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Netflix has greenl a drama seri lled 'The Corps,' about a gay teenager who enlists the U.S. Mar cir 1990.

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Netflix has greenl a seri — which unts the legendary Norman Lear among s executive producers — that will follow a gay teenager who enlists the U. The streamer has orred 10 episos of The Corps, a drama that will follows Cameron Cope (Mil Heizer), a bullied gay teen who jos the Mar wh his straight bt iend, Ray McCaffey (Liam Oh), 1990 — a pre-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era when beg gay the ary uld mean jail time or worse.

J native was kicked out of his hoe at 16 for beg gay and was homels for 10 years.

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“My mother always kd of ma me feel as though I was worthls bee I was gay, and then I beme homels, ” Bratton told Yahoo Entertament durg an terview for his powerful new film The Inspectn, which the veteran and filmmaker wrote and directed about his te-life journey the service durg the ary’s ntroversial "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" era.

"Bratton, Pope and Unn believe a film like The Inspectn has the power to change hearts and mds when to parents stgglg to accept their LGBTQ children, fort young gay people and beyond.

MIL HEIZER TO STAR 10-PART, GAY US MARE DRAMA G TO NETFLIX

Netflix has reportedly greenl a ten-part drama centered on a gay teen’s experienc on jog the US Mar 1990. Acrdg to The Hollywood Reporter, the seri will follow, “Cameron Cope (Mil Heizer), a bullied gay teen who jos the Mar wh his straight bt iend, Ray McCaffey (Liam Oh), 1990 — a pre-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era when beg gay the ary uld mean jail time or worse.

Hollywood breakout Jeremy Pope stars as Ellis French, a young Black man—loosely based on Bratton—rejected by his own mother for beg gay. As if the gelg route of basic trag wasn’t enough, French enunters homophobia at all levels, om fellow recs to mandg officers, who nearly ph him to his breakg pot. "The Inspectn" is a new feature about a young man who turns his life around the Mare Corps after beg kicked out of the hoe as a teen for beg gay and livg homels for several years.

Bratton lived on the streets for a after beg kicked out of the hoe for beg gay. The trailer for Bratton's film brgs a lot of the Mare Corps' re valu, so looks like we n expect a movie that portrays lead character Ellis French's ary experience a posive light spe of the herent problems a gay Mare would have faced that era.

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This fall film ftival season brgs not one but two gay dramas set at ary boot mps, both based on real-life events.

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Netflix is gearg up to alienate even more ctomers, wh recent news revealg that is movg forward wh The Corps, a seri about a “gay” Amerin mare. On May 1, an article The Hollywood Reporter announced that a “Gay U.

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A bullied gay teen who jos the Mar wh his straight bt iend.

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On top of this, the seri will be set the dreadful year of 1990, “a pre-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era when beg gay the ary uld mean jail time or worse.

Netflix further tailed their prs release that the logle for the seri stat, “Set 1990, The Corps (WT) is about Cameron, a bullied, gay high school stunt who jos the Mare Corps wh his straight bt iend, Ray — a dangero move when beg gay the ary meant jail time or worse. It go on to expla that Cameron Cope, played by Mil Heizer, “is a charmg unrdog — a gay, bullied teenager livg a chaotic home wh his narcissistic mom — he impulsively jos the Mar wh his straight bt iend hop that he’ll fally be ma to a ‘real man. The Corps will also be Hollywood’s send “gay” mare drama wh a year (or so).

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THR reviewed The Inspectn September 2022, scribg as a “drama of a rilient spir risg above entrenched homophobia. The Inspectn follows Ellis French (Pope), a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and wh few optns for his future, who cis to jo the Mar, dog whatever tak to succeed a system that would st him asi.

“The Inspectn” tells a heartbreakg story about survivg tense ary trag as a closeted gay man. Tony and Emmy-nomated actor Jeremy Pope (“One Night Miami”) stars as Ellis French, a homels youth who jos the Mare Corps after his mother (Gabrielle Unn) disowns him for beg gay. Here’s A24’s official synopsis: “In Elegance Bratton’s eply movg film spired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and wh few optns for his future, cis to jo the Mar, dog whatever tak to succeed a system that would st him asi.

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