Neil Patrick Harris’ new edy seri “Unupled” follows a gay man who is dumped by his long-term partner and thst back to the sgl world. ET Canada’s Pri Corrponnt Dallas Dixon tch up wh the st to fd out what they thk Harris' Grdr name would be, if he was sgle and ready to mgle.
Contents:
- NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ON HIS FIRST ON-CAMERA GAY SEX SCENE ‘UNUPLED,’ FAKE PENIS AND JOG ‘DOCTOR WHO’
- UNUPLED’S TUC WATKS AND EMERSON BROOKS DISCS THE EVOLUTN OF GAY CHARACTERS ON TV AND HOW THE NETFLIX SHOW AVOIDS TROP
- IS UNUPLED THE GAY SEX AND THE CY?
- NETFLIX'S UNUPLED IS A GAY ROM-COM STUCK THE SEX AND THE CY ERA
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ON HIS FIRST ON-CAMERA GAY SEX SCENE ‘UNUPLED,’ FAKE PENIS AND JOG ‘DOCTOR WHO’
Produced by Netflix, picts the trials and tribulatns of a middle-aged gay man who needs to learn how to date after his boyiend of 17 years unexpectedly breaks up wh him. Marcia Gay Harn...
In Darren Star and Jefey Richman’s new Netflix seri “Unupled, ” Harris stars as Michael, a gay New York real tate agent whose partner of 17 years Col (Tuc Watks) leav him. In fact, the actor has his first on-mera gay sex scene on “Unupled, ” wh “Sex and the Cy” movie alum Gill Mari. The st also clus Tisha Campbell, who plays Michael’s bt iend and bs partner, as well as Emerson Brooks, Brooks Ashmanskas and Marcia Gay Harn.
UNUPLED’S TUC WATKS AND EMERSON BROOKS DISCS THE EVOLUTN OF GAY CHARACTERS ON TV AND HOW THE NETFLIX SHOW AVOIDS TROP
My gaydom started wh like ‘Into the Woods’ and ‘L Misérabl’ and mil theater. When me time to fd a photo of his private parts for Michael to post on gay hookup app Grdr, an image of a prosthetic penis was nsired. “He’ll be the first gay Doctor, which is gog to be super ol, a sexier Doctor.
This is somethg that seri stars Emerson Brooks and Tuc Watks are aware of this and recently opened up about the evolutn of gay characters and how their show avoids trop. What’s most tertg about the seri is that ’s one of the few seri to provi an timate look at the profsnal and personal liv of gay men over the age of 40.
Durg our nversatn, I asked the two about the show’s approach to s characters, and Watks provid a thoughtful rponse: We’re seeg a gay breakup edy about members of the LGBT muny. It wasn’t long ago that we saw members of our muny as the gay clown or the terribly troubled person or the psychopath. Seri stars Tisha Campbell and Marcia Gay Harn, who learned om one another while workg on set, are among those who give memorable performanc.
IS UNUPLED THE GAY SEX AND THE CY?
You uld ll a midlife crisis for the both of them; Col sudnly feels stuck his fortable life, while Michael mt now reckon wh beg newly sgle a cy where the petive gay datg scene favors the young, f, and trendy. Specifilly, mak them a lot gayer.
It’s how they eventually meet Claire (Marcia Gay Harn), a wealthy—and licly uptight—hoewife who cis to sell her lavish apartment uptown after her hband leav her. There’s the feisty gay twk at work, Tyler, who is nstant petn wh Michael over listgs; Billy and Stanley also only seem to exist to serve Michael’s storyl, often lackg the pth and charm that the SATC gals had.
NETFLIX'S UNUPLED IS A GAY ROM-COM STUCK THE SEX AND THE CY ERA
But what Unupled do succeed at is makg a mastream edy show totally gay, whout beg forcibly “woke” or chey. After beg forced to nont his nightmar of losg his soulmate, Michael fds himself navigatg the datg scene as a newly sgle gay man his mid-forti New York Cy. Campbell is bt known for her rol Ltle Shop of Horrors, Hoe Party, Mart and My Wife and ’s the st list via IMDb below:Neil Patrick Harris as Michael LawsonTisha Campbell as SuzanneEmerson Brooks as BillyBrooks Ashmanskas as StanleyMarcia Gay Harn as ClaireTuc Watks as ColCol Hanlon as Jonathan SteJonah Platt as HorstJhulenty Delossantos as LuisJay Santiago as FreddyApril Ortiz as TeraAjay Naidu as RaffiDavid A.