On the Co Swch podst, Ross Gay reflects on his 2019 llectn The Book of Delights, the difficulty of allowg yourself to be moved, and why he thks 's important to e the word "love."
Contents:
- FRIENDS WRERS CUT A JOKE ABOUT JOEY BEG SECRETLY GAY
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
FRIENDS WRERS CUT A JOKE ABOUT JOEY BEG SECRETLY GAY
Friends wrers origally clud a joke the much-loved TV show about Joey beg secretly gay, but was later cut. * ross friends gay *
As a recent news em volvg a squashed gay-themed storyle remds , Friends is still really, really homophobic.
HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
Acrdg to a newly published look behd the scen of the smash s, Generatn Friends: An Insi Look at the Show that Defed a Televisn Era, the show's wrers pched a B-plot which Chandler Bg (Matthew Perry) sneaks to a gay bar, not for the queer mrarie or the love of ABBA songs but bee he lik the tablishment's tuna melts. The male characters on Friends showed a noted disfort and disda toward LGBTQ+ people durg s 10 seasons -- om Chandler's aversn to his transgenr parent (played by Kathleen Turner, still slayg the role) to a particular episo which Ross (David Schwimmer) sists his male nanny mt be anytime LGBTQ+ people are brought up through the show, 's played for lghs -- whether 's the nng joke that people thk Chandler is gay or an episo where Joey (Matt Leblanc) nvc an actg stunt who he is petg for a role on All My Children to play the character "homosexually. "In perhaps the most on-the-nose pictn of s tenncy toward gay panic for cheap lghs, Joey and Ross eak out the seventh season of Friends after they accintally fall asleep together on the uch.