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- DEAR STRAIGHT PEOPLE FOUNR SEAN FOO ON CREATG GAY WEB DRAMA SERI AHEAD OF PRI MONTH
- 'OUTDATED, HARMFUL LGBT STEREOTYP': LOL DRAMA SILENT WALLS FAC CRICISM FOR PORTRAYAL OF GAY UPLE; MEDIARP AND PRODUCTN HOE RPOND
DEAR STRAIGHT PEOPLE FOUNR SEAN FOO ON CREATG GAY WEB DRAMA SERI AHEAD OF PRI MONTH
What mak this gay web drama different om the rt is that is based on an origal story om a gay creator, and featur an openly gay director and an openly queer st om Sgapore and Thailand. * sean foo gay *
I remember chancg across a blog post about self-acceptance om an openly gay Korean Amerin named Dt Sohn. There isn’t a lot of posive gay Malay media reprentatn.
I’ve always found tertg that boys love (BL) dramas, which have bee the most popular form of gay media reprentatn Asia, do ltle to reflect the gay experience. But the thg that really sets Getaway apart om other BL dramas is that serv as a form of sight to the ‘gay experience’, as many parts of the story were drawn om my personal experienc, as well as those of my iends. After g out to his nservative father, which go horribly wrong, Sam heads to Bangkok search of his uncle, who was siarly disowned for beg gay many years ago, for guidance.
Foo said that what mak this web drama different is that is based on an origal story om a gay creator, and featur an openly gay director and an openly queer st om Sgapore and Thailand. Foo said that he did not want his seri to play out siar to nventnal BL dramas as they "do ltle to reprent the gay experience".
'OUTDATED, HARMFUL LGBT STEREOTYP': LOL DRAMA SILENT WALLS FAC CRICISM FOR PORTRAYAL OF GAY UPLE; MEDIARP AND PRODUCTN HOE RPOND
* sean foo gay *
He add:One of my aims wh creatg this seri was not to create a typil BL drama seri aimed at a heterosexual female dience, but one tailored towards the gay muny and one that reflects the gay experience. Gettg support for the showFoo shared that to date,, a programme wh Actn for AIDs providg sexual health-related servic to the gay muny Sgapore, was among the sponsors and partners that got on board for the seri. In a post on s social media platforms, the publitn shared that held a photoshoot at Nmi Hotel Sgapore featurg a married gay uple, and will be givg away a ee staytn voucher for one of s rooms.
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Getaway: Wh Paween Naliang, Steven Lim, Sean Foo, Nuttapon Cholvibool. After his g out go horribly wrong, Sgaporean Sam jets off to Bangkok to search for his exiled gay uncle, where he stumbl upon Top, a charismatic party boy lookg for love all the wrong plac." data-id="ma * sean foo gay *
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