After a of the HIV/AIDS epimic, Greg Berlanti's The Broken Hearts Club dared to tell a gay love story that wasn't a tragedy. Starrg Dean Ca, Billy Porter, Timothy Olyphant, Jt Theroux, and Zach Braff, the film was an anomaly 2000.
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- THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB: INSI THE MAKG OF THE 2000 GAY ROM
- THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB SAID GAY LOVE STORI DIDN’T NEED TO BE TRAGEDI ANYMORE
- JOHNNY WR...SUBSCRIBESIGN {"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","URL":","MAENTYOFPAGE":","HEADLE":"THE AGONY OF \U201CGAY\U201D \U201CCEMA\U201D: THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB","SCRIPTN":"SOMEONE PLEASE CHECK ON GREG BERLANTI. I HOPE HE\U2019S OK.","IMAGE":[{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":"}],"DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-05-17T14:51:35+00:00","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-05-17T14:51:35+00:00","ISACCSIBLEFORFREE":TE,"THOR":[{"@TYPE":"PERSON","NAME":"JOHN RSELL","URL":","SCRIPTN":"JOHNNY RSELL IS A WRER, ED-TO-BE EDOR AND TERNATNALLY RPECTED CULTURAL CRIC BASED NEW YORK CY. HIS CELEBRY PROFIL, TERVIEWS AND CRICISM HAVE APPEARED ON , , AND OUT MAGAZE.","INTIFIER":"ER:2414969","IMAGE":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"}}],"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"JOHNNY WR...","URL":","SCRIPTN":"ABSURDIST MOVIE REPS, GAY THOUGHTS, IMPORTANT CULTURAL CRICISMS.","TERACTNSTATISTIC":{"@TYPE":"INTERACTNCOUNTER","NAME":"SUBSCRIBERS","TERACTNTYPE":","ERINTERACTNCOUNT":100},"INTIFIER":"PUB:814819","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"},"IMAGE":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","NTENTURL":","THUMBNAILURL":"}}}SHARE THIS POSTTHE AGONY OF “GAY” “CEMA”: THE BROKEN HEARTS COPY LKFACEBOOKEMAILNOTOTHERTHE AGONY OF “GAY” “CEMA”: THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB
- "THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB" WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN A GAY ROM-COMBILLY PORTER, A BLOND ZACH BRAFF, FOREVER-WOULDS TIMOTHY OLYPHANT AND JT THEROUX—WHAT ELSE ULD YOU WANT THIS VALENTE'S WEEKEND?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 14, 2020/2:31 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:2700PX;}SONY PICTUR CLASSICS/URTY EVERETT COLLECTNTHE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB: A ROMANTIC COMEDY, (TOP L-R): BILLY PORTER, JOHN MAHONEY, BEN WEBER, TIMOTHY OLYPHANT, ANDREW KEEGAN, DEAN CA, (BOTTOM L-R): MATT MCGRATH, ZACH BRAFF, 2000, (C)SONY PICTUR CLASSICS/URTY EVERETT COLLECTNBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 14, 2020 / 2:31 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB\" WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN A GAY ROM-COM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-14T19:31:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-14T19:31:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT…? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT'S GETTG ACKED CROSS-EYED EVERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'RE ANYTHG LIKE ME—SGLE, SEXY, AND EE—YOU'RE ALONE THIS VALENTE'S WEEKEND. ROMANTILLY, ANYWAY. SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO SPEND THE ALLEGED HOLIDAY THAN DNK, STONED, AND HATE-WATCHG SOME ROMANTIC EDI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOWADAYS, QUEER DIENC HAVE A NUMBER OF CHOIC THE ROM- SPACE, WHAT WH LOVE, SIMON, ALEX STRANGELOVE, AND THE BRAND-NEW FREEFORM FLICK THE THG ABOUT HARRY. BUT 20 YEARS AGO, WE ONLY HAD A HANDFUL OF MOVI THAT REPRENTED THE GAY ROMANTIC EXPERIENCE: FILMS LIKE JEFEY, TRICK, AND THE BROKEN HEARTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I REMEMBER PECIALLY LOVG THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB: A ROMANTIC COMEDY, THE STORY OF A GROUP OF LIGHTFULLY SELF-LOATHG GAY PALS WT HOLLYWOOD WHO OCSNALLY PLAY SOFTBALL WHEN THEY'RE NOT FIGHTG WH EACH OTHER. FOR ALL S FLTS, WAS ONE OF THE FEW GAY THGS I ULD POT TO AND SAY, "THAT'S WHAT MY LIFE ULD BE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRTEN AND DIRECTED BY GREG BERLANTI, WHO WOULD GO ON TO DIRECT LOVE, SIMON, THE 2000 FILM STARRED A VERABLE "HEY, I KNOW WHO THAT IS" OF HOLLYWOOD: A WOEFULLY BLOND ZACH BRAFF, ERSTWHILE SUPERMAN AND CURRENT PROBLEMATIC BAE DEAN CA, AMERI'S SWEETHEART BILLY PORTER, FOREVER-WOULDS JT THEROUX AND TIMOTHY OLYPHANT, FRASIER DAD JOHN MAHONEY, '90S TEEN HEARTTHROB ANDREW KEEGAN, BAD BCH MARY MCCORMACK AND NIA LONG, AND A MEO OM NATNAL TREASURE JENNIFER COOLIDGE. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HAD ALWAYS LOVED THE MOVIE DER,” BERLANTI TOLD ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY LAST YEAR. “I FELT LIKE AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO GAY DER. THERE WAS NO MOVIE THAT KD OF PTURED THE SPIR OF YOUNG GAY IENDSHIPS AS I KNEW THEM AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT THE LATE ’90S WT HOLLYWOOD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OLYPHANT IS DENNIS, THE CARRIE OF THE GROUP THAT HE'S SORT OF THE MORAL CENTER BUT IS BLD TO HIS OWN FLTS; CA IS PRETTY BOY ACTOR COLE, WHO EVERYONE WANTS TO BE AND THEREFORE RENTS; BRAFF IS TWK BENJI, WHO GETS VOLVED WH A KE-LOVG GYM BUNNY; PORTER IS TAYLOR, WHO FDS HIMSELF SGLE AND REELG OM A BREAKUP; MAHONEY IS JACK, THE GROUP'S ELR AND THE PROPRIETOR OF THE RTRANT WHERE SOME OF THE GAYS WORK; MATT MCGRATH IS ADORKABLE HOWIE, WHO'S STILL SLEEPG WH HIS STONER EX MARSHALL (THEROUX); AND BEN WEBER IS THE TERRIBLY SECURE PATRICK, WHO ENDS UP DONATG HIS SPERM TO HIS SISTER ANNE (MCCORMACK) AND HER PARTNER LLIE (LONG).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH NOT NEARLY AS SELF-LOATHG AS THE BOYS THE BAND—BIS DER, THE FILM'S MOST OBV SPIRUAL ANCTOR—THE BOYS THIS CLUB BEMOAN YET EMBODY GAY STEREOTYP, OBSS OVER MALE BETY, AND GENERALLY BATE THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OF BEG A MORN GAY MAN. IT'S ALL VERY MELODRAMATIC, MA EVEN MORE SO BY JACK'S ATH AND BENJI'S NONFATAL DG OVERDOSE, WHICH, NATURALLY, BRGS THE GANG BACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THERE ARE A FEW CENTRAL ROMANC THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB—PARTICULARLY DENNIS AND THE HLY OUT KEV (KEEGAN), AS WELL AS HOWIE AND MARSHALL AND ANNE AND LLIE—THE FILM REALLY IS MORE NCERNED WH THE BONDS OF IENDSHIP. KD OF LIKE HOW SEX AND THE CY ISN'T REALLY ABOUT THE MEN, BUT THE RELATNSHIPS BETWEEN THE WOMEN. SEEG AS HALF THE ST OF THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB WAS ON SATC AT ONE POT—SOME EVEN TWICE—THE PARISON SEEMS QUE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME WHEN I FIRST KNEW I WAS GAY," DENNIS SAYS A VOICEOVER THAT BOOKENDS THE FILM. "FACT IS, I DON'T KNOW. CAN'T REMEMBER. WHAT I DO REMEMBER, WHAT I N RELL, IS THE MOMENT I FIRST REALIZED WAS OKAY. IT WAS WHEN I MET THE GUYS, MY IENDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK THAT'S WHY I LOVED THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB SO MUCH. WHILE I'M STILL SGLE, SEXY, AND EE, MY IENDS HAVE REMAED MY ONE NSTANT AND HAVE BEEN THE TE LOV OF MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT SAID, IF JT THEROUX IS AVAILABLE, I'D HAPPILY THROW THEM ALL OVER AND NEVER TALK TO THEM AGA. HAPPY VALENTE'S DAY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB: INSI THE MAKG OF THE 2000 GAY ROM
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"THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB" WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN A GAY ROM-COMBILLY PORTER, A BLOND ZACH BRAFF, FOREVER-WOULDS TIMOTHY OLYPHANT AND JT THEROUX—WHAT ELSE ULD YOU WANT THIS VALENTE'S WEEKEND?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 14, 2020/2:31 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1800PX;WIDTH:2700PX;}SONY PICTUR CLASSICS/URTY EVERETT COLLECTNTHE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB: A ROMANTIC COMEDY, (TOP L-R): BILLY PORTER, JOHN MAHONEY, BEN WEBER, TIMOTHY OLYPHANT, ANDREW KEEGAN, DEAN CA, (BOTTOM L-R): MATT MCGRATH, ZACH BRAFF, 2000, (C)SONY PICTUR CLASSICS/URTY EVERETT COLLECTNBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 14, 2020 / 2:31 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB\" WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN A GAY ROM-COM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-14T19:31:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-14T19:31:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT…? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT'S GETTG ACKED CROSS-EYED EVERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'RE ANYTHG LIKE ME—SGLE, SEXY, AND EE—YOU'RE ALONE THIS VALENTE'S WEEKEND. ROMANTILLY, ANYWAY. SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO SPEND THE ALLEGED HOLIDAY THAN DNK, STONED, AND HATE-WATCHG SOME ROMANTIC EDI?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOWADAYS, QUEER DIENC HAVE A NUMBER OF CHOIC THE ROM- SPACE, WHAT WH LOVE, SIMON, ALEX STRANGELOVE, AND THE BRAND-NEW FREEFORM FLICK THE THG ABOUT HARRY. BUT 20 YEARS AGO, WE ONLY HAD A HANDFUL OF MOVI THAT REPRENTED THE GAY ROMANTIC EXPERIENCE: FILMS LIKE JEFEY, TRICK, AND THE BROKEN HEARTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I REMEMBER PECIALLY LOVG THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB: A ROMANTIC COMEDY, THE STORY OF A GROUP OF LIGHTFULLY SELF-LOATHG GAY PALS WT HOLLYWOOD WHO OCSNALLY PLAY SOFTBALL WHEN THEY'RE NOT FIGHTG WH EACH OTHER. FOR ALL S FLTS, WAS ONE OF THE FEW GAY THGS I ULD POT TO AND SAY, "THAT'S WHAT MY LIFE ULD BE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRTEN AND DIRECTED BY GREG BERLANTI, WHO WOULD GO ON TO DIRECT LOVE, SIMON, THE 2000 FILM STARRED A VERABLE "HEY, I KNOW WHO THAT IS" OF HOLLYWOOD: A WOEFULLY BLOND ZACH BRAFF, ERSTWHILE SUPERMAN AND CURRENT PROBLEMATIC BAE DEAN CA, AMERI'S SWEETHEART BILLY PORTER, FOREVER-WOULDS JT THEROUX AND TIMOTHY OLYPHANT, FRASIER DAD JOHN MAHONEY, '90S TEEN HEARTTHROB ANDREW KEEGAN, BAD BCH MARY MCCORMACK AND NIA LONG, AND A MEO OM NATNAL TREASURE JENNIFER COOLIDGE. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HAD ALWAYS LOVED THE MOVIE DER,” BERLANTI TOLD ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY LAST YEAR. “I FELT LIKE AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO GAY DER. THERE WAS NO MOVIE THAT KD OF PTURED THE SPIR OF YOUNG GAY IENDSHIPS AS I KNEW THEM AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT THE LATE ’90S WT HOLLYWOOD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OLYPHANT IS DENNIS, THE CARRIE OF THE GROUP THAT HE'S SORT OF THE MORAL CENTER BUT IS BLD TO HIS OWN FLTS; CA IS PRETTY BOY ACTOR COLE, WHO EVERYONE WANTS TO BE AND THEREFORE RENTS; BRAFF IS TWK BENJI, WHO GETS VOLVED WH A KE-LOVG GYM BUNNY; PORTER IS TAYLOR, WHO FDS HIMSELF SGLE AND REELG OM A BREAKUP; MAHONEY IS JACK, THE GROUP'S ELR AND THE PROPRIETOR OF THE RTRANT WHERE SOME OF THE GAYS WORK; MATT MCGRATH IS ADORKABLE HOWIE, WHO'S STILL SLEEPG WH HIS STONER EX MARSHALL (THEROUX); AND BEN WEBER IS THE TERRIBLY SECURE PATRICK, WHO ENDS UP DONATG HIS SPERM TO HIS SISTER ANNE (MCCORMACK) AND HER PARTNER LLIE (LONG).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH NOT NEARLY AS SELF-LOATHG AS THE BOYS THE BAND—BIS DER, THE FILM'S MOST OBV SPIRUAL ANCTOR—THE BOYS THIS CLUB BEMOAN YET EMBODY GAY STEREOTYP, OBSS OVER MALE BETY, AND GENERALLY BATE THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OF BEG A MORN GAY MAN. IT'S ALL VERY MELODRAMATIC, MA EVEN MORE SO BY JACK'S ATH AND BENJI'S NONFATAL DG OVERDOSE, WHICH, NATURALLY, BRGS THE GANG BACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THERE ARE A FEW CENTRAL ROMANC THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB—PARTICULARLY DENNIS AND THE HLY OUT KEV (KEEGAN), AS WELL AS HOWIE AND MARSHALL AND ANNE AND LLIE—THE FILM REALLY IS MORE NCERNED WH THE BONDS OF IENDSHIP. KD OF LIKE HOW SEX AND THE CY ISN'T REALLY ABOUT THE MEN, BUT THE RELATNSHIPS BETWEEN THE WOMEN. SEEG AS HALF THE ST OF THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB WAS ON SATC AT ONE POT—SOME EVEN TWICE—THE PARISON SEEMS QUE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME WHEN I FIRST KNEW I WAS GAY," DENNIS SAYS A VOICEOVER THAT BOOKENDS THE FILM. "FACT IS, I DON'T KNOW. CAN'T REMEMBER. WHAT I DO REMEMBER, WHAT I N RELL, IS THE MOMENT I FIRST REALIZED WAS OKAY. IT WAS WHEN I MET THE GUYS, MY IENDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK THAT'S WHY I LOVED THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB SO MUCH. WHILE I'M STILL SGLE, SEXY, AND EE, MY IENDS HAVE REMAED MY ONE NSTANT AND HAVE BEEN THE TE LOV OF MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT SAID, IF JT THEROUX IS AVAILABLE, I'D HAPPILY THROW THEM ALL OVER AND NEVER TALK TO THEM AGA. HAPPY VALENTE'S DAY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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