Gay Comedy Seri Starrg Ian McKellen to Air on PBS

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• 14 TV SHOWS THAT BROKE GROUND WH GAY AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS
• GAY COMEDY SERI STARRG IAN MCKELLEN TO AIR ON PBS

14 TV SHOWS THAT BROKE GROUND WH GAY AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS

TV Seri1998–2020TV-PG22mGay lawyer Will and straight terr signer Grace share a New York Cy apartment. Their bt iends are gleeful and proud gay Jack and charismatic, filthy-rich, amoral sociale lawyer Will and straight terr signer Grace share a New York Cy apartment. Their bt iends are gleeful and proud gay Jack and charismatic, filthy-rich, amoral sociale productn, box office & pany Episos246Vios54Funny Women of TelevisnFunny Women of TelevisnWe salute the brilliant women behd all those unfettable lghs on the small the galleryMore like thisReview A great st, perfect chemistry, smart wrg and a classil style, "Grace" is a flawed s juggerntNetwork: NBC; Genre: S; Content Ratg: TV-14 (for strong language and strong sexual dialog); Available: Synditn and DVD; Perspective: Classic (star range: 1 - 5); Season Reviewed: Complete Seri (8 seasons) On the surface "Will & Grace" will seem like jt another shallow, sex-based stud-dience s, and beneath that is - fact - jt another shallow, sex-based stud-dience s.

GAY COMEDY SERI STARRG IAN MCKELLEN TO AIR ON PBS

McCormack plays Will as one of the funnit straight-men recent TV history, the height of irony sce Will and out-and-proud Jack are gay, which work execu-speak mak "Will & Grace" "gay-themed". In a ually mdls genre, Kohan and Mutchnick looked to their crystal ball and jumped out ont of the impendg rise gay-themed shows based a polilly rrect agenda that would crt while this one was one the air, and ultimately have the most batable and divisive s to e along que a while.

Whether "Grace's" technique of simultaneoly admtg and challengg broad gay stereotyp speaks well for s dience is highly batable and somethg I don't feel qualified to real tth is that "Will & Grace" is an oppose sex platonic love story masqueradg as the more work-acceptable gay-themed s. Bee any work, particularly NBC, would mandate that Will and Grace "got together" any other scenar, Kohan and Mutchnick ma Will and Jack gay and effectively removed that potential problem to their platonic love story, between Will and Grace as well as an adorably -pennt relatnship between Jack and Karen. Highlights clu Jack meetg his idol Cher and Parker Posey htg on Will and low-pots volvg a slap fight wh Jennifer Lopez and Michael Douglas embarrassg himself a character role as a gay p.

“My brother’s brave / My brother’s wise / My brother don’t like girls / He lik guys.” So begs the h sgle “My Brother's Gay” performed by fictnal tween heartthrob Chase Dreams (played by TikTok star Case Walker), whose skyrocketg fame bewilrs his two olr siblgs — newly sgle, self-volved Brooke and the song’s spiratn, stgglg actor Cary — Comedy Central’s new s The Other Two. Inially wary of the vio’s effect on his reer (and his relatnship wh his grandma), Cary eventually around to acceptg that s succs mak him a gay in. Or, at the very least, a mp joke: the kd of thg gays love but make fun of (“like Brney,” he’s told).