"Guys don't iron other guys' unrwear": When characters movi pretend to be gay |

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• "GUYS DON'T IRON OTHER GUYS' UNRWEAR": WHEN CHARACTERS MOVI PRETEND TO BE GAY
• LIL NAS X RPONDS TO ACCATNS THAT HE’S PRETENDG TO BE GAY

"GUYS DON'T IRON OTHER GUYS' UNRWEAR": WHEN CHARACTERS MOVI PRETEND TO BE GAY

New GirlCast & crewUser reviewsTriviaEpiso aired Nov 11, 2014TV-1421mNick pretends to be gay to make his stat as Js's "ex" ls of an issue to her new bf. Read allNick pretends to be gay to make his stat as Js's "ex" ls of an issue to her new bf.

Meanwhile, Schmidt panics when Cece nsirs havg a breast pretends to be gay to make his stat as Js's "ex" ls of an issue to her new bf.

But Nick never realized that his willgns to pretend to be gay — so that Js don’t have to nont the awkward problem of tellg a date she liv wh her ex — was strange and problematic.

LIL NAS X RPONDS TO ACCATNS THAT HE’S PRETENDG TO BE GAY

Last night’s episo foced on three separate storyl: Nick pretendg to be gay so that Js’s new guy wouldn’t eak out about her livg wh her ex; Coach tryg to nvce Wston to stop playg “the long game” and e another strategy to bed one of their credibly attractive neighbors (Alexandra Daddar and Amber Stevens); and Schmidt preparg to say goodbye to his two “bt iends” as Cece nsirs gettg a breast rctn surgery.

Gay Nick: A Surprisgly Well-Handled Plot. I would argue Nick beg “Gay Nick” was handled pretty well by the show.

Havg a character on a seri pretend to be a different sexual orientatn is not exactly a storyle that I would typilly suggt a show do (my ey are still rollg at Two and Half Men‘s plan to have Alan and Waln get married), but Nick’s speech about how gay men shouldn’t be put to box, pl his and Js’s imaged background for his gay persona (my favore part of Gay Nick’s history beg that his brother was a “unn guy” named Chip), shows New Girl attemptg to subvert stereotyp and actually give more thought and tail to this plot than most shows would. We the gay muny ll them drowsers.

But there have also been dozens of films which straight male characters pretend to be gay. In 1969’s "The Gay Deceivers, " two men (Kev Coughl and Lawrence P.

Casey) have to nvce a recg officer that they are gay to pe ary service. Actg gay has been a vice on TV ss like "Three’s Company" and realy seri, such as "Boy Meets Boy, " where a guy had to choose a boyiend and avoid selectg a gay-actg straight one. Films where characters try to “pass” as gay often me ic, romantic, or dramatic trop to exame issu of sexual inty.

Do the films help or hurt gay visibily?

11), here are a dozen films which straight male characters pretend to be gay:. The film tmpets gay stereotyp Larry’s effemate, mil-lovg son, and the guys’ efforts to “gay up” their trash by buyg Wham memorabilia. But do show the tle character htg tolerant taxi b drivers and Chuck punchg out an anti-gay protter.

Meanwhile Chuck gets to fondle Alex’s breasts bee she thks he’s gay; a nng gag has him perceived to be the “woman” the marriage.

"Cisg": "Boys the Band" director William Friedk’s ntroversial thriller has p Steve Burns (Al Paco) “disappearg” (gog unrver) the gay leather scene to tch a serial killer. Elson, statg that he didn’t take this job to shake down gay men bee they are gay, the film hts at Steve’s possible nflicts about sexual inty. "Cisg" opens wh a tle rd that the film is not an dictment of the gay muny, and ends wh a fascatg antepenultimate shot of Nancy wearg Steve’s p, leather jacket and mirrored sunglass.

Benson (Ryan O’Neal) uplg up unrver wh gay sk clerk Kerw (John Hurt) to tch a murrer the gay muny. There are bad sight gags—a lavenr VW—p of gay slurs, and lispg, limp-wristed stereotyp.