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• COMEDY CENTRAL'S THE OTHER TWO IS READG MILLENNIAL GAY LIFE FOR FILTH
• BILLY EICHNER IS HERE TO FIGHT HOLLYWOOD HOMOPHOBIA AND FULFILL YOUR GAY ROM-COM DREAMS

COMEDY CENTRAL'S THE OTHER TWO IS READG MILLENNIAL GAY LIFE FOR FILTH

Season 3, Episo 1 - 'Gay Wch Hunt'Perhaps one of the harst episos to watch is the Season 3 opener, which Michael lls Osr (Osr Nunez) "f**gy" for preferrg Shakpeare Love to Die jtify the e of the offensive term, Michael then go on a warpath, fendg his choice of words, before liverg a non-apology to Osr and outg him as then spreads around the office, wh Osr's skmate Kev (Brian Bmgartner) sniggerg about the revelatn and Angela (Angela Ksey) proceedg to make homophobic ments and potedly g hand sanizer after Osr returns to his sk. Michael then enlists Dwight (Ran Wilson) to help him figure out who else the office might be gay before the pair ll Jim (John Krasski) at his new office to enquire about buyg a "gaydar" (a prank Halpert pulled on Dwight prevly). But the show’s first season has proven to be far more than a funny s — ’s a spot-on portrayal of lennial gay life, thanks to s characterizatn of one of the tular Two: 28-year-old Carey Dubek (Drew Tarver), a stgglg actor and part-time was a scene durg this season’s fourth episo, when Carey fally mters the strength to ll thgs off wh his credibly attractive but “vlently straight” roommate, Matt, that I fully fell for this show.

And though Matt’s willgns to ocsnally make out wh Carey for a few sends at a time did update the stereotype a b, I uldn’t help but feel slightly trated wh the show’s cisn to play to such a hackneyed ncept — gay guy falls for straight du. Can’t our gay protagonist be given a real romantic tert?

It was brilliantly when to satirizg gay life, much of the show is. No other seri n make a nng gag about Andy Cohen’s penchant for hirg every gay man he meets to be a shirtls bartenr on Watch What Happens Live! Would any other show airg today even try to parody the fetishizatn of queer muni by makg Carey an overnight ter celebry after his brother releas a sgle lled “My Brother’s Gay and That’s Okay?

BILLY EICHNER IS HERE TO FIGHT HOLLYWOOD HOMOPHOBIA AND FULFILL YOUR GAY ROM-COM DREAMS

“No, they said ’s still jt for gay people, ” one of the assistants answers wh a jected sigh. It’s a nversatn that’s hilar s borrle ridiculons, but one that many gay men have undoubtedly had to unrgo (or at least thought about unrgog) Other Two tly sh s abily to riture the gay muny whout rervatns, but whout ever crossg to crass ridicule. The show’s funnit episo is s seventh, which fds Carey beiendg a group of gay fluencers after fdg out that the stg agents for an upg Ryan Murphy miseri are “not even nsirg anyone wh unr 50, 000 Instagram followers.

” The ensug spoof of “Instagay culture” is expectedly hilar, but ’s only sthg a lovg readg-challenge-on-Drag-Race way — never liberately, they scribe what they do g buzzwords like “spiratn, ” “liftyle, ” and “relig, kda. After Carey tri to get the Instagays to pose for a picture while on a hike (where they all wear animal oni), one disclos that ’s “No Post Sunday, ” provokg Carey to lnch to an offensive tantm where he all but adms that he had only been g them for their clout, and also acc them of dog nothg but “gettg naked and postg pictur and havg sex wh each other. ” The reveal of Carey’s te motiv as a ep blow, and after they strike down his claim that all they do is have sex wh each other (two of them are virgs and another isn’t even gay), ’s clear that the Instagays are genuely nice people.

The Other Two’s abily to take very specific gay cultural referenc and bend them to bg gags and clever one-lers is virtually unmatched. : It's A Wonrful HeistAll MoviAppSHOPMIKE JUDGE'S BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD SHOPDRUNK HISTORY SHOPSouth Park ShopWORKAHOLICS SHOPComedy Central ShopMental Health Is HealthCelebrate Pri MdfullyLearn More0:30Say Gay!