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Contents:
- THE "GAY BROTHER" SONG ON 'THE OTHER TWO' SHOWS EXACTLY WHY QUEERBAG IS DAMAGG
- ‘THE OTHER TWO’: THE MIC VIO FOR ‘MY BROTHER’S GAY’ WAS INSPIRED BY ONE DIRECTN AND CHRISTA AGUILERA
- “THE OTHER TWO” IS ONE OF THE BT SHOWS ABOUT GAY MEN ON TV RIGHT NOW
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 song *
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). After nng to an acquatance at a gay bar who asks him out for drks, Cary asks why the acquatance never asked him out before.
The acquatance says he never knew Cary was gay, and Cary's rponse is "thank you.
‘THE OTHER TWO’: THE MIC VIO FOR ‘MY BROTHER’S GAY’ WAS INSPIRED BY ONE DIRECTN AND CHRISTA AGUILERA
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 song *
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‘My Brother’s Gay and That’s Okay! In the fourth episo of The Other Two Season 1, a horrified Cary (Drew Tarver) learns that his younger brother Chase (Case Walker) released a new sgle lled “My Brother’s Gay and That’s Okay! The song, which featur lyrics like “My brother’s gay and here to stay/So haters, you’d better stay out of his way, ” clus Cary’s first and last name.
“THE OTHER TWO” IS ONE OF THE BT SHOWS ABOUT GAY MEN ON TV RIGHT NOW
<i>The Other Two</i> -creator Chris Kelly and actor Noam Ash talked wh BuzzFeed News about the episo that left gay viewers reelg. * the other two gay song *
The mic vio to “My Brother’s Gay and That’s Okay! ” So begs the h sgle “My Brother's Gay” performed by fictnal tween heartthrob Chase Dreams (played by TikTok star Case Walker), whose skyrocketg fame bewilrs his two olr siblgs — newly sgle, self-volved Brooke and the song’s spiratn, stgglg actor Cary — Comedy Central’s new s The Other Two. Inially wary of the vio’s effect on his reer (and his relatnship wh his grandma), Cary eventually around to acceptg that s succs mak him a gay in.
Or, at the very least, a mp joke: the kd of thg gays love but make fun of (“like Brney, ” he’s told). A bg satire about the state of fame and celebry 2019, The Other Two is also arguably one of the most astute televisn portrayals of what ’s like to be a gay man livg a big first glance Cary Dubek looks like many other gay male characters who have graced the small screen this past .