The "Gay Brother" Song On 'The Other Two' Shows Exactly Why Queerbag Is Damagg

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• 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

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. So when Cary hears that he didn't appear openly gay, his rponse is "thank you" bee impli he "passed" as straight, and th f what society has emed "normal.

‘THE OTHER TWO’: THE MIC VIO FOR ‘MY BROTHER’S GAY’ WAS INSPIRED BY ONE DIRECTN AND CHRISTA AGUILERA

" 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. They took spiratn om real mic vios to produce the vio for “My Brother’s Gay and That’s Okay! ‘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 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).

“THE OTHER TWO” IS ONE OF THE BT SHOWS ABOUT GAY MEN ON TV RIGHT NOW

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 . But while Billy and Elijah prid themselv on their quick-wted sass, arguably a fense mechanism to survive the thlsns of the cy and of their chosen reers, Cary is cidly ’s the kd of fumblg, slightly secure guy who gets his sister to shave his lower back hair before appearg shirtls on TV, and who p for his super-hot straight roommate, and bumbl away any opportuny for ep nnectn wh other gay men around him.

He’s never que nfint enough his looks, his meanor, or his talent, and ’s this behavr that mak him such an unlikely poster boy for Chase’s gay anthem and such a rehg gay character. In the vio for “My Brother’s Gay, ” Chase giv a glimpse to his brother’s childhood and teenage years.