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- EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: TONY-NOMEE RORY O’MALLEY ON VOICG GAY TEENAGER DANIEL NETFLIX’S CHIGO PARTY AUNT & RETURNG TO THE STAGE HATON
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: TONY-NOMEE RORY O’MALLEY ON VOICG GAY TEENAGER DANIEL NETFLIX’S CHIGO PARTY AUNT & RETURNG TO THE STAGE HATON
Jason worri that his sexualy might fe him the public eye, and wish to keep their relatnship wh the nf of their home, a trope seen even the bt gay Rom-Coms. Havg watched the entire first part, I n accurately say that even if you’re not a Chigo native, you’ll stantly fall love wh the reee Diane and her openly gay nephew Daniel.
Like Daniel, O’Malley grew up gay the Midwt wh a pack of women there for him while growg up: His mother, nts, and other olr women who were a part of his fay. Bis explorg a typilly unexplored relatnship between an nt and their nephew, the seri offers an openly gay character that is more reprentative of young adults today who have the nfince and worldview that allows them to explore their inty whout fear or shame.
Gion be Diane’s new boss at the salon she works at, and although he is a b rerved — pecially pared to the brazen Diane — he is for the most part, openly gay. Gion, who we learn grew up Geia when beg gay wasn’t tolerated — pecially for a person of lor — rms how he gradually out throughout his life. Daniel is gay and Diane is termed to be his workg class fairy godmother who helps brg him out of his shell while he tak on helpg her navigate the waters of the creasgly socially plex world around her.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
Ahead of the seri but, The Queer Review’s edor Jam Klemann had an exclive nversatn wh Rory O’Malley about the wrers’ handlg of his character Daniel’s sexualy, his own nnectn to the world of the show, what felt like to tread the boards aga, why his Chigo Party Aunt -star RuPl is a queer hero to him, and he rells a memorable enunter wh gay in Bette Midler. It was also was an amazg gay character. Daniel is a 18-year-old gay kid, and ’s not about him g out.
I was so appreciative that they st a gay person a gay role. So that’s how we as an dience fd out that he’s gay, ’s all very sual, there’s no ner turmoil or big g out moment. “I’m sure one day there uld be a flashback episo wh Daniel sayg somethg like, ‘Mom, Dad, Aunt Diane, I’m gay.
I thk g out stori, pecially on that are difficult, are so important to tell but ’s also important to tell the stori of gay people who are fai that are absolutely acceptg of them to show what that looks like. To move on om that and to actually talk about beg an adult, bee y, beg a gay person you have to enunter different stggl, but you also have to learn how to get a job and to feed yourself when you’re 18, or when you’re out of llege. Those are big, sry thgs for everyone and I thk ’s great to see through a lens of a character who is gay, but not necsarily have that be what the entire character is about.