HBO's 'The Last of Us' Director Says You Need to 'Trick' Viewers to Watchg a Gay Love Story

Contents:

• HOPEFULLY, THE LAST OF US TV SERI DON’T BURY ITS GAYS
• ‘THE LAST OF US’ DIRECTOR ADMS TO TRICKG AUDIENC TO PH GAY STORYL AND PROPAGANDA
• HBO’S ‘THE LAST OF US’ DIRECTOR SAYS YOU NEED TO ‘TRICK’ VIEWERS TO WATCHG A GAY LOVE STORY
• PL SCHRAR CALLS ‘THE LAST OF US’ EPISO 3 “SCHMALTZY GAY BRO EUTHANASIA MELODRAMA”

HOPEFULLY, THE LAST OF US TV SERI DON’T BURY ITS GAYS

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‘THE LAST OF US’ DIRECTOR ADMS TO TRICKG AUDIENC TO PH GAY STORYL AND PROPAGANDA

In the game, while not overtly shown, Bill is gay. Some er reviews on Metacric clud homophobic ments. HBO's latt episo of "The Last of Us, " s new vio-game adaptatn, aired Sunday to wispread praise and imprsive the episo, tled "Long, Long Time, " is seemgly gettg review-bombed by angry, homophobic fans of the the review aggregator Metacric, the episo has a er ratg of 4.

HBO’S ‘THE LAST OF US’ DIRECTOR SAYS YOU NEED TO ‘TRICK’ VIEWERS TO WATCHG A GAY LOVE STORY

9, the past, review-bombg — or when people liberately give a show or movie a low ratg to crease s sre on s like Metacric and Rotten Tomato — has typilly occurred for racist, sexist, or homophobic reasons. Lookg through the er reviews, 's clear that some of the game's fans didn't like the episo's central love story between Bill, played by Nick Offerman, and Frank, played by Murray the game, 's evint that Bill is gay and had a relatnship wh Frank, who never appears HBO seri tak their relatnship a different directn: In a flashback, Frank across Bill's hoe after beg the lone survivor of a group travelg to the Boston quarante zone. This post ntas spoilers for the Last of Us prequel game Left, sners, for the gay mhroom apolypse is upon ten years after the vio game of the same name buted, HBO Max's The Last of Us is g to the streamer next year — and the seri' first teaser trailer, which dropped on Monday, has given a peek at our queer a near-future U.

In the game, Riley di almost immediately after she and Ellie kiss for the first time; that's generally not unexpected for survival horror, but a naked example of the "bury your gays" trope neverthels. Meanwhile, the characters Bill and Frank (Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett) are nonilly a gay relatnship — or at least were, as Frank is killed off screen before the events of the first game take place.

PL SCHRAR CALLS ‘THE LAST OF US’ EPISO 3 “SCHMALTZY GAY BRO EUTHANASIA MELODRAMA”

And Part II, players meet Lev, a trans man whose life is largely fed by parental and relig abe, and whose adname is repeatedly shouted by var 40-mute long Ntendo Direct showse had no shortage of gaymer-gasm, this is survival horror, so we shouldn't expect nice thgs or much of a life expectancy for anyone. " Bill and Frank's sexualy is never ma explic the game, but 's suggted by a gay porn magaze Ellie disvers his home.

The Last of Us director Peter Hoar recently admted to trickg dienc orr to ph gay propaganda.