Photo Illtratn by Kelly Camero/The Daily Beast/Getty “I’m no stranger to timacy,” says Le Macfarlane. Given what we’re discsg—the explic sex scen and filthy, flirty dialogue between gay men that happens the new movie Bros— the next words that e out of his mouth are unexpected: “I’ve kissed a lot of women on Hallmark.”In ways that might be difficult to unrstand, that is a powerful statement.Macfarlane and I are a SoHo hotel room to discs Bros, his new romantic ed
Contents:
- LE MACFARLANE ‘BROS’: THE HOTTT MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR IS A GAY MAN. FALLY!
- GAY AND LGBTQ+ COMEDY MOVI TO WATCH IF YOU LOVED 'BROS'
- COMMENTARY: THE REAL LSON OF ‘BROS’: IT’S OK TO LET GAY ART BOMB
- CRAFTG A ROM-COM THAT’S TE TO 21ST-CENTURY GAY LIFE
LE MACFARLANE ‘BROS’: THE HOTTT MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR IS A GAY MAN. FALLY!
And so 's been duly noted that 2022 has bee the year of the Big Gay Romantic Comedy — "big" the sense that the films aim squarely for the mastream, but also that they are ma unr the banner of major studs.
Make no mistake, Bros is a very gay movie, om s wry one-lers about poppers and Provcetown to s timate if hardly explic love scen. TIFF Mt List It don't feel like a drastic stretch for Eichner here that he plays Bobby Lieber, a 40-year-old Manhattane and "cis whe male homosexual" who his rat-a-tat humor as both a weapon and a shield.
GAY AND LGBTQ+ COMEDY MOVI TO WATCH IF YOU LOVED 'BROS'
Like most rom- protagonists, Bobby is a ltle b of a ms: boldly soapboxg about self-acceptance and gay history one mute, and sabotagg himself to oblivn the next. Gra: B+ Related ntent: Renée Zellweger 'loved the joke' of Billy Eichner namg a fake gay app after her BrosBilly Eichner got emotnal filmg Bros gay rom- scen 'the way Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan' didThe rise of the gay rom-: Fire Island's Joel Kim Booster & Bros' Billy Eichner refe the genre. The movie, which was -wrten by Eichner and director Nicholas Stoller, also stars Guy Branam, Guillermo Diaz, Ts Madison, Raven, and Bowen 's the first gay romantic edy film to be released theaters by a major stud and the first wh an all-LGBTQ+ prcipal st, 's not the first gay rom- ever.
In fact, there have been several over the years, wh que a few g out the past few years you liked Bros, here are some other gay rom-s you n check out! RELATED | Meet the All-LGBTQ+ Cast of Bros, Billy Eichner's New Gay Rom-Com.
COMMENTARY: THE REAL LSON OF ‘BROS’: IT’S OK TO LET GAY ART BOMB
Bros isn't the only big gay rom- released this recently.
Joel Kim Booster's Fire Island was a terrific example of a gay rom- released on Hulu that h all the right spots. This movie was a morn retellg of Pri and Prejudice, also starrg Bowen Yang, Conrad Rimora, Matt Rogers, and Tomas Matos, set at the gay statn of Fire Island P was one of our favore movi of the year.
CRAFTG A ROM-COM THAT’S TE TO 21ST-CENTURY GAY LIFE
This now-classic teen rom- kicked the doors open for gay teen romanc. Starrg Nick Robson and directed by Greg Berlanti, this movie follows a closeted teen who's aaid he'll be outed when the emails he's wrten to a fellow gay stunt are disvered. Natasha Lyonne plays a high school cheerlear who is sent to gay nversn mp bee her parents thk she's gay.
What mak this project unique is the fact that is beg promoted as “the first romantic edy om a major stud about two gay men” and featur a prcipal st that all intify somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectm. Bros may not technilly be Hollywood's first gay love story — films like Makg Love, Jefey and Fire Island all prece — but 's fely Hollywood's rnchit gay love story.
Capturg that aspect of ntemporary LGBTQ life is somethg that was important for the film's out gay stars, and sets Bros apart om the typil Apatow/Stoller jot, where the central uple tends to be monogamo. (Photo: ©Universal/Courty Everett Collectn)Those scen were also an tn for Stoller, who ps to beg a straight director helmg a gay rom-. The film is already gettg review bombed on IMDB by homophobic viewers, many of whom haven't even seen the movie, leadg Eichner to rpond on social how he feels about the possibily that ter trolls might claim that he's "rptg" Ameri's youth, Eichner says that ship has long sce sailed.