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Contents:
- GAYBORHOOD
- WORKAHOLICS: “GAYBORHOOD”
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- WORKAHOLICS: “GAYBORHOOD” (EPISO 5.05)
GAYBORHOOD
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In overg their squabbl to perform the awful yet heartfelt song “Bt Friends, ” the guys enpsulated their bond perfectly a moment of transcenntly stupid some ways, “Gayborhood” is another, even bolr, examatn of that dynamic, all the guise of a hackneyed gay panic plot that uld have veered to offensivens but, stead, provis the guys wh what’s easily their most affectg moments ever. Easily the strangt episo of Workaholics I’ve seen, ”Gayborhood” might also be the bt.
WORKAHOLICS: “GAYBORHOOD”
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Once they don their ready ultimate fightg t-shirts and load up wh 12-packs, the guys (after sgg an extend, improvised “How are we not ved” song for a long time) burst to the party, stead fdg a quietly ftive gatherg of gay men. Except that don’ hearg tell of ee food and an open bar, Blake lnch to a stereotypil gay guy accent to ga accs, Adam and Ders followg su. Now, the “brayg manchildren mixg wh gay guys” plot has been the wellsprg of a lot of soul-ang edy over the years, but “Gayborhood, ” wrten by Craig DiGregor, steers liberately around the pfalls.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
The party’s hosts Stt and Joey (Tim Bagley and Michael Urie), immediately ss out that their unved guts aren’t gay (well, Adam might be a bottom), but let them stay.
WORKAHOLICS: “GAYBORHOOD” (EPISO 5.05)
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Except that their hosts tell them that the three of them all had dnken sex wh each, this velopment uld have been the show’s cue for some tly distasteful gay jok, the guys lashg out, or the hosts beg pated as predatory creeps. They don’t make a solemn blood pact to ny that their ltle sex party ever happened, they don’t let their experience curdle to gay-bashg. “Gay dus are like hot chicks—they only like to party wh each other.
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