Mcg stereotyp, old clich: How n a anchise created and beloved by gay men be so bad at portrayg them?
Contents:
- IS UNUPLED THE GAY SEX AND THE CY?
- SEX AND THE CY 2 PLANNG A BIG GAY WEDDG?
- WHY "SEX AND THE CY" IS BAD FOR THE GAYS
IS UNUPLED THE GAY SEX AND THE CY?
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From Hallmark to Hulu, LGBTQ films are fally gettg a seat at the proverbial holiday table month, Hallmark ma history wh “The Christmas Hoe, ” s first holiday movie wh a gay lead uple. ”Those behd the film also hope serv to honor the memory of openly gay actor Chris Trodale, who played a weddg sger the film and is bt known as a member of the former boy band Dream Street. OK, so I should amend that first statement of me: It's Friday afternoon, folks—let's have some gay, gay, gay fun!
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SEX AND THE CY 2 PLANNG A BIG GAY WEDDG?
It’s how they eventually meet Claire (Marcia Gay Harn), a wealthy—and licly uptight—hoewife who cis to sell her lavish apartment uptown after her hband leav her. There’s the feisty gay twk at work, Tyler, who is nstant petn wh Michael over listgs; Billy and Stanley also only seem to exist to serve Michael’s storyl, often lackg the pth and charm that the SATC gals had. But what Unupled do succeed at is makg a mastream edy show totally gay, whout beg forcibly “woke” or chey.
WHY "SEX AND THE CY" IS BAD FOR THE GAYS
Sex and the Cy 2 is throwg a big, gay, se Jt Jared claims that an “sir” says the movie will volve a weddg between the seri’ notable gay uple, played by Mar Cantone and Willie Garson. Their source claims they’re planng celebry meos om gay ins to class up the ocsn.
Mcg stereotyp, old clich: How n a anchise created and beloved by gay men be so bad at portrayg them? I like to thk I'm not the kd of gay man who gets easily offend watchg movi about gay people.
Even at-party celebratns like "The Haner" are required to show some nuance and sensivy toward gay characters and them. But two movi the past two years have ma me genuely angry, and the strange thg is, the two movi are aimed largely at gay men, beloved by gay men, and most surprisgly of all, ma by gay men: "Sex and the Cy" and, now, s md-blowgly tone-af sequel, "Sex and the Cy 2. But most surprisg of all, given the fact that both movi were wrten and directed by the openly gay Michael Patrick Kg, is how retrogra they are their treatment of gayns.