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Jerrod Carmichael’s ‘Don’t Be Gay’ Proves the Comedian Is a Master Storyteller: TV Review
It’s been three years since Jerrod Carmichael came out publicly in his Emmy-winning comedy special “Rothaniel.” Following the special’s debut, the 38-year-old comedian, who obviously loves the spotlight, allowed the cameras to follow him in the eight-episode unscripted series, “Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show.” In his latest HBO comedy particular, “Jerrod Carmichael’s Don’t Be Gay,” he reflects on what happened after allowing cameras to witness some of the most intricate details of his experience, his long-time crush Michael and his current relationship with his family – to hilarious impact. Witty, brash, guttingly honest and slightly heartbreaking, in “Don’t Be Gay,” Carmichael is reconciling how much the anxiety of being outed made him disregard about the one other thing that affects his everyday life: racism.
Filmed this past February at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in New York Capital, “Don’t Be Gay” opens with Carmichael standing on stage, a simple, velvet beige curtain
Sorry, I'm Gay
We never actually uncover out if he really is.
Graham Keighley:Alicia?
Alicia:Yeah?
Graham Keighley:I'm gay.
Alicia:[stuttering]Oh, umm... well, I mean, I wasn't — I indicate, that's fine.
Graham Keighley:Alicia?
Alicia:Yeah?
Graham Keighley:I'm kidding.
— The Paper
An admirer (possibly abhorrent) is putting the moves on someone who clearly has other plans. They rebuff the other's advances by simply saying "Sorry, I'm gay", regardless of their true sexuality. This trope is meant to be gender-neutral, but for somereason, "Sorry, I'm a lesbian" usually just doesn't work as well (not that "Sorry, I'm gay" works all of the time for men either). And saying "Sorry, I'm asexual" just g
Mistaken for Same-sex attracted
"... Not That There's Anything Erroneous with That!"
— Jan, But I'm a Cheerleader
A comedy plot line in which a character wrongly believes another character to be gay, either because of misinformation received or because of the supposedly homosexual character's own misinterpreted words and actions, usually an invocation of Gender Nonconforming Equals Gay. Once the character is taken to be a homosexual, all his words and conduct become laden with innuendo and further misunderstandings, and humor ensues.
This can often be caused with supernatural secrets, such as superpowers or lycanthropy, which aren't immediately obvious, or various other embarrassing secrets.
Almost inevitable for Heterosexual Life-Partners. This plot may be the first period we've heard them explicitly say they're not homosexual (whether we believe them or not is another matter).
A slight subversion occurs when a traits is suspected of
Joe Lovett, gay TV producer and documentarian who tackled gay and AIDS issues, dies at 80
Joe Lovett, who broke ground covering gay and AIDS stories on network television in the ’70s and ’80s and went on to make timely documentaries on everything from cancer to visual impairment to global warming, died July 14 at age 80.
He is survived by his husband Dr. Jim Cottrell, his partner of almost half a century — an epic story in itself.
David Sloan, a senior executive producer of ABC News Studios who became a producer at “20/20” in 1989 when Lovett left after 10 years, said, “Joe Lovett was truly a gift to the queer community because of the fearless reporting he did at ’20/20’ in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, a time when mainstream news media turned a blind eye to that catastrophe. His work was groundbreaking and game altering. Joe was a remarkable voice in journalism when we needed it the most.”
“Joe used to tell that I inherited ‘the gay chair’ at ’20/20′ because we were basically the only two people in all of ABC News who were out of the closet. Firm to imagine!” Sloan said. “He was a role model for me and so many working in TV new
10 Milestone Moments in Queer TV History
July 28, 2013— -- intro: Univision made history this week when it aired a same-sex wedding on the telenovela "Amores Verdaderos" ("True Loves"). It's the first wedding of its considerate (the, you know, queer kind) to be aired on the network. It was hella dramatic too, featuring lingering looks and straw hats and matching ties and a rotund pug in a tiny suit.
Buuuuut, it's not as if this exists in a vacuum -- a lot had to hold happened to get Fusion's Papa network to this moment. So let's see back on some of the many milestone moments in how gays and lesbians have been portrayed on television. (Stay tuned for part II of our Gay Milestone Moments in TV later this week -- there's a lot!)
We may have far to go, but we've come a long way, baby.
quicklist: 1title: First male lover person on an American reality show text: Filmed in 1971 and first aired in early 1973, PBS' "An American Family" followed the lives of the Loud family, including eldest son Lance, who came out to his family during the show's run and, thus, became what is widely believed to be the first openly g