‘Whe Lot’ ed many gay trop. Why didn't raise red flags for some fans?

Contents:

• FROM THE 'EVIL QUEEN' TO THE 'SAD LBIAN,' 'WHE LOT' ED MANY GAY TROP. WHY DIDN'T RAISE ANY RED FLAGS FOR SOME FANS?
• THAT “WHE LOT” FALE COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH GAYER
• 'THE GAYS' OF THE WHE LOT DIDN'T GET ANY EMMY NOMATNS, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE DID
• NEED A NEW TV OBSSN? RIGHT THIS WAY TO HBO'S THE WHE LOT MIKE WHE’S NEW LIMED SERI, WH CONNIE BRTON, JENNIFER COOLIDGE AND MORE, NCERNS RICH, SELF-ABSORBED WHE PEOPLE WHO GO TO HAWAII—AND TAKE ALL THEIR DANGERO BS WH THEM. BY CASSIE DA COSTAJULY 7, 2021BY MAR PEREZ/HBO.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEIN 2011, WRER-DIRECTOR MIKE WHE ENCHANTED AN PECIALLY VOTED SECTOR OF THE PRTIGE-TV-SERI-WATCHG PUBLIC WH ENLIGHTENED. THE SHOW WAS AN ULTRA-WOO, ENVIRONMENTALLY-NSC, EARNT SATIRE OF SORTS, STARRG LRA DERN, WHO ALSO -CREATED THE SHOW WH WHE. IN THE SHOW, DERN PLAYS AMY JELLIE, A VERY CALIFORNIAN RPORATE EXECUTIVE WHO HAS A PSYCHIC BREAK AND GETS MOTED POST-REHAB ONLY TO BEG UNRAVELG A NSPIRACY THAT GO TO THE VERY TOP OF THE PANY—AND THAT NO ONE BUT HER R ABOUT. ITS MIXTURE OF HILARY, SOULFULNS, ODDY, AND SENSE OF RIGHTEO DIGNATN IS WHE’S SIGNATURE, A DIFFICULT BALANCE TO PULL OFF–HONORG THE SOMETIM-RIGHTNS OF OTHERWISE RIDICULO PEOPLE WHILE KEEPG A CLOSE EYE ON THE SUAL RPTN OF THOSE POWER.MOST CRICS WILL GH OVER THE SHOW IF YOU GIVE THEM HALF A CHANCE, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. ITS TONAL SPECIFICY—CLUDG PERFECTLY PCHED PERFORMANC OM DERN, HER REAL-LIFE MOTHER DIANNE LADD, MICHAELA WATKS, MOLLY SHANNON, LE WILSON, AND WHE HIMSELF–ALLOW S IOLOGIL PLEXY TO SHE THROUGH. UNFORTUNATELY, S QUALY WASN’T ENOUGH TO GET THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO WATCH , AND SO HBO NCELED THE SHOW AFTER TWO SEASONS.NOW, WHE GETS ANOTHER GO AT WH THE WHE LOT, A THEMATIC FOLLOW-UP TO HIS 2017 FILM BEATRIZ AT DNER, DIRECTED BY MIGUEL ARTETA, ABOUT A MEXIN MASSAGE THERAPIST (SALMA HAYEK) WHO UNEXPECTEDLY JOS THE BS DNER OF A WEALTHY FAY SHE ED TO WORK FOR. THE WHE LOT IS LS SULAR, THOUGH SIARLY CLSTROPHOBIC; AND UNLIKE ENLIGHTENED S CENTRAL MYSTERY NARRATIVE FEELS URGENT TO UNRAVEL: SOMEBODY DIED, BUT WHO WAS ?THE SIX-EPISO LIMED SERI TAK PLACE ENTIRELY AT AN EPONYMO RORT HAWAII. ATRALIAN ACTOR MURRAY BARTLETT, WHO STARRED AS THE HUNKY GAY SAN FRANCISN DOM THE HBO SERI LOOKG, PLAYS THE RORT’S MANAGER ARMOND, WHO DONS A PLASTERED ON SE AND SYMPATHETIC GAZE THAT BEG TO FLICKER OVER TIME. ARMOND, LIKE DOM DID LOOKG, FEELS TRAPPED THE SERVICE DTRY, WORN DOWN BY THE PHYSIL AND EMOTNAL LABOR MAND BY EXTREMELY WEALTHY PATRONS AND UNSYMPATHETIC BOSS. UNLIKE DOM, HE DON’T HAVE A DREAM TO KEEP HIM FOCED. INSTEAD, ARMOND GETS UGHT UP WH A PARTICULARLY OBNOX GUT, SHANE PATTON, PLAYED BY THE SEEMGLY OMNIPRENT JAKE LACY, NVCG AS AN ULTRA-RICH BLOWHARD WHO TURNS TO HIS MOMMY FOR HELP.BUT OF URSE, THERE ARE MANY OTHERS. THOUGH THE WHE LOT, LIKE ENLIGHTENED AND BEATRIZ AT DNER, ALS SIGNIFINTLY WH CLASS AND POWER, ’S LS TERTED HOW A MA CHARACTER NAVIGAT THAT WORLD THAN HOW GROUPS OF PEOPLE BEE TERNNECTED THE DYNAMICS; ’S A FULLY ENSEMBLE SHOW. INSECURE BREAKOUT NATASHA ROTHWELL IS BELDA, A TALENTED WELLNS PRACTNER AT THE RORT WHOSE PATIENCE, EMPATHY, AND TOUCH DAZZL RICH SGLE WHE FEMALE TANYA, PLAYED ENTRANCGLY BY AN EVER-ABSURD JENNIFER COOLIDGE. ALEXANDRA DADDAR PLAYS RACHEL, LACY’S FORMERLY BROKE NEW WIFE. SHE’S A MEDCRE JOURNALIST WH A SLIGHTLY BEFUDDLG SENSE OF DRS, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE BETIFUL. EUPHORIA’S SYDNEY SWEENEY AND LTLE VOICE’S BRTANY O’GRADY ARE OLIVIA AND PLA, LLEGE IENDS WH SIGNIFINTLY DIFFERG EXPERIENC OF RACE AND CLASS—OLIVIA IS RICH, WHE, AND PLA IS THE LUCKY ONE SHE GETS TO BRG ON FAY VATN—BUT SIAR SENS OF WELL-TED SUPERRY. THEY READ NIETZSCHE AND FANON BY THE POOL, JUDGE ALMOST EVERYONE HARSHLY BUT THEMSELV, AND OSTRACIZE OLIVIA’S AWKWARD YOUNGER BROTHER QUN (FRED HECHGER). OLIVIA AND QUN’S PARENTS ARE THE SHERYL SANDBERG-QUE NILE MOSSBACHER (CONNIE BRTON) AND HER WET BLANKET OF A HBAND MARK (STEVE ZAHN).ALL OF THE PEOPLE ARE WHE EXCEPT BELDA, PLA, AND A HANDFUL OF HAWAIIAN RORT WORKERS WHO ARE NOT MERELY EMPLOYED AS HOSPALY WORKERS BUT ALSO AS PERFORMERS OF LOL THENTICY FOR RICH GUTS. PLA STRIK UP A ROMANCE WH BELLBOY AND DIGENO HAWAIIAN KAI (KEKOA KEKUMANO) THAT BEGS TO DRAW HER AWAY OM HER ALLIANCE WH OLIVIA, AND FORC HER TO RECKON WH A POSSIBLE REAL-LIFE APPLITN OF HER ANTI-LONIAL READG MATERIAL. ANOTHER EUPHORIA ALUM, LAS GAGE, PLAYS A YOUNG, WHE SURFER-BUM-TYPE RORT WORKER, WHO VELOPS AN UNEASY RELATNSHIP WH HIS BOSS, THE UNRAVELG ARMOND, PLAYED BY BARTLETT.IT’S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO KEEP TRACK OF, YET WHE’S WRG AND DIRECTN TERTWE THEIR STORI AN AMB, NOVELISTIC MANNER. THERE’S THE MORBID FUN OF TRYG TO GUS WHO DI AND HOW, AS WELL AS THE SUBTLER WORK OF UNRSTANDG THE CHARACTERS, NONE OF WHOSE BEHAVRS ARE EASY TO PREDICT. AT THE POOL, THE SELF-QUTNG RACHEL APPROACH NILE, AN IDOL OF HERS WHO SHE HAPPENED TO PROFILE A PHONED-, CLICKBAY WAY FOR BSWEEK. RACHEL WANTS ADVICE ABOUT WHETHER TO NTUE HER REER NOW THAT SHE’S MARRIED MONEY‚ BUT SHE DON’T QUE GET THE WOMAN-TO-WOMAN PROFSNAL ENUNTER SHE HOP FOR. MEANWHILE, ROTHWELL’S BELDA RELUCTANTLY BONDS WH COOLIDGE’S OFF-THE-RAILS TANYA OVER THE ATHS OF THEIR MOTHERS, AND ALLOWS HERSELF TO BE WOOED BY THE PROMISE OF A BETTER—IF SOMEWHAT PROMISED—LIFE.BUT ’S BARTLETT, A TV VETERAN LONG OVERDUE FOR A HEFTY PART LIKE THIS, WHO HOLDS THE ST TOGETHER. ARMOND GO OM ANNOYG TO SYMPATHETIC TO LICLY VENGEFUL AND BACK AROUND AGA. YOU FEEL ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHG FOR HIM, SEEG BOTH THE UGLS OF THE RORT THROUGH HIS EY AND QUTNG HIS OWN MOTIV AND E OF POWER. HE’S A WHE WORKG CLASS GAY MAN, A REVERG ADDICT WHO’S BEEN SOBER FIVE YEARS, AND A PAFULLY SELF-AWARE HTLER. PERHAPS NO ONE THE SHOW IS WISER ABOUT HOW VULNERABLE WE BEE WHEN WE ZY UP TO THE POWERFUL, AND KNOWGLY, OR UNTENTNALLY, STEP OUTSI OUR OWN SOCENOMIC CIRCL AND NTEND WH THE CHOSEN FEW. THE WHE LOT CELEBRAT THE RECKLSNS OF THE EXCHANG WHILE QUTNG THEIR CENTRAL MOTIVATNS: MONEY, RPECT, AND ATTENTN. WHY ARE WE SO SPERATE TO BE SEEN BY THOSE WHO ONLY WANT TO SEE ON THEIR OWN TERMS? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE RIST THIS SIRE—AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GIVE ?MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR— AN EXCLIVE DEEP DIVE INTO PETER JACKSON’S THE BEATL: GET BACK— JOSEPH FIENN ON HIS HANDMAID’S TALE FATE— THE 10 BT MOVI OF 2021 (SO FAR)— JANE LEVY ON THE ZOEY’S EXTRAORDARY PLAYLIST CANCELLATN— IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE?— HOW PHYSIL GOT UNR ROSE BYRNE’S SK— WHAT IS BO BURNHAM’S INSI REALLY TRYG TO SAY?— SIMU LIU IS READY TO TAKE ON MARVEL— FROM THE ARCHIVE: JACKIE AND JOAN COLLS, QUEENS OF THE ROAD— SIGN UP FOR THE “HWD DAILY” NEWSLETTER FOR MT-READ DTRY AND AWARDS VERAGE—PL A SPECIAL WEEKLY EDN OF “AWARDS INSIR.”MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYNETFLIX’S MURDGH MURRS IS OFFICIALLY RETURNG FOR SEASON 2: EXCLIVEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSONCASSIE DA COSTA

FROM THE 'EVIL QUEEN' TO THE 'SAD LBIAN,' 'WHE LOT' ED MANY GAY TROP. WHY DIDN'T RAISE ANY RED FLAGS FOR SOME FANS?

There is also a big theme about beg a closeted gay wh her grandfather and look at the way her fay has rpond to that? The two men—one of whom, the hotel manager, is gay and whe and Atralian—get ught a stggle that has class wrten all over . But his ristance, which be more and more addled by booze and dgs and booze/dg-fueled gay sex (edy), only ends his ath (drama).

THAT “WHE LOT” FALE COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH GAYER

Warng: This story ntas the wake of the shockg, juicy Whe Lot fale on Sunday, social media has been flood wh great mem, mostly featurg the inic Jennifer social media has not been flood wh, however, is outcry about the show’s e of a variety of age-old gay trop — om the evil queen and the sad/psycho lbian to the “bury your gays” trope, aka the offg of gay characters, the end. They’ve also mourned Tanya and have excedly looked forward to another season, hopefully wh more Portia outfs to lgh though such well-worn LGBTQ plot pots have riled crics the very recent past — cludg wh Killg Eve and Hoe of the Dragon, both lled out for the “bury your gays” trope — barely anyone seemed triggered by Whe Lot. Perhaps ’s bee they were prepped by Season 1’s fale, which saw Armond (Murray Bartlett), as the “praved gay, ” also killed off, promptg jt the slightt b of outcry on the Redd thread lled “a cliché trope that needs to die.

Over on Twter, “brown queer artist/activist” and filmmaker Leo Herrera ved his bed 35, 000-pl followers to “talk about the e of gay trop” on the seri recently, gettg not much tractn. ”Further, he says, “I don’t want to be the ‘angry brown guy’ … but somethg we need to be aware of is that some of the gay whe show-nners may believe we are past certa stereotyp or trop — which brgs up issu of race and privilege.

'THE GAYS' OF THE WHE LOT DIDN'T GET ANY EMMY NOMATNS, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE DID

(Photo: Courty HBO/Warner Media)On Facebook, a few of this wrer’s acquatanc sound off, wh one llg Whe a “lazy wrer, ” addg, “’s gross to portray gay men as predators, addicts, transgrsive and dirty before killg them.

NEED A NEW TV OBSSN? RIGHT THIS WAY TO HBO'S THE WHE LOT MIKE WHE’S NEW LIMED SERI, WH CONNIE BRTON, JENNIFER COOLIDGE AND MORE, NCERNS RICH, SELF-ABSORBED WHE PEOPLE WHO GO TO HAWAII—AND TAKE ALL THEIR DANGERO BS WH THEM. BY CASSIE DA COSTAJULY 7, 2021BY MAR PEREZ/HBO.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEIN 2011, WRER-DIRECTOR MIKE WHE ENCHANTED AN PECIALLY VOTED SECTOR OF THE PRTIGE-TV-SERI-WATCHG PUBLIC WH ENLIGHTENED. THE SHOW WAS AN ULTRA-WOO, ENVIRONMENTALLY-NSC, EARNT SATIRE OF SORTS, STARRG LRA DERN, WHO ALSO -CREATED THE SHOW WH WHE. IN THE SHOW, DERN PLAYS AMY JELLIE, A VERY CALIFORNIAN RPORATE EXECUTIVE WHO HAS A PSYCHIC BREAK AND GETS MOTED POST-REHAB ONLY TO BEG UNRAVELG A NSPIRACY THAT GO TO THE VERY TOP OF THE PANY—AND THAT NO ONE BUT HER R ABOUT. ITS MIXTURE OF HILARY, SOULFULNS, ODDY, AND SENSE OF RIGHTEO DIGNATN IS WHE’S SIGNATURE, A DIFFICULT BALANCE TO PULL OFF–HONORG THE SOMETIM-RIGHTNS OF OTHERWISE RIDICULO PEOPLE WHILE KEEPG A CLOSE EYE ON THE SUAL RPTN OF THOSE POWER.MOST CRICS WILL GH OVER THE SHOW IF YOU GIVE THEM HALF A CHANCE, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. ITS TONAL SPECIFICY—CLUDG PERFECTLY PCHED PERFORMANC OM DERN, HER REAL-LIFE MOTHER DIANNE LADD, MICHAELA WATKS, MOLLY SHANNON, LE WILSON, AND WHE HIMSELF–ALLOW S IOLOGIL PLEXY TO SHE THROUGH. UNFORTUNATELY, S QUALY WASN’T ENOUGH TO GET THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO WATCH , AND SO HBO NCELED THE SHOW AFTER TWO SEASONS.NOW, WHE GETS ANOTHER GO AT WH THE WHE LOT, A THEMATIC FOLLOW-UP TO HIS 2017 FILM BEATRIZ AT DNER, DIRECTED BY MIGUEL ARTETA, ABOUT A MEXIN MASSAGE THERAPIST (SALMA HAYEK) WHO UNEXPECTEDLY JOS THE BS DNER OF A WEALTHY FAY SHE ED TO WORK FOR. THE WHE LOT IS LS SULAR, THOUGH SIARLY CLSTROPHOBIC; AND UNLIKE ENLIGHTENED S CENTRAL MYSTERY NARRATIVE FEELS URGENT TO UNRAVEL: SOMEBODY DIED, BUT WHO WAS ?THE SIX-EPISO LIMED SERI TAK PLACE ENTIRELY AT AN EPONYMO RORT HAWAII. ATRALIAN ACTOR MURRAY BARTLETT, WHO STARRED AS THE HUNKY GAY SAN FRANCISN DOM THE HBO SERI LOOKG, PLAYS THE RORT’S MANAGER ARMOND, WHO DONS A PLASTERED ON SE AND SYMPATHETIC GAZE THAT BEG TO FLICKER OVER TIME. ARMOND, LIKE DOM DID LOOKG, FEELS TRAPPED THE SERVICE DTRY, WORN DOWN BY THE PHYSIL AND EMOTNAL LABOR MAND BY EXTREMELY WEALTHY PATRONS AND UNSYMPATHETIC BOSS. UNLIKE DOM, HE DON’T HAVE A DREAM TO KEEP HIM FOCED. INSTEAD, ARMOND GETS UGHT UP WH A PARTICULARLY OBNOX GUT, SHANE PATTON, PLAYED BY THE SEEMGLY OMNIPRENT JAKE LACY, NVCG AS AN ULTRA-RICH BLOWHARD WHO TURNS TO HIS MOMMY FOR HELP.BUT OF URSE, THERE ARE MANY OTHERS. THOUGH THE WHE LOT, LIKE ENLIGHTENED AND BEATRIZ AT DNER, ALS SIGNIFINTLY WH CLASS AND POWER, ’S LS TERTED HOW A MA CHARACTER NAVIGAT THAT WORLD THAN HOW GROUPS OF PEOPLE BEE TERNNECTED THE DYNAMICS; ’S A FULLY ENSEMBLE SHOW. INSECURE BREAKOUT NATASHA ROTHWELL IS BELDA, A TALENTED WELLNS PRACTNER AT THE RORT WHOSE PATIENCE, EMPATHY, AND TOUCH DAZZL RICH SGLE WHE FEMALE TANYA, PLAYED ENTRANCGLY BY AN EVER-ABSURD JENNIFER COOLIDGE. ALEXANDRA DADDAR PLAYS RACHEL, LACY’S FORMERLY BROKE NEW WIFE. SHE’S A MEDCRE JOURNALIST WH A SLIGHTLY BEFUDDLG SENSE OF DRS, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE BETIFUL. EUPHORIA’S SYDNEY SWEENEY AND LTLE VOICE’S BRTANY O’GRADY ARE OLIVIA AND PLA, LLEGE IENDS WH SIGNIFINTLY DIFFERG EXPERIENC OF RACE AND CLASS—OLIVIA IS RICH, WHE, AND PLA IS THE LUCKY ONE SHE GETS TO BRG ON FAY VATN—BUT SIAR SENS OF WELL-TED SUPERRY. THEY READ NIETZSCHE AND FANON BY THE POOL, JUDGE ALMOST EVERYONE HARSHLY BUT THEMSELV, AND OSTRACIZE OLIVIA’S AWKWARD YOUNGER BROTHER QUN (FRED HECHGER). OLIVIA AND QUN’S PARENTS ARE THE SHERYL SANDBERG-QUE NILE MOSSBACHER (CONNIE BRTON) AND HER WET BLANKET OF A HBAND MARK (STEVE ZAHN).ALL OF THE PEOPLE ARE WHE EXCEPT BELDA, PLA, AND A HANDFUL OF HAWAIIAN RORT WORKERS WHO ARE NOT MERELY EMPLOYED AS HOSPALY WORKERS BUT ALSO AS PERFORMERS OF LOL THENTICY FOR RICH GUTS. PLA STRIK UP A ROMANCE WH BELLBOY AND DIGENO HAWAIIAN KAI (KEKOA KEKUMANO) THAT BEGS TO DRAW HER AWAY OM HER ALLIANCE WH OLIVIA, AND FORC HER TO RECKON WH A POSSIBLE REAL-LIFE APPLITN OF HER ANTI-LONIAL READG MATERIAL. ANOTHER EUPHORIA ALUM, LAS GAGE, PLAYS A YOUNG, WHE SURFER-BUM-TYPE RORT WORKER, WHO VELOPS AN UNEASY RELATNSHIP WH HIS BOSS, THE UNRAVELG ARMOND, PLAYED BY BARTLETT.IT’S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO KEEP TRACK OF, YET WHE’S WRG AND DIRECTN TERTWE THEIR STORI AN AMB, NOVELISTIC MANNER. THERE’S THE MORBID FUN OF TRYG TO GUS WHO DI AND HOW, AS WELL AS THE SUBTLER WORK OF UNRSTANDG THE CHARACTERS, NONE OF WHOSE BEHAVRS ARE EASY TO PREDICT. AT THE POOL, THE SELF-QUTNG RACHEL APPROACH NILE, AN IDOL OF HERS WHO SHE HAPPENED TO PROFILE A PHONED-, CLICKBAY WAY FOR BSWEEK. RACHEL WANTS ADVICE ABOUT WHETHER TO NTUE HER REER NOW THAT SHE’S MARRIED MONEY‚ BUT SHE DON’T QUE GET THE WOMAN-TO-WOMAN PROFSNAL ENUNTER SHE HOP FOR. MEANWHILE, ROTHWELL’S BELDA RELUCTANTLY BONDS WH COOLIDGE’S OFF-THE-RAILS TANYA OVER THE ATHS OF THEIR MOTHERS, AND ALLOWS HERSELF TO BE WOOED BY THE PROMISE OF A BETTER—IF SOMEWHAT PROMISED—LIFE.BUT ’S BARTLETT, A TV VETERAN LONG OVERDUE FOR A HEFTY PART LIKE THIS, WHO HOLDS THE ST TOGETHER. ARMOND GO OM ANNOYG TO SYMPATHETIC TO LICLY VENGEFUL AND BACK AROUND AGA. YOU FEEL ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHG FOR HIM, SEEG BOTH THE UGLS OF THE RORT THROUGH HIS EY AND QUTNG HIS OWN MOTIV AND E OF POWER. HE’S A WHE WORKG CLASS GAY MAN, A REVERG ADDICT WHO’S BEEN SOBER FIVE YEARS, AND A PAFULLY SELF-AWARE HTLER. PERHAPS NO ONE THE SHOW IS WISER ABOUT HOW VULNERABLE WE BEE WHEN WE ZY UP TO THE POWERFUL, AND KNOWGLY, OR UNTENTNALLY, STEP OUTSI OUR OWN SOCENOMIC CIRCL AND NTEND WH THE CHOSEN FEW. THE WHE LOT CELEBRAT THE RECKLSNS OF THE EXCHANG WHILE QUTNG THEIR CENTRAL MOTIVATNS: MONEY, RPECT, AND ATTENTN. WHY ARE WE SO SPERATE TO BE SEEN BY THOSE WHO ONLY WANT TO SEE ON THEIR OWN TERMS? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE RIST THIS SIRE—AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GIVE ?MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR— AN EXCLIVE DEEP DIVE INTO PETER JACKSON’S THE BEATL: GET BACK— JOSEPH FIENN ON HIS HANDMAID’S TALE FATE— THE 10 BT MOVI OF 2021 (SO FAR)— JANE LEVY ON THE ZOEY’S EXTRAORDARY PLAYLIST CANCELLATN— IS LU PIXAR’S FIRST GAY MOVIE?— HOW PHYSIL GOT UNR ROSE BYRNE’S SK— WHAT IS BO BURNHAM’S INSI REALLY TRYG TO SAY?— SIMU LIU IS READY TO TAKE ON MARVEL— FROM THE ARCHIVE: JACKIE AND JOAN COLLS, QUEENS OF THE ROAD— SIGN UP FOR THE “HWD DAILY” NEWSLETTER FOR MT-READ DTRY AND AWARDS VERAGE—PL A SPECIAL WEEKLY EDN OF “AWARDS INSIR.”MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYNETFLIX’S MURDGH MURRS IS OFFICIALLY RETURNG FOR SEASON 2: EXCLIVEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSONCASSIE DA COSTA

It’s typil old textbook Hollywood to kill off the morally rpt gay characters, if you know your cema history … yet BOTH SEASONS of Whe Lot rely on the tired old trope. ”Over on a Whe Lot Redd thread, meanwhile, one viewer wonred, “What gay men f***ed wh Mike Whe for him to always make them tragic, vic, and stereotypil? ” That prompted a few to agree, cludg one who noted, “The thg is gay villas is actually a thg … We still want reprentatn so of urse ’s a double-edged sword and impossible to please the entire dience.