Bros film gay
As anticipation for director Nicholas Stoller&#;s big gay rom-com Bros has been building over the past several months, ahead of its US theatrical release from Universal on September 30th, I felt a petite nervous about the pressure resting on co-writer and star Billy Eichner&#;s shoulders. Turns out, there was nothing to worry about. He has certified comedy gold on his hands, that surpassed my expectations in every way. I&#;d hoped to laugh, but didn&#;t think I&#;d also be wiping away the tears while watching Bros with an audience of two thousand at Friday night&#;s world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival.
Eichner plays the cynical but lovable, quick-witted New Yorker Bobby Leiber, who hosts an LGBTQ podcast called The 11th Brick &#; because he&#;s a cis white same-sex attracted guy, and it was probably a cis pale gay guy who threw the 11th brick at Stonewall. A joke that&#;s typical of the film&#;s playful referencing of lgbtq+ history that manages to be funny while honouring our queer ancestors. Without relinquishing the comedy, there&#;s one particularly touching sequence when the screen fills with the faces of LGBTQ historical figures.
With his rapid-fire delive
Up until last year, I was a member of the Joint Diversity Council at Comcast, the parent company of Universal, which distributed the film “Bros.” While I was alert of the film in its early stages, I had no direct connection to it. But I was rooting for its success. When I saw the completed film last weekend, I loved it!!! It’s a great clip with deserved rave reviews, and I strongly endorse it to all. But that is not what this is all about. This is about why a gay rom com film failed at the box office.
In response to the film’s lackluster ticket sales, the main celebrity of “Bros,” Billy Eichner, tweeted: “That’s just the world we live in, unfortunately. Even with glowing reviews, great Rotten Tomatoes scores, an A CinemaScore etc, straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up for Bros. And that’s disappointing but it is what it is.”
He then tweeted: “Everyone who ISN’T a homophobic weirdo should go glimpse BROS tonight! You will have a blast! And it *is* special and uniquely powerful to spot this particular story on a big screen, esp for queer folks who don’t get this opportunity often. I love this movie so much. Move BROS!!!”
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By Steve Erickson
Bros jokes about the hypocrisies of corporate diversity &#; often accurately, and with a cutting edge &#; while embodying some of the equal problems.
Bros, directed by Nicholas Stoller. Screening at Kendall Square Cinema, Coolidge Corner Theatre, and elsewhere around New England.
l to r: Luke Macfarlane and Billy Eichner in a scene from Bros.
Few movies are as painfully self-conscious about their cultural status as Bros. For a clear comedy, it arrived in theaters last weekend trailing an aura of self-importance. It’s the first full-fledged Hollywood rom-com starring and co-written by a same-sex attracted man, Billy Eichner, and all of its cast (including the actors who play heterosexuals) are LGBTQ. Eichner’s statements about Bros have been extremely self-congratulatory, but Bros is only a breakthrough in advocacy if you’re unfamiliar with the history of gender non-conforming cinema. It’s a much slicker child of ‘90s indie films like Jeffrey, Trick and Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss.
The cynic in me thinks that just as same-sex marriage was legalized at a indicate when the institution mattered less to heterosexuals, Universal was willing to obtain a chance on a gay r
The tragedy of ‘Bros’
It’s a crushing sight to look the first major-studio same-sex attracted rom-com flop so publicly. “Bros” () opened to a deeply underwhelming $ million at the box office, cementing its fate as a failure in the public eye. Pundits and commentators alike acquire theorized on the shortcomings of the film, with creator Billy Eichner himself blaming that proverbial “homophobic weirdo.” So who’s to blame for this tragedy of queer media? The answer may be just about everyone.
For those of you asking why a mainstream gay rom-com would be titled “Bros,” some context may be beneficial . The film centers around Bobby Lieber, a gender non-conforming history podcast host played by screenwriter Billy Eichner. As Bobby mounts preparations to open the first LGBTQ museum in Recent York, he meets and falls in love with the more masculine, muscly estate attorney Aaron, played by Luke Macfarlane. And, as the rom-com title declares, the two relentlessly fall in and out of love in whims of comedy. The motion picture is a true passion but finds its power in Eichner’s fresh perception of wit and participate. If “Bros” is anything, it’s a laugh riot.
Eichner isn’t exactly wrong in alluding that homophobia is bogging down his film’s viewers
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