Cory Chapman: Lots of man friends, some gay roles, a queer buddy, nude costars. So where's the beef?
"Hell of a Summer": Six gay, bi, and "not into labels" guys work together to prove that gay people don't exist. And there's a psycho-slasher.
I haven't reviewed many movies lately because I've been burned several times.
For example, the summer camp psych-slasher movie Hell of a Summer (2023) just dropped on Hulu with an icon featuring three obviously gay guys staring at a bloody axe.
When I checked the cast list, I discovered that five of the top seven male cast members are gay or bi in real life.
Obviously this will be a movie about a group of gay guys fighting a psycho-slasher.
Time to check the trailer.
Scene 1: Jason loves Camp Pineaway so much that he returns year after year. Now age 24, he gives a "welcome" speech to the new counselors, with the rules: no smoking, no drinking, no cell phones.
Jason is played by Fred Hechinger (top photo and icon left), who is heterosexual but played the "I'm gay but the skittish producers won't let me say so" Emperor Caracalla in Gladiator II.
Scene 2: The campers haven't arrived yet, so the counselors party. I don't notice any boy-girl coupling. The extremely femme Chris arrives with his boyfriend Bobby, and yells "Hey, Girl!" at a girl named Shannon.Chris is played by Finn Wolfhard (icon right), who is "bisexual." Usually this means attracted to men and women, but apparently Finn means attracted exclusively to men but not wanting to say "gay," just in case he may be attracted to a woman in the distant future.
Boyfriend Bobby is played by Finn's real-life boyfriend Billy Bryk (left and icon center). He is "not into labels," meaning "gay, but afraid to admit it because then people might think he was gay or something."
Finn and Billy are also the writers and directors. This is their project.
Scene 3: Later, femme Chris kisses Shannon? WTF?
And brags to boyfriend Bobby that he performed oral sex on her. Why isn't the boyfriend upset? Are you a feminine-presenting heterosexual with a gay bestie, Girlfriend? That's a big gay tease.
Left: Two gay guys to tide you over. This is going to get rocky.
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"English Teacher": Gay teacher, his ex-boyfriend, and his homophobic buddy face woke culture and get naked
I spent the worst year of my life teaching English at Homophobe State University in Hell, aka a far northern suburb of Houston, Texas. The minute I submitted the last of the final grades, I got in my car and drove nonstop until that blessed "You are now leaving Hell" sign was receding into the distance.
So the new Hulu series, English Teacher, about an English teacher in small town Hell...I mean Texas...piqued my interest. I could relive how hideously horrible it was, from the safe distance of my living room a thousand miles away.
Score -- none of the promotional materials let on, but this English teacher, Evan, played by Brian Jordan Alvarez, is gay. Let the rampant homophobia begin.
Left: the worst place in the world
And Brian Jordan Alvarez's cock, to take your mind off the horror.
Wait -- in English Teacher, everyone knows that Evan is gay. Not a problem. The problem is, he's kind of a jerk.
The much more woke students want to cancel him, for instance, because he said that he couldn't understand why lesbians aren't attracted to men. Lots of people aren't attracted to men, idjit!
In the first episode, a parent wants him fired, claiming that he turned her kid gay by kissing his then-boyfriend and current hookup, played by Jordan Firstman, in front of the class.
Left: Jordan's dick.
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