The first trailer for Sean Hay and Michael Schur’s animated gay spy seri Q-Force outraged a lot of people wh s open embrace of gay stereotyp and dated portrayals. The actual show is more of a medcry, not offensive so much as rny and unimagative. But queer dienc still wag to be acknowledged by the mastream, through endls Disney "first gay character" teas and sexls bt-iend characters, serve better. Q-Force is streamg on Netflix now.
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- Q-FORCE IS NETFLIX’S GAYT SHOW YET — GRA THE ANIMATED SUPERSPY SERI
- LONDON SPY: THE GREAT GAY ESPNAGE STORY, ALMOST
Q-FORCE IS NETFLIX’S GAYT SHOW YET — GRA THE ANIMATED SUPERSPY SERI
The first trailer for Netflix's adult animated, gay spy seri Q-Force is here, and boy is queer.
The official scriptn reads:"Steve Maryweather, AKA Agent Mary, was once the Goln Boy of the Amerin Intelligence Agency (AIA), until he me out as gay. Gay hero.
” and ends wh another sayg, “You n’t panr to the gays. Then he realiz ’s empty, and vents his tratn at “wastg masculy for nothg, ” as if this is an energy-pletg thg for a gay man. They managed to une homosexuals and homophob.
LONDON SPY: THE GREAT GAY ESPNAGE STORY, ALMOST
(“What if spi were gay??? While surely queer acceptance is the goal we’ve all been strivg for, seeg a media marketplace that wanted nothg to do wh 15 years ago sudnly start firehosg queer stereotyp onto the screen the hop that will appeal to both straight and gay dienc n feel a b like cultural whiplash. There was predictable outrage over Q-Force, a show that panrs to the gays, sistg, “You n’t panr to the gays.
Or why there’s outrage every time Disney announc that s latt film will feature the stud’s “first openly gay character. Also, I don’t need Josh Gad to tell me that LeFou is gay; havg played him twice muny theater, I n assure you, his primary motivatn was thirstg after Gaston.
In other words, ll me the gay Mart Srse, rejectg Q-Force as cema. But somehow, never meant more to me than did when performed by this drag queen who hadn’t e out until age 37, who had been through more than I uld even image, now lookg out across a room filled wh young, openly gay people havg a night on the town.