People are talkg about Max, the openly, yet not stereotypilly, gay character on 'Happy Endgs.' While some viewers fd his personaly rehg, others
Contents:
- WHY HAPPY ENDGS’ MAX BLUM WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT GAY CHARACTER ON TV
- WHERE IS THE CLOSET? ON THE “STRAIGHT-ACTG” GAY MAX OM “HAPPY ENDGS”
- HAPPY ENDGS’ MAX: NOT “GAY ENOUGH?”
WHY HAPPY ENDGS’ MAX BLUM WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT GAY CHARACTER ON TV
Max Blum is a ma character the first, send and third seasons of the ABC s Happy Endgs. He is portrayed by Adam Pally. Max shar his downtown loft wh Dave, his close iend. He is very close wh Penny Hartz, and they have a tumultuo "gay bt iend" relatnship. Max is... * happy endings max gay storyline *
For far too long, as a gay man, I’ve been subjected to borg, annoyg and borrle homophobic gay ritur on TV, characters that are supposed to reprent me and my gay bros. So, was rehg and groundbreakg to see a slovenly, chubby and lazy gay du grace my screen.
Which is too bad, bee everyone pletely missed out on Max Blum, TV’s most important gay character. A charmg slacker and the anthis of almost every gay stereotype that’s been phed onto dienc by work TV for the past two s (see: Jack and Will om Will & Grace, Kurt om Glee, Bryan om The New Normal, etc), Max (played by Adam Pally) ma a missn to eat pizza bed and avoid havg a real job.
WHERE IS THE CLOSET? ON THE “STRAIGHT-ACTG” GAY MAX OM “HAPPY ENDGS”
He also jt happened to be a homosexual. And y, there are a few other non-stereotypil gay guys on TV, but how many of them are ma characters mastream edi?
’, as if Morn Fay picts the only way that gay guys n be. I mean, if you’re a Mch or a Cam, that’s ol too, but Max reprents a wir spectm of gay guys who are sick of beg stereotyped.
Early on Happy Endgs, Max’s lack of “gayns” is brought to the foreont by his bt iend (and ex-girliend) Penny, who clar him a “terrible gay hband”.
HAPPY ENDGS’ MAX: NOT “GAY ENOUGH?”
The episo perfectly skewered the s trope of g homosexual characters as a female character’s wisecrackg “gay bt iend”. To drive home the pot, the show even troduced Derek, the overly flamboyant and stereotypil gay character (he’s pretty fabulo) who was basilly the anti-Max. By the end of the episo, Penny realis that she don’t need a “gay hband” and se, wh the help of Max, that she’s actually his ‘gay hband’ — dramatic, loud, and over-the-top.
It’s at this pot that every misjudged gay guy watchg at home solemnly agre wh Max and realis they’ve had this moment their liv.
Gay men were not created to be your bt iends, girls. ), and helped him out his love life whout any of the homophobic squirmg or hang-ups you often see when straight bros al wh gays on TV. It was rehg to see gay datg alt wh such a pletely normal and hont way.