청 예쁘다고 칭찬으로 "Wahh I thk I'm gay for you."라고 하시면 "와~ 나는 남자가 좋아하는데 너가 너무 예뻐서 어쩌지?" 그런 것 입니다. ㅋㅋ 너무 깁숙게 생각 안 해도 돼는데 이거 친구사이에 쓰는 표현입니다. 안 친한 사람에게 쓰시면... 이상할 수도 있습니다 괜찮을 수도 있고요 ㅋㅋㅋ. 的定义 * was too gay to function *
How uld I go om playg an spiratnal, progrsive gay youth to the embarrassg, cliched butt-of-a-joke? I didn’t go to any gay bars, have any flgs and I lied to anyone who asked if I was gay. Tellg me I gave them fort not only beg young and gay but also beg a big du.
Deletg tweets that asked if I was gay, scbbg IMDB Msage Boards for any ditn, etc.
(It’s important to note that I was actually DISCOVERED sgg a Florida gay bar by stg director, Carmen Cuba, for my first role Larry Clark’s ‘Bully. People have always asked if I was really gay? By the way… June I am the Celebry Grand Marshall of the Portland Gay Pri Para.
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