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FILIPO BL/LGBTQ/GAY THEMED MOVIE OR SERI

This lo-fi, onle drama beme one of the most-watched seri on streamg service GagaOOLala – known as ‘Asia’s gay Netflix’ – but was filmed on iPhon by a crew of 5, often a sgle settg such as a small flat * gay filipino director *

‘Asia’s gay Netflix’ GagaOOLala sred an unlikely h wh Unlocked, a Filipo LGBT drama shot on iPhon, offerg a ndid look at same-sex relatnships durg lockdown. Metro Manila (CNN Philipp Life) — What a year for the gays, huh? Related: Wh Boys' Love, a generatn of gay boys get a send g of age.

“Gaya sa Pelikula”. Gaya Sa Pelikula me wh a BL-ready pedigree: (1) a wrer-creator, Juan Miguel Severo, who rose to fame as the unofficial spokperson for the lovick; (2) JP Habac, the director of “I’m Dnk, I Love You, ” which is a love story that’s “not a love story;” (3) a major outf, Globe Studs, producg ; and (4) two h fac who have the looks and chemistry m the showbiz baggage. “Gaya sa Pelikula” clar s LGBTQ+ agenda om the get-go, and challeng the viewers more ways than one.

POY BOYS LOVE SERI & GAY FILMS [2022 EDN]

A hlist of Poy Boys Love seri om 2020 onwards. Featur tl like Gaya sa Pelikula, Gameboys, Boy Foretold by the Stars. * gay filipino director *

At tim, the “takg back our story” threatens to muddle the narrative, which mak “Gaya sa Pelikula” ocsnally feelg more like an say. If many Poy onle seri are phg the lims and refg the BL genre, then “Gaya sa Pelikula” is the proud cheerlear of the prott march. It don’t help that Ken’s strict mom is homophobic.

And many of them fd the seri’ lsons outdated: “homophobia kills” and “homosexuals are happy only heaven. Wh s unapologetilly lo-fi athetic and light-hearted rom- formula, Sgh lls the shots creatg a world that fosters a great sense of affirmatn for trans women, effemate gays, and genrqueers. It’s a story of a llege boy (Kokoy De Santos) who has yet to realize he’s gay.

Unlike “Gameboys” where the panmic serv s purpose as an visible villa that magnifi the unrlyg dispari of a functng society and s humanizg effect on the two leads, “Quaranthgs” treats the panmic as a nvenient setup for the sheltered but openly gay Judah (Kyo Quijano) and the closeted, workg class lad Rocky (Royce Cabrera) to fd home each other’s arms, even as the bloomg relatnship is tted by their nflictg views on sexualy, polics, and personal nvictns. Why do most Filipo directors are gays? There are prevalence of gay directors the Philipp such as Jun Lana, Ishmael Bernal, Lo Brocka, Joey Rey and Joel Lamangan.