Mcg stereotyp, old clich: How n a anchise created and beloved by gay men be so bad at portrayg them?
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SEX AND THE CY 2 PLANNG A BIG GAY WEDDG?
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Sex and the Cy 2 is throwg a big, gay, se Jt Jared claims that an “sir” says the movie will volve a weddg between the seri’ notable gay uple, played by Mar Cantone and Willie Garson. Their source claims they’re planng celebry meos om gay ins to class up the ocsn. Mcg stereotyp, old clich: How n a anchise created and beloved by gay men be so bad at portrayg them?
I like to thk I'm not the kd of gay man who gets easily offend watchg movi about gay people. Even at-party celebratns like "The Haner" are required to show some nuance and sensivy toward gay characters and them. But two movi the past two years have ma me genuely angry, and the strange thg is, the two movi are aimed largely at gay men, beloved by gay men, and most surprisgly of all, ma by gay men: "Sex and the Cy" and, now, s md-blowgly tone-af sequel, "Sex and the Cy 2.
WHY "SEX AND THE CY" IS BAD FOR THE GAYS
But most surprisg of all, given the fact that both movi were wrten and directed by the openly gay Michael Patrick Kg, is how retrogra they are their treatment of gayns. The two ma gay characters, Carrie's chubby pal Stanford (Willie Garson) and Charlotte's sassy BFF Anthony Maranto (played by Mar Cantone), are tragilly asexual helpmat whose ma role has always been to provi relatnship advice to the show's straight female characters, flg bchy quips, or let their flamboyant outfs serve as a visual punch le.
Anthony, particular, is the worst kd of shallow, fashn-gbbg gay mstrel. "Her bt gay iend is marryg my bt gay iend! " exclaims Charlotte, the sequel's first scene, before Carrie adds, "Jt when you thought everyone was too old to get married, here e the gays.
It's the clichéd, nscendg hetero fantasy, the one which you troduce the only two gay men you know, and magilly, the sparks fly. If I had a dollar every time I met a woman who said, "Oh, you're gay? You should meet my gay iend, " I uld probably buy a plane ticket to Abu Dhabi (or, at the very least, Buffalo).