Workaholics: “Gayborhood” (Episo 5.05) - Paste Magaze

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

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. 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.

WORKAHOLICS: “GAYBORHOOD”

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. 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.

The guys make ass of themselv wh all the ee hooch, keepg up their gay fictn by screamg “We’re here, we’re queer, we wanna drk beer! 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.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Michelle Bute on "Survival Of The Thickt, " "The Circle, " and moreOffEnglishThere is a lot of homoeroticism on Workaholics.

WORKAHOLICS: “GAYBORHOOD” (EPISO 5.05)

But spe all the man-love proximy, Workaholics go to great edic lengths to separate s characters’ fascatn wh male bodi and “dad dicks” om homosexualy—which they still appear eply unfortable wh. The homoerotic scen are always weighed down wh a wkg sense that what the characters are dog is funny bee they’re approachg what n be a ser issue whout any distractg gravas, and that lazs is where the trouble week the guys are obssed wh the Lord’s Force, sentially God’s Amerin Gladiators or a Christian World's Strongt Man exposn, which performs feats of strength church.

For whatever reason, our tr of stoog fds mcle-bound men displayg feats of strength toxitg—but absolutely not a gay way, not that there’s anythg wrong wh that. Workaholics’ approach to the whole array of gay jok is jt tryg to rack up a bunch of sight gags and one-lers to make jok as the tr’s admiratn for Ram and Samson turns to disfort as they bee entrenched their extend getaway at the hoe.