Community’s Gay Dean Is Not Actually Gay
Added 2024-06-26 05:54:16 +0000 UTC“Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing” (March 31, 2015)
In its sixth and final season, Community decided to explore the series-long running joke about Dean Pelton’s mysterious, complex sexuality. Henry Gilbert once again joins us to discuss how the dean is not actually gay — he may be a pansexual imp, after all — but in forcing him to pick a tidy label, this show does a good job showing how many queer people end up pigeonholing themselves in a way that doesn’t fully express who they are.
Listen to Henry’s podcast, Talking Simpsons.
The Community “this better not awaken anything in me” clip.
The trailer for Portuguese Gremlins, which is not only the best thing Community ever did but also a justification for the medium of TV in general.
Comments
That Paul F Tompkins bit annoys me. No gay person asks someone to have "gay sex". It's just "sex". I feel like straight comedians think sticking "gay" in front of word makes it funnier, like when Amy Poehler and Tina Fey would joke about getting "gay married".
PurpleComet
2024-07-25 23:50:27 +0000 UTCI started watching the show and it feel off the radar for whatever reason. After this listen I’m gonna revisit. Thanks guys!
Joseph Tinsley
2024-07-12 00:29:03 +0000 UTC
