Mart Sheen and Sam Waterston Go Gay for Pay (and Lghs) on 'Grace and Frankie'

Contents:

• MART SHEEN, SAM WATERSTON ON PLAYG GAY ON 'GRACE AND FRANKIE'
• MART SHEEN, SAM WATERSTON ON PLAYG GAY ON 'GRACE AND FRANKIE'
• MART SHEEN, SAM WATERSTON ON PLAYG GAY ON 'GRACE AND FRANKIE'
• MART SHEEN, SAM WATERSTON ON PLAYG GAY ON 'GRACE AND FRANKIE'
• WHAT ‘GRACE & FRANKIE’ GETS RIGHT & WRONG ABOUT GAY FRIENDSHIP
• MART SHEEN AND SAM WATERSTON GO GAY FOR PAY (AND LGHS) ON ‘GRACE AND FRANKIE’
• GAY, INTERFAH, MARRIAGE: “GRACE AND FRANKIE”
• GRACE AND FRANKIE: THE COMPLEXY OF GAY INTY
• 'GRACE AND FRANKIE' REVIEW: NETFLIX SERI ABOUT GAY HBANDS AND SPURNED WIV IS REMARKABLE

MART SHEEN, SAM WATERSTON ON PLAYG GAY ON 'GRACE AND FRANKIE'

But by cludg gay them, Grace and Frankie has taken on the rponsibily of beg a queer show. On that level, fails simply by not knowg what 's dog, " the Mic article read, before specifilly potg to the show's mishandlg of the on-screen chemistry between two gay men while also referencg the bad sex jok.

MART SHEEN, SAM WATERSTON ON PLAYG GAY ON 'GRACE AND FRANKIE'

It's possible, however, that the biggt problem wh Grace and Frankie is the way seemgly "ps gay men agast agg women, " two mographics who are already stgglg as is.

Saturday, Mart Sheen and Sam Waterston discsed playg a gay. a gay uple. possible and easy, ” Sheen said of the experience playg gay.

Gay men thrive a tribe. That’s what I’ve learned om TV shows, thk piec, and Instagram photos featurg groups of gays.

MART SHEEN, SAM WATERSTON ON PLAYG GAY ON 'GRACE AND FRANKIE'

But that’s not how my gay plotle has veloped.

I me out paratively late, bond wh a muny of people uned by a sire to perform edy a grocery store basement, and let ternalized homophobia stall my self-acceptance until well after I found my Mr. Now I’m a 32-year-old married gay man who’s more proud of beg out than ever — but I don’t have a group of gays. In three seasons, those gay septuagenarians have e out of the closet, grown fortable their inti and disvered their own ner fabulons.

MART SHEEN, SAM WATERSTON ON PLAYG GAY ON 'GRACE AND FRANKIE'

I spent most of my 20s figurg out how I uld and should be gay, pecially sce my role mols growg up as a eply closeted Tennsean were limed to Will, Jack, and Ellen. Sol and Robert are the gays I’ve been wag to see.

WHAT ‘GRACE & FRANKIE’ GETS RIGHT & WRONG ABOUT GAY FRIENDSHIP

Robert’s as perplexed by the gay dog park’s hook-up lgo “The Goodby” as I would be, and I feel Sol’s hance about drag queen bgo “The Negotiatn. ” That’s why surprised me when was revealed halfway through season one that Sol and Robert, after half a century the closet, have a group of gay iends — the one thg I haven’t been able to figure out.

MART SHEEN AND SAM WATERSTON GO GAY FOR PAY (AND LGHS) ON ‘GRACE AND FRANKIE’

In the seri’ sixth episo, “The Earthquake, ” Robert is shown hangg out wh Al and Eddie, two brightly drsed, middle-aged gay men that get a few snap-worthy zgers durg their mute on screen. We don’t, however, see them exert any energy over makg gay iends.

GAY, INTERFAH, MARRIAGE: “GRACE AND FRANKIE”

Their gay iends jt magilly appear, as if they were part of the g out gift set. The newly out uple mak gay iends so effortlsly that the show don’t even show you how they did . But also, Sol says season one’s “The Secrets” (which troduc the also fabulo Jeff and Peter) that they only “know five gay people the world.

GRACE AND FRANKIE: THE COMPLEXY OF GAY INTY

” I gus after g out to their wiv, Sol and Robert highlighted all the known gays their rolox and ma a big ph for new iendships.

I have plenty of iends that are gay, but my go-to crew is predomantly straight. The FOMO I feel every time I see pics of gay bnch/movie nights/etc.

Siarly, my gay/straight iendships are tensely important to me (they are my crew, after all), and would be valuable to see that reflected Grace and Frankie, too. Robert and Sol have s’ worth of iendships and the show suggts they’ve dropped all of them favor of hangg out wh the five gays the entire world that they knew.

'GRACE AND FRANKIE' REVIEW: NETFLIX SERI ABOUT GAY HBANDS AND SPURNED WIV IS REMARKABLE

The jt released season three actually clus a multi-episo plotle that uld have been a great way for Robert and Sol to make gay iends. Robert gets volved a gay muny theater group’s productn of 1776.