Denstctg the "Sassy Gay Friend" | Jewish Women's Archive

Contents:

• SASSY GAY FRIEND
• EXCLIVE: BRIAN GALLIVAN ON SASSY GAY FRIEND, MIO, AND STUPID BIATCH
• GAY SUPPORTER WILL SASSO'S WIFE REVEALED? MARRIED & FAY DETAILS OF 'MORN FAY' ACTOR
• SASSY GAY FRIEND! (2010)CAST AND CREW
• DENSTCTG THE "SASSY GAY FRIEND"
• CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’
• THE TROPE OF THE ‘GAY BT FRIEND’ MOVI AND TELEVISN, EXPLAED
• Q&A: LRIE METLF TALKS ‘SASSY GAY FRIEND’ INTERVENTN, KISSG BETTY BUCKLEY & HOW ‘ROSEANNE’ CHANGED TV FOR LGBTS

SASSY GAY FRIEND

Sassy Gay Friend[5] is a YouTube web seri created 2010 by the onle team of the Chigo-based improv pany The Send Cy. The seri starred actor Brian Gallivan[6] as the tular character who viss famo characters om lerature and film, as well as a handful of historil figur, to give them advice om the perspective of a over-the-top stereotypil homosexual male.

Brian Gallivan created the Sassy Gay Friend character 2004 while performg The Send Cy's mastage show Red Sre. [7] The first Sassy Gay Friend YouTube vio was upload on Febary 17th, 2010 to the Send Cy's channel, pictg the character visg Ophelia om William Shakpeare's Hamlet right before she ms suici.

[13] In April, Salon[14] qutned whether the seri was satire or rercg the cliche that all gay men are flamboyant. Throughout the rt of 2010, Sassy Gay Friend vios appeared on Paste Magaze[15], the Huffgton Post[16], Entertament Weekly[17], the New York Post[18] and Trendhunter.

EXCLIVE: BRIAN GALLIVAN ON SASSY GAY FRIEND, MIO, AND STUPID BIATCH

In Febary 2011, Sassy Gay Friend beme the spokperson for MiO[23], a liquid water enhancer product, dog a handful of man on the street terview vios (shown below) for the brand. That year, Sassy Gay Friend vios were featured on Time NewsFeed[20], Urlque[21] and Refery29.

“Sassy Gay Friend” Brian Gallivan spoke to Monster and Crics about his MiO fueled new-found celebry. The Send Cy h seri, “Sassy Gay Friend, ” featur Brian Gallivan, who b clever embedd advertisg wh hilar rants that tackle the bereft and befuddled mains of the Bard.

GAY SUPPORTER WILL SASSO'S WIFE REVEALED? MARRIED & FAY DETAILS OF 'MORN FAY' ACTOR

Gallivan’s character, Sassy Gay Friend, pops up as if transported through a time mache to nsole and buck up historil hysteril women who uld have ed some pla old good advice. MiO, a Kraft foods product, has hched their wagon to “Sassy Gay Friend, ” the seri Gallivan created and produced along wh The Send Cy.

M&C: When did Sassy Gay Friend bee this ia/character that you ran wh? Brian Gallivan: I first created Sassy Gay Friend 2004 when I was part of the Mastage st at The Send Cy Chigo. And then I did not do very much at all wh Sassy Gay Friend until early 2010 when The Send Cy started their youtube channel, The Send Cy Network.

SASSY GAY FRIEND! (2010)CAST AND CREW

The Sassy Gay Friend Hamlet vio was one of the first on they released. MiO also helps me make more Sassy Gay Friend vios. Brian Gallivan: I’m not sure what will happen wh Sassy Gay Friend the future.

TV lov a gay bt iend! The Gay Bt Friend is a trope as old as homosexualy self. While straight people haven't always been supportive of our rights, there's nothg they want more than a sassy and stylish gay bt iend to give them advice, read them when necsary, and never be aaid to speak the tth.

Kurt, played by Chris Colfer, actually had a lot of character growth over the seri, but still, for much of , he was basilly Rachel's gay bt iend.

DENSTCTG THE "SASSY GAY FRIEND"

Cz beme the first out gay actor to play a lead gay character on Amerin TV when he played Vasquez, forever changg gay Hollywood ABC. One of the most classic exampl of this trope, the entire premise of Will & Grace was explorg the Gay Bt Friend and his relatnship wh his straight btie.

And while the trope was already old and ed up at this time, the show did help a whole segment of Ameri bee more fortable wh gay people, even if Will was played by a straight NBC.

Also See: Comedian Craig Kilborn Married To Perfect Beg & It's Not Wife, Gay Gossip Ragg After HoneymoonWill also played Mountie Archamblt the 2018 Movie Super Troopers 's Huge Net worthWill Sasso has been able to garner a nsirable amount of worth mostly om his reer on televisn screen and wrtlg field. Supports Print Obama's Declaratn On Gay MarriageWill's love for privacy me wh a perk as his lack of married life on display led to speculatns brewg about his began to raise their eyebrows towards unmarried and sgle Will.

CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’

Moreover, his immense support towards the gay muny also further plited the matters.

When then US- Print Brack Obama publicly supported gay marriage and beme the first stg print to reveal he endorsed gay marriage, Will’s reactn was pricels.

Gay Marriage Supporter: Will Sasso giv his seal of approval on the former US- Print Barack Obama's statement supportg gay marriage Twter on 9 May 2012.

THE TROPE OF THE ‘GAY BT FRIEND’ MOVI AND TELEVISN, EXPLAED

(Photo: Twter)He took to Twter to exprs his happs and posted a mocked-up photo of himself as gay statg he would get married to the man the photo on 9 May 2012. He Is Lookg For Girliend To Turn WifeHowever, before he was surround wh more gay mors, he shut all them down when he revealed his preference for female mentned that he was lookg for a girliend and was very open to datg.

Related: Keh Olbermann Obscure Married Stat After Girliend Mak Him Gay? As for Will, he has ma clear that he is not gay but supports gay people and n be assumed that he may be tyg a knot to someone to throw the roots of the mors once-and-for-all.

Brian has veloped a great character lled "Sassy Gay Friend" that has bee one of those "viral anchiseable characters" that the entertament dtry vets so arly.

Q&A: LRIE METLF TALKS ‘SASSY GAY FRIEND’ INTERVENTN, KISSG BETTY BUCKLEY & HOW ‘ROSEANNE’ CHANGED TV FOR LGBTS

Me: You're releasg the new stallment of your Sassy Gay Friend b. Brian: Well, I thk Sassy Gay Friend has been the thg that got me.