Patrik-Ian Polk on Tellg Gay Black Stori, ‘P-Valley’ Succs – The Hollywood Reporter

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• NOAH’S ARC WILL RETURN & WH IT GAY, BLACK REPRENTATN
• LOGO’S TRAILBLAZG GAY SOAP ‘NOAH’S ARC’ IS BEG REVIVED, SAYS SHOW CREATOR
• PATRIK-IAN POLK ON ‘P-VALLEY’ SUCCS, RETURN OF ‘NOAH’S ARC’ AND TELLG GAY BLACK STORI: “THE GAY IS HERE AND IT’S GOG TO GET GAYER”
• WRER POTS OUT THAT NOAH’S ARK LNS ARE ALWAYS GAY IN HILAR VIRAL THREAD
• LOGO’S TRAILBLAZG GAY SOAP ‘NOAH’S ARC’ IS BEG REVIVED, SAYS SHOW CREATOR

NOAH’S ARC WILL RETURN & WH IT GAY, BLACK REPRENTATN

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Noah’s Arc, a beloved two-season drama seri chroniclg the liv and relatnships of four Black gay men that ran om 2005-2006, is officially returng to the small screen 2023! Last night, acrdg to Gaye Magaze. 1682306109The show, which n be streamed on Logo, broke ground for focg on the love liv and relatnships of Black gay men durg a time where there was still not very much reprentatn for LGBTQ+ people of lor 's Arc is available to watch on YouTube and Your Se Articl'Noah's Arc' TV Seri Is Rng for Anniversary Special ›14 Black Gay Male Coupl From TV History We'll Never Fet ›‘Noah’s Arc’s’ Patrik-Ian Polk Is Still Tellg Black, Queer Stori ›You Can Now Watch All of ‘Noah’s Arc’ on YouTube ›.

LOGO’S TRAILBLAZG GAY SOAP ‘NOAH’S ARC’ IS BEG REVIVED, SAYS SHOW CREATOR

“I’m very happy to nfirm that there is ed more Noah’s Arc g, ” Polk said, Gaye Magazereports. ”The show follows Noah (Darryl Stephens) and his iends Alex (Rodney Chter), Chance (Doug Spearman), and Ricky (Christian Vcent) as they navigate the pfalls of the gay datg scene Los ’s Arc was a groundbreakg edy-drama that was the first to feature a st of Black and gay characters who prised the regular st on the seri also provid sight to topics like marriage equaly, LGBTQ+ fai, HIV and AIDS awarens, and was nceled 2007 followg a dramatic cliffhanger at the end of the send season.

The origal stars, cludg the central iend group of four gay Black men Los Angel, rned an hourlong special shared on YouTube and popular show — known for breakg ground on social issu such as gay datg, marriage, parenthood and HIV and AIDS awarens — dished h hot tak on ongog racial protts and the need for social distancg to bat the COVID-19 onle event raised money for a handful of nonprof anizatns that support Black LGBTQ people, cludg Birmgham AIDS Outreach, Casa Ruby and the Oakland LGBTQ Communy Center.

PATRIK-IAN POLK ON ‘P-VALLEY’ SUCCS, RETURN OF ‘NOAH’S ARC’ AND TELLG GAY BLACK STORI: “THE GAY IS HERE AND IT’S GOG TO GET GAYER”

Gut stars Ts Burgs, Wanda Syk, Wilson Cz and Richard Brooks also joed the virtual party to serve tea on everythg om gay Black reprentatn to what fay means the midst of a panmic. The seri, which predomantly featur gay black and Lato characters, foced on many socially relevant issu, cludg same sex datg, same-sex marriage, same-sex parenthood, HIV and AIDS awarens, fily, promiscuy, homophobia, gay bashg. Noah’s Arc creator Patrik-Ian Polk has nfirmed that the groundbreakg seri Noah’s Arc is makg a show was a major h the mid-2000s and Logo drama ma stris for Black gay reprentatn on seri followed a screenwrer named Noah as he and his iends, livg as Black gay men In Los Angel.

WRER POTS OUT THAT NOAH’S ARK LNS ARE ALWAYS GAY IN HILAR VIRAL THREAD

It was history-makg as the first Amerin drama seri to have a group of Black gay men as s om s central premise, the show vered taboo topics like HIV/AIDS awarens, homophobia and same-sex marriag. Acrdg to Gaye Magaze, Polk nfirmed the return of the show while attendg Speak Out’s I AM Awards.

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LOGO’S TRAILBLAZG GAY SOAP ‘NOAH’S ARC’ IS BEG REVIVED, SAYS SHOW CREATOR

Especially beg of lor there are no shows out there that n portray the liv of homosexual Ain-Amerin and Lato mal. “Noah’s Arc, ” the two-season Logo dramedy about four gay iends navigatg the highs and lows of Los Angel, is planng s return, acrdg to the show’s creator — but not on the pneerg ble work where first ran.

The edy-drama followed four gay Black men as they navigated the horrors of datg Los Angel: Noah (Stephens), Alex (Rodney Chter), Chance (Doug Spearman) and Ricky (Christian Vcent).

Known for tellg groundbreakg stori centered on Black gay life — cludg the pennt film Punks, which premiered at Sundance 2000, and Noah’s Arc, which ran on Logo TV for two seasons om 2005-06 — Polk is a creative force who has chronicled (and ntu to chronicle) the liv of unrreprented people while champng diversy way before “DEI” beme a buzz term. I’m not even showg this to anybody bee nobody’s gog to do this gay Black show, '” he rells. Followg a gay Black male iend circle, Noah’s Arc gave an unrreprented group a lens to be seen.

Where else uld one see gay Black love stori unfold on the small screen?

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Polk — who has sce worked as a producer and wrer on BET’s Beg Mary Jane and Showtime’s The Chi — also directed The Skny, a 2012 gay romantic drama starrg a then-unknown Jsie Smollett, and 2014’s Blackbird, which starred Mo’Nique and centered on a gay teenager (Julian Walker) wrtlg wh his relign and sexualy. He also has a edy seri velopment at Sony lled New Money, which Gabrielle Unn will star and produce; he’s wrg and directg a film about Luther Vandross based on Craig Seymour’s book, Luther: The Life and Longg of Luther Vandross; and he’s workg on his first play, The Night Whney Hoton Died, which exam the sger’s life and ath om the POV of a Black gay male fan.

They saw this tall Black t and he was gay. Polk remembers when Punks, about a group of Black gay male iends, buted at Sundance the same year that Greg Berlanti’s The Broken Hearts Club did.