Isaac Ordonez: A sweet, sensitive, queer-coded Pugsley Addams. WIth Chris Pine, Skyler, and some nude Hispanic dudes

 

The Pugsleys, the younger brother of the Addams Family mythos, usually get poor plotlines and poorer treatment.  They are bullied, tortured, ignored, used as playthings.  In Season 1 of Wednesday, Isaac Ordonez's Pugsley was not much different.

But during the hiatus between Season 1 and Season 2, Isaac grew up, becoming taller, huskier, bringing a dark nervous energy to the newly teenage Pugsley.  He has stepped out of the shadow of his sister to become his own person, with independent interests and goals -- a sweet, sensitive, traumatized soul trying to find emotional connection.  Friends.  A boyfriend.

Born in 2009, Isaac began acting in 2016 as the preternaturally smart Charles Wallace in A Wrinkle in Time, the adaption of the Madeleine L'Engel fantasy.

Chris Pine played his "captured-by-the-darkness" father.

Left: since Isaac is 16 as of this writing, I'm not looking for any nude photos, but he works mostly in media aimed at the Hispanic community, so here's a  guy from Puebla, Mexico

Next came some shorts: 

Dia de los Carpas (Day of the Tents): A group of boys help an undocumented girl get to the beach, where she has a magical secret. 

Psycho Sally:  No synopsis online, but there's no one named Sally in the character list.

Dispara y Mata (Shoot and Kill): A father tries to get his son (Isaac) to eat by telling him a story of survival in the Colombian jungle. 

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"Not Dead Yet": A struggling journalist, a gay ghost, a bi boss, a cartoon villain, and a lot of n*de dudes

The second season of Not Dead Yet has just dropped on Hulu.  It's a sitcom about a journalist stuck with a low-prestige job writing obituaries.  The gimmic: the ghosts of the deceased haunt her until she's done writing, and get involved in her personal life.  Obituaries aren't very long, and the family furnishes all of the biographical details, so no research is necessary -- wouldn't you be done in like 30 minutes?

Every episode is stylized as "Not...yet": "Not Friends Yet"; "Not Well Yet," "Not Feeling it Yet."  Episode 2.1 is "Not Owning It Yet." 

Scene 1: Nell is writing the obituary for Teddy Thompson, Pasadena's Number One real estate agent, whose catchphrase is "Don't dream it..."

The ghost pops up. "Own it!"  Darn, I thought it was going to be "Don't dream it -- be it," the line from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" that inspired a generation of gay men to come out. 

He hangs to brag about his 10-million dollar deals, and criticize her condo as "depreciating."

Teddy Thompson is played by Nico Santos of Superstore, who was named one of the Out 100 in 2018.  He is married to Zeke Smith, who sits on the board of directors of GLAAD.  Zeke's marriage proposal made the New York Times list of the top 10 proposals of 2023.  Talk about A-Gays.

Back to Nell: Roommate Edward pops in to complain about the refrigerator stinking.  "Oh, I'm out of money, so I'm eating last week's leftover soup."  Don't journalists get paid?

Scene 2: At work Nell asks Sam (a girl), "Am I depreciating?"  She's been there a year, and still doesn't get any major stories. Boss Lexi and her lackey Mason drop in to tell them that the Big Boss coming today, so clean their cubicles: no personal items.  He hates that!

Dennis (Josh Banday) and his partner Ben are fostering, so he has a lot of pictures of the kids in his cubicle; he wants to hide them from the Big Boss in Lexi's office. 

Josh Banday is married to a woman, but identifies as bisexual (his "Happy Pride" tagline is "bisexual and married").  

I checked to see if Ben is actually a guy, or a girl with a guy's name as a queer tease.  He's a guy, played by Rory O'Malley, who appears in two episodes.

Rory's Instagram tagline reads "Dad, husband, actor," which usually is meant to identify the guy as heterosexual, but in this case he has a husband, Gerold Schroeder.

You may recall Rory (not pictured) as Brian Dooley, who starts a relationship with Juan Andres on "American Princess."  I use their kiss as an illustration in one of the indexes.

 Back to Nell: The Ghost pops in to suggest that this would be a good time for an upgrade: ask for more responsibility.  But Boss Lexi says no, it's the wrong time: "The Big Boss needs to see the best of our newspaper, and you're the worst."

Scene 3: The Big Boss, who happens to be Boss Lexi's cartoon-villain father: "You're looking more and more gruff every day!"  They air-hug.   After seeing Boss Lexi lambast Nell, he asks who she is: "An insignificant nobody who I hate; I gave her the worst job I could think of, obituary writer."

"Great!  I'm getting older, and need someone to write my obituary, so I can screen the content in advance. I'll have Nell do it."

"But Nell is awful at everything.  Her obituaries are terrible.  Surely you'd prefer someone more competent?" 

"Nope, Nell it is."

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Gemstones Episode 4.9: Corey moonwalks, Pontius hugs, and BJ greases his pole. Plus guys on crosses.

 

Previous: Episode 4.8, Continued: We finally see Big Dick Mitch, the boy named Stacy, a serial killer, and a lot of tied-up dudes.

Title: "That the Man of God May Be Complete." 

1 Timothy 3:17, ESV: All Scripture is inspired by God, so "that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."   Sounds like the Golden Bible will play a role.

Left: Pontius spends nearly the entire episode hugging Gideon.  It looks like Abraham squeezed between them.  I can't tell which leg belongs to who.

The Duel:  The Cape and Pistol Society.  Vance Simkins bursts in, drinking, and everyone laughs at him.  He points out that Kelvin has defeated him, but not Jesse, and throws down the yellow handkerchief, challenging him to a duel.  Vance will have Pastor Brad as his second, and Jesse will get Eli.

They immediately adjourn to the front lawn.  Jesse is nervous, since he's a terrible shot. Eli suggests that he back out, but nope: "He insulted Kelvin and built mini-malls in our territory."  You know, duelling and challenging someone to a duel has been illegal in South Carolina since 1880.

Vance's shot goes way over the trees.  Jesse aims at him, but he runs zigzag, and then he stops and begs for his life.  Now Jesse deliberately aims away from him, but accidentally hits someone else.

He tells the group: "You don't need a secret society to be an impressive man.  It's what you do that makes you impressive.  So I quit."  Thus ends Jesse's plot arc: he's going to stop being jealous of others' success.

The Proposal: Kelvin examines the newly-completed treehouse.  "Great job, Keefey."  You've never once called him that, Bro. 

Keefe points out that a storm is brewing, and "the devil's piss causes you terror."  Nope, not anymore.  In fact, a lot of things don't scare him anymore: spiders in toilets, the old lady puppet from Mr. Rogers (well, she was scary).... and marriage. 

Remember, in Episode 4.2, Keefe suggests getting married, and Kelvin completely tears down the idea. Now he proposes: "Keefe Chambers, will you marry me?", with a box with an engagement ring.  They hug and kiss.  

This is the end of Kelvin's plot arc: he is no longer paralyzed by fear.  We still need a wedding -- hopefully.

BJ Greases His Pole: BJ is unscrewing his pole: "I thought  I needed this to prove how manly I was, riding this long, sleek pole up, only to drop down, my thighs squeezing it."  Um...BJ, it's getting hot in here.  

He tells Judy, "It's about to pop off.  Put your hands in position, right at the base...squeeze it tight...we're going to jerk it off."  Dude, I might join you.

Now that the pole has come,,off, they discuss the Monkey.  BJ misses him, and wants him back.

Cut to Judy taking him to visit the Monkey.  They end up reconciling.  I fast forwarded past that part: boy-and-dog, or in this case boy-and-monkey stories make me uncomfortable.  But I wanted to profile Jonathan M. Jones, who plays the Monkey's new owner: he was planning on a career in sports management before an accident left him an amputee. So he took acting lessons, and  now has nine credits listed on the IMDB, notably the voice of Scar in several crime shorts.

Presumably this is the end of Judy's plot arc, but I'm not sure what it was.

Lori and Eli: Visiting Eli, Lori notes that the kids like her again, now that they aren't dating.  In other news, Corey is taking the crisis "real rough."  He hardly leaves the house, and his wife Jana has moved in with her sister. Well, he killed Cobb to save Eli and Baby Billy.  You might expect some trauma.

Lori found some mementos that Eli might enjoy: A flier from one of her shows, a letter that Aimee-Leigh wrote her soon after the divorce. Hey, the Gold Bible isn't there.  They say goodbye and hug.  Doesn't she live nearby?  Can't they continue to be friends?

Later, Eli retrieves the letter from the box, but can't bring himself to open it.

Hunkoids on Crosses: Baby Billy goes back to work after his ordeal at the Gator Park Massacre. Everyone applauds.  He notes that he is happy to be alive, and God gave him the physical prowess of a teen boy to help vanquish Cobb.

Left: Ash (Michael Sayfou) tied to a cross.  

"Ok, back to work. Work, work, work."  He doesn't seem happy as they set up the crucifixion scene.  He recalls his argument with Tiffany: "Is that all that matters to you?", and flashes back to spending  time with his family. 

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M. Emmet Walsh: Daddy who didn't mind showing his dick. With bonus old guy hotness

 

 M. Emmet Walsh enjoyed one of the longest and most acclaimed careers in Hollywood.  On screen since 1968, Walsh appeared in some of the most iconic films of the 20th century,  including Midnight Cowboy, Alice's Restaurant, and Little Big Man, as well as some of the most beloved tv programs: The Waltons, The Rockford Files, All in the Family, Bonanza.

He grew up in Swanton, Vermont, a few miles from the Canadian border and graduated from Tilton High School in 1954.  His page in the yearbook says that his nickname is "Creep," he "lives with the Gus," and he played football and basketball. So who is this Gus, your boyfriend?

 After studying business administration at Clarkson University (where he roomed with William Devane) and some military service, he hit Hollywood.  

And stayed there for the next 50 years, playing gangsters, beset-upon bureaucrats, cranky businessmen, clueless dads, cops, inventors, workmen of various sorts, bus drivers, and on and on.  His obituary in the  Washington Post praises his work as a sports writer in Slap Shot (1977), a swim coach in Ordinary People (1980), a police chief in Blade Runner (1982), and a "boogie-woogie pianist" in Cannery Row (1982).

No gay roles that I could find by googling, but Emmet never married, so there is a lot of  speculation that he was gay in real life.  (Gay men of his generation would always stay closeted).

He regularly appeared on websites devoted to hot older guys, not only because of his attractiveness, but because he took his shirt off -- a lot. Unusual for actors of his generation, he even appeared nude. A rear shot from Straight Time (1978).  If you look closely, you can see balls.

A frontal from Fast Talking (1982)

One of Emmet's last roles was in The Righteous Gemstones, as Roy Gemstone, megachurch pastor Eli's stern Baptist-preacher Daddy.  In Episode 1.5. the flashback to 1989, he advises his son to avoid ostentatious display and stick to the message of the Gospels. 

 In Episode 2.5, the flashback to 1993, Roy is suffering from dementia.  He appears at the family Christmas in his underwear, asks "Are we going hunting?", and fires randomly into the room.  When he appears again, he accidentally saves the day.

More old dude dick after the break