<i>The Other Two</i> -creator Chris Kelly and actor Noam Ash talked wh BuzzFeed News about the episo that left gay viewers reelg.
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- ‘THE OTHER TWO’ TOOK DOWN HOLLYWOOD GAY-BAERS THE FUNNIT WAY
- THE "GAY BROTHER" SONG ON 'THE OTHER TWO' SHOWS EXACTLY WHY QUEERBAG IS DAMAGG
- “THE OTHER TWO” IS ONE OF THE BT SHOWS ABOUT GAY MEN ON TV RIGHT NOW
- COMEDY CENTRAL'S THE OTHER TWO IS READG MILLENNIAL GAY LIFE FOR FILTH
- ‘SUPERNATURAL’ HAS PROVEN THERE’S A RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY TO EXPLORE GAY STORYL
‘THE OTHER TWO’ TOOK DOWN HOLLYWOOD GAY-BAERS THE FUNNIT WAY
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Even though the film had already been scrapped, a slew of stars reach out to Cary to wele him to the gay ele – cludg Dean Brennan, the star of Gee Michael's upg bpic isn't Dean straight?
THE "GAY BROTHER" SONG ON 'THE OTHER TWO' SHOWS EXACTLY WHY QUEERBAG IS DAMAGG
Spoilers ahead for The Other Two Season 1, Episo 4. Sce s premiere January, The Other Two has proven to be a sharp, hilar Hollywood satire, and the Feb. 14 episo is no exceptn. Chase's "Gay Brother" song is, his ey, a… * the other two gay baiting episode *
He later had to clarify that he was straight but that didn't stop him om toeg the le, at one pot sayg he enjoyed gog to gay clubs more than football the episo, Cary nonts Dean for his gay-bag, but he's far too ep to give up now. Straight actors often get award buzz when playg the gay rol, perhaps bee they still benef om the privilege of don't believe a straight person n accurately portray the queer experience and wh so many out actors around the days, the opportuny should be given to one of them.
Many gay men fd themselv attracted to this display of masculy not bee they're "hot", but bee they f to their heteronormative fantasy, or they long to be accepted by straight men bee of ep-seated daddy issu, or they have ternalized homophobia and shame that sr them away om folks they em to be more "feme. We’d been posively drowng gay culture all week, but we were still not prepared for the show’s most recent episo: an almost Shakpearean edy of errors volvg Grdr, “dad/son” upl, and threom that felt like somethg we’d never seen before a mastream TV edy. ”The Other Two — now on HBO Max after a swch om Comedy Central and an extensive filmg lay ed by the panmic — never shied away om gay storyl s first season — as the olr brother to a famo teen pop star (Case Walker), Cary (Drew Tarver) always seemed eply unfortable wh his homosexualy, hookg up wh his “straight” roommate (Andrew Ridgs) and explog a gaggle of Instagays.
Wrg for BuzzFeed News, Manuel Betanurt clared The Other Two “one of the bt shows about gay men on TV right now, ” makg specific reference to an oddly sweet teractn between Cary and a love tert (Daniel K.
“THE OTHER TWO” IS ONE OF THE BT SHOWS ABOUT GAY MEN ON TV RIGHT NOW
On episo six of ‘The Other Two’ season three, Cary Dubek do the voice of a gay Disney character named Globby. It turns out ‘Big Hero 6: The Seri’ has a queer globby character already. * the other two gay baiting episode *
In , Pat (Molly Shannon) hosts an episo of her new talk show which she lavish a $25, 000 check om Shutterstock on a young man named Eddie (Noah Galv) who has recently e out to his anti-gay father, Troy (Tuc Watks).
COMEDY CENTRAL'S THE OTHER TWO IS READG MILLENNIAL GAY LIFE FOR FILTH
From s ank pictns of gay sex to s expert lampoong of Instagays, Comedy Central's <i>The Other Two</i> is both sardonic and scere. * the other two gay baiting episode *
Pat’s dghter and manager Brooke (Heléne Yorke) has rrectly observed the pair are a uple who are fleecg Pat’s show for money after seeg her reward other young gays for their g-out vios. Gabe González, a edian who has hosted shows for the Grdr rival Scff, told me he thought was a “pch-perfect storyle, ” as well as a “funny and apt dictment of how gays ci image life for queer people who don’t live New York or LA.
”“Cary go along wh flatteng the characters to a piable stereotype — young gay men who n't be who they are bee of the ‘Kansas’ of all — even when 's beg unrmed right ont of him, ” González, the -creator, said the show don’t set out to actively explore new parts of gay culture every week, but stead tri to fd ways that the fame of Cary and Brooke’s mother and brother n be ed to teach them somethg about themselv.
’” he said this episo — which was filmed Febary 2020 before productn shut down for a year — is all about Cary tryg to perform a “sanized, PG versn of himself” that he thks might make his late father more fortable wh a gay son. ”The Other Two ftly explor this ia that there is a lim to the gayns wh which straight people are fortable and which some the LGBTQ muny feel pelled to embrace: rabow-saturated rporate culture — like the Big Gay Ice Cream store to which Cary and Js drag the others — sweet g-out vios that play on morng talk shows, or “heteronormative” notns of marriage and children. Kelly and I noted the episo aired jt over a week after one of the most powerful gay men the untry, Transportatn Secretary Pete Buttigieg, announced he and his hband had weled a baby — news that some gay men onle joked would e their parents to wonr when they might do the same.
‘SUPERNATURAL’ HAS PROVEN THERE’S A RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY TO EXPLORE GAY STORYL
From Instagays to Andy Cohen to El-que fireplace breakdowns, no rner of gay culture is safe. * the other two gay baiting episode *
Chase's "Gay Brother" song is, his ey, a well-tentned celebratn of his brother, but the show do well to expose how appealg to the LGBTQ+ muny n also tokenize those wh — even if Gran, Nick Jonas, Macklemore, and Katy Perry are all exampl of straight micians who have been hailed as gay alli but also acced of panrg. However, his label sps his "Gay Brother" song as a chance to ter to a gay fan base, gog back and forth about whether to keep the vio up after receivg cricism om the queer muny (which is bad for the label), then cricism om Tomi Lahren (which is good for the label).
We talked to producers Joel Kim Booster and Cole Esla on the unapologetilly gay Comedy Central show starrg Molly Shannon. * the other two gay baiting episode *
" Internalized homophobia don't sound like typil fodr for a edy program, but 's tackled wh thought, nuance, and a surprisg amount of humor on the show — which is jt a small part of what mak The Other Two so quietly revolutnary. What starts out as Cary accintally exposg his starfish ends up beg a hilar but also poignant exploratn of ternalised homophobia and the challenge of acceptg yourself for who you other TV show n make a butthole so meangful, and that's jt one gapg reason why The Other Two serv to sweep the Emmys next year. That's been the bt part; if people rpond to certa moments, like when people are rpondg to the episo where Cary and his boyiend accintally show another gay uple around the town, thkg they're a father and a Endri//HBOI really like that storyle.
I mean, uh…"So you n kd of see that he still thks that "gay" is bad, or ls than, or somethg to apologise, so season two, we really wanted him to be better, and to be makg stris. After a two-year wa, the send season of the beloved edy seri The Other Two is fally back on the air (this time on HBO Max), and after beg hailed as the gayt show on TV s first round, season two is really uppg the ante!
A new Chase Dreams viral h forc Cary to e to terms wh beg the “gay brother” a sharp but hilar episo. A rep of Comedy Central’s The Other Two, season one, episo four, ‘Chase Gets The Gays.’ * the other two gay baiting episode *
)No longer thirstg for straight men, gay aspirg actor Cary fds himself sudnly thst to a relatnship wh a new be even though he might not be ready to settle down jt yet, pecially sce he's still tryg to get his sh together as a profsnal actor wh a new agent and he is jt startg to get fortable and immerse himself New York Cy's gay world.
In The Other Two Season 2, Episo 2, Brooke helps Pat nnect wh her fans, while Cary and Js show a young gay man and his dad around New York Cy. * the other two gay baiting episode *
This season is filled wh tons of hilar bs that put the foc directly on queer culture, the lik of which clu the return of one of season one's hilar Instagays, first-time Grdr hookups, and a lson on the different kds of daddi there are out got the chance to chat wh The Other Two stars Drew Tarver and Helene Yorke, as well as -creators and former Saturday Night Live head wrer Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneir, about craftg season two and makg the gayt one yet! "I thk that somethg that drew me to the script so much is 's not a g out story, " Tarver told Out about beg part of a seri that so hilarly, accurately, and unapologetilly spoofs and exam gay life.
” Cary asks the execs, who adm that Disney has received “flak” for talkg up a character as gay the prs lead-up to a film and then “not really showg , ” a reference to a recurrg real-life Disney phenomenon. One recent example is the much-hyped “exclively gay moment” the live-actn Bety and the Beast, where straight actor Josh Gad, playg LeFou, danc wh a woman and then danc for two sends wh a man a group shot of a lot of people dancg.
It’s a classic Disney gay-fakeout, and the amount of tim people say “Glob” and “Globby” and sist that gay Globs like other Globs but straight Globs like “human women” mak sound like an I Thk You Should Leave sketch.