"That '70s Show" has been given the reboot treatment at Netflix, and the s has troduced a new character Ozzie who out as gay.
Contents:
- FLASHBACK: 'THAT '70S SHOW'S VERY SPECIAL GAY EPISO DO NOT AGE WELL
- 'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
FLASHBACK: 'THAT '70S SHOW'S VERY SPECIAL GAY EPISO DO NOT AGE WELL
Thgs take a turn when Buddy mak a move on Eric, revealg that he's gay. It's a signifint velopment for a gay character to appear on such a proment show the late 1990s.
Unrneath Gordon-Levt's ment, a fan wr to say, "Serly though as a young gay kid this moment was pretty major for me. I didn’t remember the ep, so I settled over my cereal, not realizg I was revisg a groundbreakg moment gay reprentatn on televisn. Achievg this televisn landmark has won “Eric’s Buddy” retroactive love onle, wh several s rememberg the episo as “normalizg” a gay kiss, mendg Eric for not reactg wh gay panic, and crowg that Buddy was “always shown as a plete person and not a stereotype.
'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
Watchg “Eric’s Buddy, ” I was appalled by how Eric and his iends rpond to Buddy beg gay, begng wh that kiss. How wacky that ls-than-macho Eric is assumed to be gay! You—you are—you’re—you’re gay!?
” It’s rtoonish gay panic that leads to the mercial break. When they try to talk about what happened, Eric is very fensive about Buddy assumg he was gay. ” And Eric is so eaked out by the threat to his heterosexualy that he tak the hand’s movement toward(ish) him as another pass, pch himself away om Buddy and yells, “Hey, I told you I’m not gay!