We talked to producers Joel Kim Booster and Cole Esla on the unapologetilly gay Comedy Central show starrg Molly Shannon.
Contents:
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS
- TWO D.C. GAY BAR CTOMERS STABBED ON SIWALK NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
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We all spect Eddy and Brett are gay, love, and datg each other... The affect and enthiasm wh which this straight woman livered the le to a prumably gay man was so ranged, so chuckle-worthy, and yet, so blistergly faiar, I did all the Googl I uld until I found the source of the clip. But by episo two, I was absolutely hooked on somethg that was not only smart, scream-at-the-TV good, and eply self-aware, but also turned out to be, unqutnably, the gayt show on televisn (maybe settg Drag Race asi) many gay-as-hell referenc snuck their way between l -- referenc so sir-baseball that only a iend of Dorothy would tch.
The show featur one of the funnit Call Me By Your Name spoofs I've ever seen, and even a (very good) joke about the Out of this left me wonrg: How the heck did the show's creativ get away wh so many homosexual easter eggs every sgle episo? The answer: "[Creators] Sarah [Schneir] and Chris [Kelly] did such a great job of staffg a room full of wrers that reflected the characters they were wrg for -- women and gay men, " says Joel Kim Booster, one of the show's wrers and -producers.
REHOBOTH’S GALLERY 50 TO HOST SHOWS BY TWO GAY ARTISTS
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * is twoset gay *
"It's been really ol to see people rpond to the edy, but also to have gay people watch and be like 'Oh my god, I regnize that. When you read the story Chris and Sarah wrote and got the sense that they wanted to tell somethg more real and ground, wh a gay character, and Molly Shannon?
"Esla was the creded wrer on an episo about Instagays that is one of the greatt satir on gay culture I have ever seen, full stop. "I ed to be fat, but now I have two niec, " says one of the Instagays, when Cary asks a gaggle of gay fluencers what they do for a livg.
TWO D.C. GAY BAR CTOMERS STABBED ON SIWALK NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE
The episo follows a very #relatable asssment of gay culture on social media, and I won't spoil anymore for you, but I LOLed untls tim (and I am typilly not a LOL-er) the show is farcil, also touch on very real queer phenomena. The show addrs gay culture's obssn wh workg out and body image. It addrs the tokenizatn of gay sex scen as they perta to Amy Awards.
There is another scene where Cary, who is an actor beg st a mercial, is asked to butch up so he appears ls gay on mera.
And another episo, Cary's -star a play says passg that he didn't know Cary was gay. ' I fely still know a lot of gay guys who put a premium on that. "But the scene I uld not believe ma on air took on the etiquette first gay dat -- specifilly, not wantg to eat on a date bee you want to keep your rectum empty.