Please Don't Destroy is a sketch comedy group consisting of Ben Marshall (left), Martin Herlihy (right), and John Higgins (below), who have graduated from the short films of your dad's generation to TikTok videos. They were hired to write for Saturday Night Live in 2021, and their first movie just dropped on Peacock: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain. I want to know if it's worth subscribing to Peacock to see it, so I've been checking trailers, synopses, and reviews for gay characters, gay subtexts, and beefcake.
The plot: Like Adam, Anders, and Blake of Workaholics, the three play "themselves" as clueless dudebros who live together, work together, and haven't quite made it to adulthood -- which in movies usually means hetero-romance. Only Martin has a girlfriend. Ben wants to impress his Dad by being a business success, and John is content to play video games and drink beer. They decide to go on one last adventure, searching for a lost treasure, a bust of Marie Antoinette worth several million dollars.
On the way, they run afoul of a homicidal hawk (who becomes an ally), greedy park rangers, a gang, a cult, fireworks, fist-fights, and danger.
Heterosexism: Martin already has a girlfriend, and John falls in love with one of the cult girls. As far as I can tell, Ben stays unattached.
Gay Characters/Subtext: None that I could tell from the plot synopsis or reviews, but Bowen Yang, who plays the head cultist, is gay in real life and plays a lot of gay roles. There also might be a queer code in this scene of a communal bath: Martin and Ben are being soaped up by men, and John by a woman.
Beefcake: The guys are shirtless at least twice. Also, when they are learning to glide off mountaintops, with the help of their hawk buddy, John's suit busts open, and we see his penis swinging around.
Penises after the break
It's very dark in this shot, but maybe it's easier to see on a big screen.
Gemstone connection: John Goodman (Eli) narrates, and Adam Devine (Kelvin) recommended it.
Worth Subscribing to Peacock for: I already have access to Workaholics, and I've seen Adam's penis, so probably not. Maybe I'll watch when it drops on Vudu.
Bonus: Saturday Night Live alum Jordan Mendoza, who appears as Dylan
And a random Adam Devine butt
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