Euphoria Season 2 Episo 7 was a showstopper thanks to Lexi's ntroversial play and we discs fans' reactns to whether Nate Jabs is gay or not.
Contents:
- 21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
- MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC
- EUPHORIA FANS DISCS IF NATE JABS IS GAY AMIDST LEXI’S SHOCKG PLAY
- IS JAB ELORDI’S NATE JABS GAY EUPHORIA?
21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
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Euphoria's sophomore season was a roller aster of emotn. However, tertgly the scen of heteronormative high school romance are terspersed wh shots of the boys wrtlg sglets that have a distctly homoerotic tone, as well as a shot of Cal starg at Derek adjtg himself the r, makg clear that there’s fe potential for the boys’ relatnship to move beyond the platonic.
Thgs culmate on the night of their high school graduatn when Derek suggts they take a trip to the lol gay bar bee he knew they’d get served there whout an ID. Emergg om a mixture of homophobia and misogyny, rerc the ia that queer women are a challenge and nqut for men to ‘turn straight’ Schafer as Jul Euphoria Eddy Chen/HBOEuphoria also steps to problematic terrory wh s pictns of Cal and Nate Jabs, who are exampl of what is monly known as the “homophobic homosexual” trope – where a closeted character is so aaid of their queerns that they rerce their masculy through homophobia and bullyg. Though Nate is not explicly queer, like Cal is, ’s ma clear that he has hered his father’s homophobic and toxic like thisThis was brought to the fore recently season 2, episo 7 the form of Lexi’s school play which, based on her life experienc, dited a large amount of time to showg on-screen Nate (played by Ethan) lip syncg to Bonnie Tyler’s Holdg Out for a Hero while gyratg wh his semi-clad sports team.
While was bizarre, there’s no doubt that was signed to mock Nate, who Lexi has reason to believe is gay after Maddy revealed she’d found gay porn on his phone a prev episo. Euphoria isn’t the first teen drama to e the "homophobic homosexual" trope. From Sex Edutn’s Adam Groff and Glee’s Dave Karofsky, to The Perks of Beg a Wallflower’s Patrick and Brad, TV show creators often wre their villas as closeted gay characters: 's an easy shock reveal, and also adds plexy to the the trope is problematic: picts queerns as somethg negative that, when exposed, fally giv the villas their ppance.
MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC
"That was so homophobic, " he then says to Cassie and, for once, he was Dane as Cal Jabs Euphoria Eddy Chen/HBOThe other problem is that, by shiftg the blame onto the queer muny, don’t addrs the ntributors – prejudic, ignorance and jt pla celty – that make homophobia the issue is today. Would not have been more tertg if Euphoria had chosen to explore the reasons behd straight male toxic masculy through Nate and Cal rather than makg about beg (or worryg about beg) gay? What’s more, Euphoria’s portrayal of Cal also feeds to the homophobic rhetoric that gay men are by nature predatory.
While Euphoria's first season tablished Cal as an outwardly succsful man wh a secret life, the send season spent two episos lvg to Cal's backstory and then the breakdown he experienc, which clud a spectacular tellg off of his fay, when he n no longer nceal his inty as a gay man any longer. As an adult, he's married, had two sons, and done well bs, yet he's hnted by the possibily that someone uld disver that he's gay. At Abrams, who plays Ethan, talks to ET about his show-stoppg, homoerotic dance route he performs as a versn of Nate (Jab Elordi) and how he feels about where thgs end up between Ethan and Kat (Barbie Ferreira) this season.
” That dance number, one of the more shockg and wilst scen of season 2, se a shirtls Ethan clad football pants performg a homoerotic dance route wh a bunch of other siarly drsed young men to Bonnie Tyler’s “Holdg Out for a Hero. **Warng – Spoilers ahead for Euphoria**Everybody n agree that the latt episo of Euphoria was televisn artistry at s ft, wh Lexi’s play fally the spotlight on openg ahead, we explore that fal number challengg Nate Jabs’ sexualy, discs what fans thk about Jab Elordi’s character beg a closeted homosexual, and reveal what you n expect om the Season 2 on an Israeli miseri of the same name and adapted for HBO by Sam Levson, Euphoria stars Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jab Elordi, Eric Dane, and more, a stellar ensemble piece that explor the psychology and relatnships of high school Euphoria fans nvced they spotted Tom Holland meo Episo 7Euphoria | Season 2 Official Teaser Trailer | HBOEuphoria S2 Ep7 repEuphoria Season 2 Episo 7, tled The Theater and Its Double, fally saw Lexi’s (M Apatow) play e to life – a productn that she has been quietly workg on the background of Season 2’s our characters the dience realized was a play about them, Maddy (Alexa Demie), Kat (Barbie Ferreira), Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), Jul (Schafer), and Rue (Zendaya) enjoyed a few touchg life moments Lexi clud the play – cludg her prr, close iendship wh and Cassie also had a few tearful moments light of their fallg out last week over the latter’s affair wh Nate, but was the closg number directed at Nate’s sexualy that was the real Lewis (At Abrams) end up playg the role of Nate on stage, leadg a dance number to the tune of Bonnie Tyler’s Holdg Out For A Hero, which basilly implied that Nate’s extreme masculy was an attempt to hi his display obvly didn’t go down well wh Nate and fans are still uncid on whether Nate is reprsg his te sexual inty, or if his ner nflict is rooted his feelgs about his om discs if Nate Jabs is gayEuphoria fans poted out that Nate’s sudn ncern for homophobia was a tellg sign of his reprsed sexualy. Cse like… he is not gay, he is/was love wh jul.
EUPHORIA FANS DISCS IF NATE JABS IS GAY AMIDST LEXI’S SHOCKG PLAY
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Derek leads Cal to a remote gay bar bee this is one of the only plac that will serve them unrage drks. If you are wonrg whether Nate ‘Euphoria’ is gay, here’s everythg you need to know! The dance number featur some provotive steps that ht Nate is gay.
IS JAB ELORDI’S NATE JABS GAY EUPHORIA?
The performance eply hurts Nate as he storms out of the dorium, leadg fans to believe that Nate’s reactns stem om his closeted homosexualy. Any nversatn that hts at his potential homosexualy is triggerg for Nate and often him to lash out. Therefore, although signs are prent, Nate himself hasn’t explored his sexualy to the extent that we n say he is gay.
On the other hand, Nate has never dulged any sexual teractns wh men, which hts that he is perhaps not gay.