Bewched, Bothered, and Bewilred: The Straight Amerin Fay “Gay Weddg Advice” – Unlockg Key & Peele

Contents:

• ‘KEY & PEELE’ PRENTS THE MOST UNFORTABLE GUY AT A GAY MARRIAGE TOWN HALL MEETG
• KEY & PEELE'S MARRIAGE EQUALY SKETCH IMAG A DIFFERENT KD OF GAY PANIC
• GAY WEDDG ADVICE
• BEWCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEWILRED: THE STRAIGHT AMERIN FAY “GAY WEDDG ADVICE”

‘KEY & PEELE’ PRENTS THE MOST UNFORTABLE GUY AT A GAY MARRIAGE TOWN HALL MEETG

“Army Recers” (Season 1, Episo 7) They’re army recers — at a gay bar! An early dip to gay jok that don’t que work. “Overly Offend Co-workers” (Season 3, Episo 9) A black man, a woman, and a gay man are offend by everythg at work.

A good nner for the first show, this played out over multiple sketch and fished wh an unfortunate “gay sre” b at the end.

“Adoptn Meetg” (Season 2, Episo 10) Jordan’s super-gay LaShawn character returns, this time to adopt a baby. “Celebry Game” (Season 2, Episo 5) A game of celebry wh a gay climax (Peele is gay).

KEY & PEELE'S MARRIAGE EQUALY SKETCH IMAG A DIFFERENT KD OF GAY PANIC

“Gay Weddg Advice” (Season 4, Episo 1) This one starts off smart and hont, wh a relig black fay askg qutns about how a gay weddg works, but then volv to more obv stereotypil qutns, like, “How long do we do jazz hands? “Gay R&B Group” (Season 1, Episo 2)Some lovely productn valu this sketch about one member of an R&B duo g out to his partner through song. “Boxg Prs Conference” (Season 3, Episo 4) I stggle wh sketch that toe the unty le Homophobic Land, but knowg that K&P are obvly not that way, this one stays planted the top 100.

Two boxers’ gay trash-talk be much more than that, as they realize they’re actually love wh each other.

GAY WEDDG ADVICE

“Gay Marriage Legalized” (Season 1, Episo 5) The gural appearance of K&P’s gay uple, LaShawn and Samuel, also end up beg the most prcient. “Office Homophobe” (Season 3, Episo 12) One of a number of sketch wh a stereotypilly gay character, but Key’s Latrell is jt so memorable — and not simply bee he scrib a dick as a “baby arm holdg onto a apple.

Of urse, te Key & Peele absurd fashn, the sketch don’t set out to make any grand polil statements, rather highlights the disfort of the one guy attendance that the mera pans on every time gay people are mentned. Gay rights prevailed, but as many advot have poted out, there's plenty of work to do before the untry achiev universal above sketch is how Key & Peele hop to keep the nversatn gog. The C-Span mera mak a stop at all typ of nstuents: a young person, an old person, an Asian person, a Hispanic person, a straight person, and a gay person.

The twist: Key's face of gay Ameri is Jordan Peele, who is unsure how he beme the face of gay sketch is a thkpiece wag to happen. Do Peele's character really need to re if he's misintified as gay? The 2014 Key & Peele sketch “Gay Weddg Advice” centers around the Johnsons, a black fay preparg for a relative’s upg gay weddg.

BEWCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEWILRED: THE STRAIGHT AMERIN FAY “GAY WEDDG ADVICE”

While pokg fun at an ignorant hoehold’s well-tentned attempts to support the marriage of a gay relative, the sketch skillfully criqu both the nuclear fay stcture and the popular stereotyp associated wh queer inty.

“Gay Weddg Advice” begs wh Larry Johnson, played by Jordan Peele, leadg a Johnson fay Q&A. ” In need of “a ltle help wh the particulars of a gay weddg, ” Larry has enlisted the help of Gary, a gay -worker (and not Larry’s iend, as Larry is quick to clarify), to answer the fay’s qutns preparatn for the event. If anythg, Larry’s anx disposn further echo the llective uneass that the Johnson fay feels towards the prospect of a gay weddg, and queerns general.