The weirdly queerphobic show would have had a story about Chandler Bg sneakg to a gay bar.
Contents:
- GAY-UNIENDLY MATTHEW PERRY REFED A ‘FRIENDS’ STORYLE WHICH HAD CHANDLER SNEAKG TO A GAY BAR, ACRDG TO NEW BOOK
- MATTHEW PERRY REPORTEDLY REFED TO DO A FRIENDS SCENE VOLVG A GAY BAR
- HOW MATTHEW PERRY KILLED A GAY STORY FOR HIS CHARACTER ‘FRIENDS’
- MATHEW PERRY SHOT DOWN HOMOPHOBIC 'FRIENDS' PLOT THAT FEATURED CHANDLER SNEAKG TO GAY BAR
- MATTHEW PERRY SHUT DOWN A PROBLEMATIC GAY STORYLE FRIENDS
- MATTHEW PERRY IS NOT GAY!
GAY-UNIENDLY MATTHEW PERRY REFED A ‘FRIENDS’ STORYLE WHICH HAD CHANDLER SNEAKG TO A GAY BAR, ACRDG TO NEW BOOK
Acrdg to a behd-the-scen book, Matthew Perry reportedly refed to do a Friends scene volvg Chandler a gay bar. * matthew perry gay *
I’ll be there for you — jt as long as you’re not at a gay bar. A new book lookg at the behd-the-scen of one of televisn’s most popular ss is sheddg some light on how one of s stars felt about a slightly gay “Generatn Friends: An Insi Look at the Show That Defed a Televisn Era, ” noted pop culture historian and cric Sl Aterlz retells some of the stori lived by the st and crew of NBC’s mt-see-TV the book, which cis wh the 25th anniversary of the show’s premiere, Aterlz ed exclive terviews wh the show’s creators David Crane and Marta Kffman, executive producer Kev Bright, director Jam Burrows, as well as wrers and st one such acunt, Aterlz scrib a would-be scene om an episo that might as well have been lled “The One Wh Matthew Perry Givg the Gays Some Real Sha. ”Acrdg to Aterlz, wrers of the show had thought of a storyle for Perry, who played the wisecrackg Chandler Bg, where he sneaked to a gay bar bee he liked the tuna melt that served.
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MATTHEW PERRY REPORTEDLY REFED TO DO A FRIENDS SCENE VOLVG A GAY BAR
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Acrdg to the Daily Mail, the book claims that Matthew Perry refed to do a scene that volved his character, Chandler Bg, sneakg to a gay bar. And so, you also probably remember how the other characters would often poke fun at him for possibly beg gay for one reason or another. But as turns out, Matthew Perry didn’t fd this one so the Daily Mail reports, thor Sl Aterlz repped what went down his book, notg that Perry flat-out said no to the gay bar scene.
”What’s ls clear, however, is whether or not Matthew Perry actually had an issue wh the potentially problematic storyle for s potential homophobic elements, or for other reasons that rema unknown. In a new book chroniclg the massively popular NBC s Friends, a wrer om the seri says that actor Matthew Perry (who played the joke-crackg character Chandler Bg) nixed a storyle that had him sneakg to gay bars bee he loved their tuna melt sandwich. Bg’s blogil father — who works as drag and burlque performer Helena Handbasket a revue lled “Viva Las Gaygas” — also beme a repeated punchle, subject to misgenrg and transphobia spe her beg a fabulo and self-assured dividual.
HOW MATTHEW PERRY KILLED A GAY STORY FOR HIS CHARACTER ‘FRIENDS’
The cln of a gay character the h '90s s uld have been a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ reprentatn. * matthew perry gay *
It’s unclear if Handbasket was supposed to be gay or trans, but the fact that the character was played early on the seri by a cis male and was later on portrayed by actrs Kathleen Turner suggts the latter.
MATHEW PERRY SHOT DOWN HOMOPHOBIC 'FRIENDS' PLOT THAT FEATURED CHANDLER SNEAKG TO GAY BAR
“Chandler and Joey were repeatedly mistaken for a gay uple, male characters were mocked for perceived ‘feme’ behavr, Ross is unable to handle the ia of havg a male nanny, and Chandler was equently portrayed as beg paranoid about beg thought of as gay. In 2011, vio artist Tijana Mamula put together a 50-mute vio entled “Homophobic Friends” which showed the seri’ ongog e of queerphobic humor durg s 10-year n.
MATTHEW PERRY SHUT DOWN A PROBLEMATIC GAY STORYLE FRIENDS
One of the ma characters of the h '90s TV show Friends was reportedly supposed to be gay. Queertyreports that Friends producers origally tend the character of Chandler Bg (played by Perry) to be gay.
The plot was cut for unknown reasons, but certaly would've been a groundbreakg moment for gay reprentatn, nsirg how big of a h the show beme.
MATTHEW PERRY IS NOT GAY!
There is a nng gag throughout the seri of people assumg Chandler is gay, but the ia mak him unfortable and is played for lghs. Actor Matthew Perry reportedly refed to do a scene the popular 1990s show 'Friends' where his character, Chandler Bg, was set to sneak to a gay bar to get his favore sandwich, acrdg to a new book. Chandler, throughout the long-nng show, was portrayed as a character who was spected of beg homosexual by the other characters on the s.