Different from the usual giggling soap operas and clichéd gay TV dramas, after watching it for so long, I didn’t feel like I was watching a TV series, it felt more like a straightforward description of life in the gay circle, telling one by one maybe you, me , he has experienced the story.
A few simple characters in the play fully summarize the mainstream ecology in this circle. The protagonist Patrick, who has been fighting with others since the beginning of the TV series, is constantly hunting for beauty on dating sites during work hours, which just represents a group of people in the circle who are eager to seek excitement. On the other hand, P is also eager to seek true love, eager to settle down, and when he encounters a favorite object, he will be complacent until he scare the other party away, which is also a typical attitude towards same-sex relationships. On the other hand, P is also lucky. Having come out to his parents, he doesn't need to hide in the closet anymore. But even so, his bickering with his mother at the wedding fully revealed that there is still a deep gap between the two generations that will not be filled by openly revealing his gay identity. Many people will define P as a "good man". I think the success of this role lies in its life-likeness. It has both an infatuation and a contradictory side, and it is very flesh and blood.
After talking about Patrick, he naturally had to talk about Richie, who was recognized as a poor man. That's right, he is really ugly. In the final analysis, it is his inferiority and insecurity, and this inferiority and insecurity comes from a label that he can't get rid of - race. Leaving this aside, it is precisely because of his low self-esteem and lack of security that he is extremely sensitive and used to deny other people's favor and pursuit, and even a trivial matter may touch his sensitive nerves. I was not optimistic about the pair of P and R. At first, I thought that R was a bit annoying and unreasonable, but after a conversation with PR at the end of the eighth episode, I realized that the reason why PR really can't get together is "starting too fast. ". For problems between two people, P always apologises, but in fact he may not know the crux of the problem, and he may not be able to manage the relationship well. The role of Richie is a bit tragic, but very realistic, because he represents the people in the circle who deliberately suppress themselves for various reasons and want to love but dare not dare to love.
After Richie, of course, the handsome boss Kevin. K and P may be recognized as the most natural couple, but the screenwriter deliberately arranged the relationship between the two of them as bosses and subordinates. This is another kind of ecology in the circle - coming out in the workplace. K is obviously P's dish, and when the two met for the first time, P had accosted K unscrupulously, but when he found out that K was his boss, he hurriedly avoided it. This is an interesting psychological change. In the end, the two finally had sex as the audience wished, but this scene didn't have the firewood and fire I imagined, but it was a bit embarrassing and absent-minded. "You have a boyfriend", P's line of dialogue aptly expresses the embarrassment of this sex scene. One of them has a boyfriend in a different place, and the other is still in an ambiguous relationship. There is no obvious development for K's long-distance boyfriend in the drama, and KPR's triangular relationship has also laid the groundwork in the first season, and let's see how the second season develops.
The mid-life crisis is an inevitable problem for every comrade. Dom acts as a representative of this group in the play. As time goes by, everyone has more and more pasts, and more and more restrictions are set for themselves, and more and more unspeakable things are hidden. When Dom turned 40, he chose to cut off his relationship by collecting debts from his ex-boyfriend, and chose to chase his dream of opening a restaurant again, and chose to express his love to Lynn (not sure if this is the case). This change Although not deliberately inked, it is pleasing to see. The older you get, the more inertia you will become, and the determination to change will become smaller and smaller, and the role of Dom represents the positive side of this circle.
Finally, the couple Frank and Agustin. This is perhaps the most TV drama element in this series, and the show uses a slightly exaggerated method to express something. Frank may be known as "the best man of the world" - he is meticulous and considerate to his boyfriend, and he is even willing to sleep with other men and act as his boyfriend's model to save his boyfriend's career. This near-extreme goodness just reflects that Agustin is deliberately squandering the sense of security he has. The sense of security can be squandered, and there will always be a day when it will be exhausted; just as meticulous consideration will also have a bottom line. In the end, the bottom line was crossed, and Agustin got a cold "You got to get your shit out."
Is it surprising that you can turn your face faster than a book? In fact, it makes sense.
After spending so much time talking about the characteristics of the characters in the show, they all reflect the theme of the show - Looking. In fact, everyone in this circle is Looking. Looking for sex, looking for fun, looking for relationship or looking for some companion... Some people may just be looking for one thing, and some people are looking for several things, looking for each other When it is on, the dry firewood will burn like a splendid firework for a round. However, after the splendor, all relationships are as fragile as glass. An unintentional joke, an unintentional ridicule, or even an inadvertent chat in front of someone may fall into doom. This fragility runs through every detail in the play, which is very deep, realistic and not exaggerated. There are comments that this is a series that starts from a white psyche, and I feel that some of the emotional and social realities of people are universal and non-racial. The difference is that Westerners express more directly than Easterners, and if they find something wrong, they will immediately apologize and explain instead of being as tacit as Easterners. In bed, Westerners are obviously more considerate of their partners than Easterners and understand their partners' needs.
This TV series shows the appearance of all beings in the circle through a few simple character settings. It is not deliberately exaggerated but profound and resonates. Hoping for a more exciting sequel to the second season.
So, what are you LOOKING for?
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