Euphoria Season 2 Episo 7 was a showstopper thanks to Lexi's ntroversial play and we discs fans' reactns to whether Nate Jabs is gay or not.
Contents:
- 21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
- MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC
- EUPHORIA FANS DISCS IF NATE JABS IS GAY AMIDST LEXI’S SHOCKG PLAY
21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
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MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC
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Emergg om a mixture of homophobia and misogyny, rerc the ia that queer women are a challenge and nqut for men to ‘turn straight’ Schafer as Jul Euphoria Eddy Chen/HBOEuphoria also steps to problematic terrory wh s pictns of Cal and Nate Jabs, who are exampl of what is monly known as the “homophobic homosexual” trope – where a closeted character is so aaid of their queerns that they rerce their masculy through homophobia and bullyg. Though Nate is not explicly queer, like Cal is, ’s ma clear that he has hered his father’s homophobic and toxic like thisThis was brought to the fore recently season 2, episo 7 the form of Lexi’s school play which, based on her life experienc, dited a large amount of time to showg on-screen Nate (played by Ethan) lip syncg to Bonnie Tyler’s Holdg Out for a Hero while gyratg wh his semi-clad sports team. While was bizarre, there’s no doubt that was signed to mock Nate, who Lexi has reason to believe is gay after Maddy revealed she’d found gay porn on his phone a prev episo.
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EUPHORIA FANS DISCS IF NATE JABS IS GAY AMIDST LEXI’S SHOCKG PLAY
Would not have been more tertg if Euphoria had chosen to explore the reasons behd straight male toxic masculy through Nate and Cal rather than makg about beg (or worryg about beg) gay? What’s more, Euphoria’s portrayal of Cal also feeds to the homophobic rhetoric that gay men are by nature predatory.