New York Cy social worker Na Borowski (Jennifer Aniston) v her gay iend, Gee (Pl Rudd), to move to her apartment after he breaks up wh his longtime lover, Robert (Tim Daly). Meanwhile, Na gets pregnant and cis to keep the baby -- but end her relatnship wh the child's father, boyiend Vce (John Pankow). As Na and Gee live and raise the baby together, the two grow close -- and Na realiz she's begng to fall love wh her iend.
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WAS IT GOOD FOR THE GAYS: ‘THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTN’
The Object of My Affectn: Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Wh Pl Rudd, Kali Rocha, Jennifer Aniston, Lena Cardwell. A pregnant New York Cy social worker begs to velop romantic feelgs for her gay bt iend, and cis she'd rather raise her child wh him, much to the dismay of her overbearg boyiend." data-id="ma * is george gay in the object of my affection *
Seri by Christopher Jam lookg at the 'Gay Bt Friend' trope. Another week, another 1998 edy about the relatnship between a woman and her gay bt iend starrg a st member of Friends. Unfortunately for her, the tular role is her new gay bt iend, a first gra teacher played by a baby-faced, charmg Pl Rudd.
Our central iends meet at a dner party thrown by Alan Alda and Allison Janney as a wealthy uple, as all straight women and gay men do. She do so by throwg her gay hoeguts Na’s way. Constance: I enjoy gay people, but I jt have a slight problem wh my pregnant sister beg love wh one of them.
Pl Rudd and Jennifer Aniston were the proto-Will & Grace before the show existed, wh some addnal somewhat misguid sexual week when we looked at Bill (Mart Donovan) The Oppose of Sex, many menters noted that he was a lead, rather than a “gay bt iend” accsory. Both released 1998, felt like the naway succs of Philalphia, The Birdge and In & Out ma Hollywood feel fortable wh gay characters leadg films. Particularly for The Object of My Affectn, feels like the stud hedged their bet, makg jt as much or moro a Jennifer Aniston vehicle rather than a movie about a gay man.