LOOKING — Page 7

I pity anybody who went for that assistant job he offered.

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"I loved the show. It is the first non-cringe-inducing, mass market portrayal of gay life in America since the civil rights movement took off. Well, the first since Weekend, the breakthrough movie of 2011"

I might agree with him on the last part of this, but only because Weekend was, as he acknowledges, a mere two plus years ago. That's a great deal shorter than since the civil rights movement took off; so it's quite an about-face self-correction on his part.

Without that turnabout, I'd like to ask him if he really meant to suggest that Capote, Brokeback Mountain, The Wedding Banquet, Farewell My Concubine and a large part of Pedro Almodovar's oeuvre are cringe-inducing (ok, not all of these were mass-marketed, but neither was Weekend, an English indie seen perhaps by only a few thousand Americans).

With that turnabout, I'd like to ask him if he thinks that this being the least cringe-inducing portrait of gay life in all of two years is a good way to laud something he obviously intended to highly praise?

It's like saying that Don Jon is the least cringe-inducing straight romantic comedy since the sexual revolution, or at least since Silver Linings Playbook.

Updated On: 1/23/14 at 03:09 PM

^ But it's such a misread of Looking. Gay identity is central to each of these characters lives. They've chosen to live in San Francisco and have their close circle be other gay men. It's not incidental. It never is.

I guess that's what makes it so funny. Andy has FINALLY found what he's looking for but he hasn't!

Maybe HE needs to write a script that reflects his life and his politics and his boyfriend Helmut or whatever can star in it.

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Only a person who has repeatedly demonstrated Sullivan's lack of empathy could look at the works he cites as causing him to cringe and not find SOME part of himself portrayed.

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I LOVE Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

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Watch from the first episode.

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I think he may have meant that for Henrick but clearly had you on the brain cause you're a mocha-choca-lata-ya-ya hot piece of man and don't we all have you on the brain?

Holy god I just saw your line about Banquo's ghost, sonofr, and I just want to gay marry it.

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No SoRJ, you will never go unacknowledged around these parts.

Now about that handjob....

"I might agree with him on the last part of this, but only because Weekend was, as he acknowledges, a mere two plus years ago. That's a great deal shorter than since the civil rights movement took off; so it's quite an about-face self-correction on his part.

Without that turnabout, I'd like to ask him if he really meant to suggest that Capote, Brokeback Mountain, The Wedding Banquet, Farewell My Concubine and a large part of Pedro Almodovar's oeuvre are cringe-inducing (ok, not all of these were mass-marketed, but neither was Weekend, an English indie seen perhaps by only a few thousand Americans). "

Right. And Weekend was not about gay life *in America* (neither were some of the films you mention, but you get a pass...)

I thought you might have meant that for me Eric. Happy to agree to disagree. But if you had Carlos on the mind because he's a mocha choca Latta mama hottie , we just might have to agree to agree.

Updated On: 1/23/14 at 05:56 PM

That's what makes life interesting!