The actor, edian and voice of Olaf ‘Frozen’ tells Alexandra Pollard about his charmg new TV seri ‘Wolf Like Me’, his regrets over Bety and the Beast’s disappotg ‘exclively gay moment’, and why he thks cema has been ‘bombastilly dumbed down’
Contents:
- JOSH THOMAS ON 'HOW TO BE GAY'
- THE TV SHOW THAT'S MAYBE 'TOO GAY' FOR ATRALIA—BUT PERFECT FOR AMERI
- COMEDIAN JOSH THOMAS DISCS HOMOPHOBIA THE GAY MUNY
- JOSH GAD: ‘I DON’T THK WE DID JTICE TO WHAT A GAY CHARACTER A DISNEY FILM SHOULD BE’
- LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER
- WHY JOSH THOMAS IS PHG FOR MORE GAY SEX ON TV
JOSH THOMAS ON 'HOW TO BE GAY'
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The Atralian edian Josh Thomas was at the olst gay bar New York, batg how much to say about a breakup.
THE TV SHOW THAT'S MAYBE 'TOO GAY' FOR ATRALIA—BUT PERFECT FOR AMERI
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’ ” On “Please Like Me, ” which he played a gay twentysomethg also named Josh, he rtaged the breakup almost word for wh many ntemporary edians, mg unpleasant experienc for humor—even tragic on—is send nature to Thomas.
He began velopg “Please Like Me” nsultatn wh the Atralian Broadstg Corporatn, which eventually missned a first then, he was his early twenti, and jt begng to acknowledge the fact that he was gay. As part of this reckong, Thomas rewrote the pilot of “Please Like Me, ” changg the sexualy of his character—and the work found self posssn of a s wh a gay lead. “The superpower I had wh ‘Please Like Me’ is that the gay person was based on me, ” Thomas told me.
COMEDIAN JOSH THOMAS DISCS HOMOPHOBIA THE GAY MUNY
” He joked, “It’s, like, ‘Well, you’re gay, so that’ll be noble. “I was, like, ‘Why are GLAAD better thori on homosexualy than I am?
JOSH GAD: ‘I DON’T THK WE DID JTICE TO WHAT A GAY CHARACTER A DISNEY FILM SHOULD BE’
He relled rmg Freeform executiv, “I am a top-tier homosexual.
LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER
They’re not more gay than me. DID YOU KNOW: In gay slang a feme top is lled a "bloe".
Also extremely gay. 2009: have to make k for gay weddgs.
WHY JOSH THOMAS IS PHG FOR MORE GAY SEX ON TV
Beloved Atralian edian and wrer, Josh Thomas is turng his hand to podsts wh new dible seri 'How to be Gay' on the words he typed to google as a teenager, 's an unflchg exploratn of sexualy and the queer experience.
He plays Nicholas, a gay 25-year-old Atralian who sudnly fds himself the guardian of two Amerin half-sisters when his father, who liv wh them the Uned Stat, di of ncer.