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.
WHERE IS THE CLOSET? ON THE “STRAIGHT-ACTG” GAY MAX OM “HAPPY ENDGS”
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.
HAPPY ENDGS’ MAX: NOT “GAY ENOUGH?”
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”. 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.