Love, Victor review: A Hulu seri burned by whe gayns - Polygon

Contents:

• IS GEE SEAR GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
• LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF GAY
• IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
• 'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE
• LOVE, VICTOR PROV YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GAY TO PLAY GAY CHARACTERS
• CAN ‘LOVE VICTOR’ FY THE STEREOTYP ABOUT GROWG UP GAY?
• ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS
• WHY ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO TOOK A GAY ROLE AGAST INDTRY ADVICE
• MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'
• HULU’S LOVE, VICTOR IS UGHT UP THE MYTHOLOGY OF WHE GAYNS
• HOW ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ CAPTUR ONE PARENT’S STGGLE TO ACCEPT HER GAY SON (EXCLUSIVE)

IS GEE SEAR GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?

Gee Sear wonrfully says the role of Benji Campbell, Victor’s openly gay classmate and csh. Wh Gee portrayg a gay character such an outstandg way, fans wonr if the actor shar the same sexual inty real life. Acrdg to The Guardian, Gee Sear is not gay.

There have also been numero speculatns about Gee beg gay, pecially after his on-screen chemistry wh Michael Cimo, who plays Victor. Gee is also nsc of the issue surroundg straight actors beg st gay rol.

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LOVE, VICTOR REP: THE PERFECT LEVEL OF GAY

Photo: Greg Gayne/ HULU. “What is the perfect level of gay that will keep everyone happy? That is the biggt qutn on Victor Salazar’s md, as he grappl wh his evolvg inty as an openly gay (former) star athlete at Creekwood High.

IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?

After reachg a major tone his relatnship wh Benji, Victor — who was told last season that “there’s no one way to be gay” — is forced to nont another load qutn: Is he willg to sacrifice a part of his inty to fe a new one? Then, at Benji’s after-school “fay and iends ncert, ” ’s llg Victor “the least gay gay person alive. “Please tell me what’s the exact level of gay I should be, ” he tells Andrew.

'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE

“Bee apparently, I’m too gay for the locker room, but I’m not gay enough for Benji and his iends.

If anyone has a problem wh , they n answer to me, ” Andrew says before Victor rightfully nonts him about not wantg to “risk your reputatn for the gay kid. “This is our way of sayg that you n be as gay as you want, whatever way that you want, and we will forever stand [by] you, ” Andrew says, before the other teammat the moment (but, hey, at least they are tryg!

Love, Victor Rep: The Perfect Level of Gay. He beme one wh the character and played his part so perfectly that fans soon started wonrg if Michael is gay real life. Michael Cimo do not intify as a gay person.

LOVE, VICTOR PROV YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GAY TO PLAY GAY CHARACTERS

However, Michael has repeatedly mentned how exced he was to portray a gay person the show and how much work he put to thentite his performance.

In an terview wh People, Michael revealed that his gay played a signifint role gettg him ready for the show. That was a really big drivg force for me, as well as I have a lot of iends that are gay.

On the flip si, Michael found himself an ongog bate that argued whether the portrayal of gay characters should be rtricted to real-life gay actors.

CAN ‘LOVE VICTOR’ FY THE STEREOTYP ABOUT GROWG UP GAY?

Michael even mentned that numero people advised him agast playg a gay character for his first major role. Michael wanted to eradite the stereotype and stigma agast gay rol and th took up the challenge to portray Victor. Specifilly, Victor's journey to disver his sexualy sets Love, Victor apart om Love, Simon a big the first few mut of Love, Simon, viewers learned the ma character, Simon, is gay, when the narratn allus to a csh he has on a garner.

Victor's story, however, begs when he's a sophomore, and unlike Simon, he don't yet know what is sexualy is. Unlike Simon, whose journey the movie was centered on his g-out, Victor's Season 1 story was about a cliffhanger of a Season 1 fale — Victor's parents tellg him they're separatg and him tellg them he's gay return — fans are hopeful this is jt the start of Victor's story, and that a Season 2 will follow up wh his next, Victor Season 1 is streamg now on Hulu.

While Hollywood has broken new ground wh rerd LGBTQ reprentatn and nuanced gay storytellg, Walt Disney Co. That much-hyped "exclively gay moment" Disney's live-actn "Bety and the Beast?

‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS

Marvel's first openly gay character "Avengers: Endgame?

WHY ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR MICHAEL CIMO TOOK A GAY ROLE AGAST INDTRY ADVICE

" So I was disappoted, but not at all surprised, when Disney+ revealed Febary that "Love, Victor" – a seri spoff of groundbreakg 2018 gay movie "Love, Simon" – would no longer premiere on the fay-iendly service due to s "adult them. More:Watch the LGBTQ-iendly TV shows, films to honor Pri MonthHavg watched the 10-episo first season of "Love, Victor, " 's hard not to see Disney+'s choice to dump the g-of-age edy as wardly and homophobic; an easy way of passg off the show to sister service Hulu, whout any of the potential backlash om tolerant, pearl-clutchg "Love, Simon, " " Victor" centers on a wsome high-school boy stgglg to e to terms wh his sexualy. But he quickly velops a secret csh on Benji (Gee Sear), an openly gay, almost illy dreamy barista at the ffee shop where Victor works part-time.

In fact, tak Victor almost the entire season to even say the word "gay.

One uld argue that "Love, Victor" is on Hulu, rather than Disney+, bee of subject matter that has nothg to do wh s ma character beg gay.

MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'

Sce the Love, Victor creators no longer had to wre and produce this send batch of episos for the fay-iendly ey and sensibili of a Disney+ dience, they really got to up the ante and explore sis to Victor post-g out that they weren't able to do prevly, and the show really benefted om this more thentic (and sometim msy) portrayal of young, morn queer got the chance to terview the seri' two leads, Michael Cimo (Victor) and Gee Sear (Benji), about returng to the Simonverse and talked about the show's reprentatn of queer people of lor, plex and realistic pictns of a gay teen uple, what 's like g out to relig parents, and so much more! Victor (Michael Cimo) starts his story by DMg Simon Spier (Nick Robson) about his experience realizg he was gay, and om there, Victor mak his own way at Creekwood high school.

He later realiz that he is gay, and starts fallg for Benji, who is out and proud at school.

He is gay, but he hasn’t e out to his parents yet, and he seeks Victor’s help and advice on dog that. Mia and Andrew have history, but before datg Mia, Andrew got together wh Lucy when Mia was gone the summer after Victor revealed that he is gay. Nick is also gay, and he and Victor attempt a sual relatnship.

HULU’S LOVE, VICTOR IS UGHT UP THE MYTHOLOGY OF WHE GAYNS

Adrian is shield om Victor beg gay until Benji outs Victor untentnally an argument wh Victor’s mom.

Armando around more quickly to Victor beg gay than Isa, and he even disvers the lol PFLAG chapter. Michael Cimo as Victor Salazar ‘Love, Victor’ on Hulu (photo: Hulu) gay g of age stori clu certa standard elements: a teen boy (few lbian stori make mastream) regniz he is “not like other boys. ” He is your average suburban whe teenage boy, “except [he’s] gay.

HOW ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ CAPTUR ONE PARENT’S STGGLE TO ACCEPT HER GAY SON (EXCLUSIVE)

” The show’s openg le distguish Simon om more mon characterizatns of flamboyant gay mal.

Victor, siarly, isn’t the stereotypil effemate, showtun-obssed gay teen, unlike his unterparts shows like “Ugly Betty” or “Glee.