‘Unupled’ Review: Neil Patrick Harris Gay Romantic Comedy on Netflix – TVLe

Contents:

• THE 5 BT GAY AND LBIAN ROMANTIC COMEDI ON NETFLIX
• 'LIKE A GAY DREAM E TE': NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' RELISH JOY
• UNUPLED REVIEW: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS EXPOS HIMSELF (EMOTNALLY) NETFLIX’S GAY ROMANTIC COMEDY
• NETFLIX’S 1ST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- BRGS LGHS — AND JENNIFER COOLIDGE
• NETFLIX LANDS GAY HOLIDAY ROM-COM ‘SGLE ALL THE WAY’ FROM TONY-WNG DIRECTOR MICHAEL MAYER

THE 5 BT GAY AND LBIAN ROMANTIC COMEDI ON NETFLIX

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'LIKE A GAY DREAM E TE': NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' RELISH JOY

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UNUPLED REVIEW: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS EXPOS HIMSELF (EMOTNALLY) NETFLIX’S GAY ROMANTIC COMEDY

Netflix's first gay holiday romantic edy, "Sgle All the Way" (now streamg), has arrived to lift holiday spirs and change up a tradnally heterosexual, there has been a glut of LGBTQ holiday romance movi as of late – Hulu's "Happit Season" and Hallmark's "The Christmas Hoe" premiered last year, among others – but this one rehgly avoids a g out story and ters to a queer to mentn that the prence of gay in Jennifer Coolidge was "like a gay dream e te, " says star Michael film centers on Peter (Urie) and Nick (Philemon Chambers), bt iends and roommat Los Angel who have always kept their relatnship platonic. "I've never seen that portrayed where there is a gay son and the fay who is heterosexual wants the son to be a relatnship wh another gay man.

Why uldn't the same be done for gay stori? )Netflix approached screenwrer Chad Hodge ("The Darkt Mds, " "Good Behavr") and asked him to wre the streamer's first gay Christmas romantic edy. The gay wrer had never wrten a Christmas movie before but lik to keep himself on his everyone gets right:Why 'Happit Season' falls short as a LGBTQ romantic holiday edy He wrote the role of Peter's Aunt Sandy – a former off-Broadway diva charge of the lol Christmas pageant – wh Coolidge  md, wh no guarantee she'd actually sign on.

NETFLIX’S 1ST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- BRGS LGHS — AND JENNIFER COOLIDGE

"I ma a list when I was startg out wrg this movie of all the thgs I would want to see a gay Christmas movie, " he says, "and one of the thgs was Jennifer Coolidge. "In se you missed Coolidge's turn 'The Whe Lot':Review: HBO's r edy 'The Whe Lot' is your summer mt-watchAlso on Hodge's wish list for the film: an acceptg fay atmosphere; a distctn between big-cy gay life and small-town life; and what you give up when you're far om your lovg stead of another story riddled wh trma queer people face for jt existg, "Sgle All the Way" opts to tell a story about the liv of gay people after they e out and what their adulthood looks has grown all too faiar wh g out stori and acknowledg their importance.

I've been stori about homophobia, I've been stori about shame, I've been stori about trma relatn to the LGBTQ+ muny, " he says. "Hodge agre, sayg he wanted to create a story that felt regnizable " unique ways" to a gay dience, pepperg the film wh referenc to Instagays, Grdr and pop sired a role a romantic edy early his reer but stopped dreamg of opportuni that didn't exist. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, this is the first film by a major Hollywood stud to foc on a gay teenage romance.

The dark twist when her parents send her to a gay nversn mp where she, ironilly, begs to tly accept herself. But when he meets Ellt, an openly gay stunt, he lls everythg he once knew to qutn. From heartfelt gay and lbian films about love and acceptance to passnate romanc wh trans leads, this lorful llectn of 20 LGBTQ+ rom-s will make you giggle, swoon, and wipe away tears all one stg.

NETFLIX LANDS GAY HOLIDAY ROM-COM ‘SGLE ALL THE WAY’ FROM TONY-WNG DIRECTOR MICHAEL MAYER

After raisg spicns om her homophobic fay, Megan is sent to Te Directns, a nversn mp that tri to erase her sexual inty. This movie handl heavy topics like faial homophobia, nversn mps, and LGBTQ+ homelsns, and manag to weave a betiful romance and lots of lghs throughout. 04Everett Collectn"The Way He Looks""The Way He Looks" is a Brazilian film about a bld, gay teenager named Leo (Ghilherme Lobo) whose life is changed when he meets the new guy his class, Gabriel (Fab Audi).

As the two roommat spend more time wh each other, Ned learns that Conor is gay, and they grow closer as iends. That is, until he meets Elltt, an out-and-proud gay teen who shows an obv tert Alex. "Fire Island" opens wh a famoly heteronormative Jane Aten quote and is immediately followed by an hour and 45 mut of unhibed, and absolutely hilar, gay love and joy.

17Everett Collectn"The Weddg Banquet"This '90s throwback follows Wai-Tung (Wston Chao), a gay man a mted relatnship livg New York Cy, as he tri to obscure his sexualy om his parents Taiwan. There are plenty of gay and queer romantic edi and LGBTQ+ movi that are romantic, light-hearted, pellg, and edic, like Love, Simon, Bros, and Happit SeasonLove, Simon gaed a lot of attentn and buzz durg s 2018 release, maly bee was one of the first mastream gay romantic edi. For this list, I wanted to highlight some LGBTQ+ movi and gay romantic edi that are worth watchg.