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Contents:
- 21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
- ERIC DANE ON ‘EUPHORIA’ CHARACTER’S DOUBLE LIFE: “I’M ACUTELY AWARE THAT I’M A STRAIGHT ACTOR PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER”
- MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC
21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
Euphoria's sophomore season was a roller aster of emotn.
ERIC DANE ON ‘EUPHORIA’ CHARACTER’S DOUBLE LIFE: “I’M ACUTELY AWARE THAT I’M A STRAIGHT ACTOR PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER”
He’s no longer accepted by the straight muny and not accepted by the gay muny. “I’m acutely aware that I’m a straight actor playg a gay character, ” Dane reflects. “The gay muny has been super supportive.
While Euphoria's first season tablished Cal as an outwardly succsful man wh a secret life, the send season spent two episos lvg to Cal's backstory and then the breakdown he experienc, which clud a spectacular tellg off of his fay, when he n no longer nceal his inty as a gay man any longer. As an adult, he's married, had two sons, and done well bs, yet he's hnted by the possibily that someone uld disver that he's gay. However, tertgly the scen of heteronormative high school romance are terspersed wh shots of the boys wrtlg sglets that have a distctly homoerotic tone, as well as a shot of Cal starg at Derek adjtg himself the r, makg clear that there’s fe potential for the boys’ relatnship to move beyond the platonic.
Thgs culmate on the night of their high school graduatn when Derek suggts they take a trip to the lol gay bar bee he knew they’d get served there whout an ID.