The first trailer for Sean Hay and Michael Schur’s animated gay spy seri Q-Force outraged a lot of people wh s open embrace of gay stereotyp and dated portrayals. The actual show is more of a medcry, not offensive so much as rny and unimagative. But queer dienc still wag to be acknowledged by the mastream, through endls Disney "first gay character" teas and sexls bt-iend characters, serve better. Q-Force is streamg on Netflix now.
Contents:
- SO WHAT'S NEW ABOUT GAY SPI?
- ANTHONY BLUNT AND GUY BURGS, GAY SPI
- YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE RED SRE, BUT THE LSER-KNOWN, ANTI-GAY 'LAVENR SRE' IS RARELY TGHT SCHOOLS
- WASHGTON AND LONDON ARE LOOKG FOR A FEW GOOD GAY SPI
- Q FORCE REVIEW – NETFLIX’S GAY SPY PER IS DISASTROLY DATED
SO WHAT'S NEW ABOUT GAY SPI?
* gay spies *
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Gay hero. Then he realiz ’s empty, and vents his tratn at “wastg masculy for nothg, ” as if this is an energy-pletg thg for a gay man.
They managed to une homosexuals and homophob. (“What if spi were gay???
ANTHONY BLUNT AND GUY BURGS, GAY SPI
While surely queer acceptance is the goal we’ve all been strivg for, seeg a media marketplace that wanted nothg to do wh 15 years ago sudnly start firehosg queer stereotyp onto the screen the hop that will appeal to both straight and gay dienc n feel a b like cultural whiplash. There was predictable outrage over Q-Force, a show that panrs to the gays, sistg, “You n’t panr to the gays.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE RED SRE, BUT THE LSER-KNOWN, ANTI-GAY 'LAVENR SRE' IS RARELY TGHT SCHOOLS
Or why there’s outrage every time Disney announc that s latt film will feature the stud’s “first openly gay character. Also, I don’t need Josh Gad to tell me that LeFou is gay; havg played him twice muny theater, I n assure you, his primary motivatn was thirstg after Gaston. In other words, ll me the gay Mart Srse, rejectg Q-Force as cema.
WASHGTON AND LONDON ARE LOOKG FOR A FEW GOOD GAY SPI
But somehow, never meant more to me than did when performed by this drag queen who hadn’t e out until age 37, who had been through more than I uld even image, now lookg out across a room filled wh young, openly gay people havg a night on the town.
Q FORCE REVIEW – NETFLIX’S GAY SPY PER IS DISASTROLY DATED
I’ve sce learned that Darcelle’s partner, Roxy Nhardt, died 2017, a mere two years after the legalizatn of gay marriage the Uned Stat, and long before Q-Force was even a thought Sean Hay and Michael Schur’s mds. The ncept of payg tribute to those who me before gets paid a lot of lip service the gay muny, but for some reason, this performance and this exchange really h home for me jt how bted we are to the Darcell, to the Marsha P. Where a show like The Other Two n strike the perfect edic balance of savagery and humany about the gay experience.