Who’s the Boss? Just Basically Admits That Jonathan Is Gay
Added 2022-11-23 07:35:18 +0000 UTC“Jonathan the Gymnast” (November 18, 1986)
Technically, Who’s the Boss? never did a gay episode, but because Danny Pintauro’s sexuality looms large over this sitcom, many episodes seem a little gayer as a result — and this episode especially so. In it, Tony and Angela step into the kitchen to have a frank discussion of why Jonathan is not like other boys, and it really comes off like Who’s the Boss? is asking viewers to overlook this aspect of the character. It’s fucked up that this happened, and it’s one of several occurrences that make Drew utter the phrase “Poor Jonathan.”
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Comments
When it comes to grade school teachers policing demeanor: I've got a report card from first grade in which the teacher wrote that I'm "at the top of the class in reading and mathematics" but that I "cry when I'm shoved down by boys on the playground." Apparently my crying at being bullied was the problem, not the boys doing the shoving?
Vance Briceland
2022-11-27 15:11:02 +0000 UTCSorry, don’t mean to be “that guy”
Zach Wilson
2022-11-24 04:18:53 +0000 UTCI had the same issue but with every clip except for the theme song.
Matt LS
2022-11-24 00:46:37 +0000 UTCIs anyone else having audio issues? At 1:21:04, suddenly anytime it was supposed to cut to an audio clip, it just cut to silence.
Claire Marinello
2022-11-24 00:03:46 +0000 UTCThe reason that Who's the Boss eps aren't streaming is that it's a Sony owned show & they like to "rotate" seasons monthly or quarterly depending on the show. For example the first 2 seasons of Newsradio on one service, 3-4 on another, 5 on another & at the end of every month they shuffle (not always in order, either!) it's incredibly frustrating but at least their DVDs are cheap.
Zach Wilson
2022-11-23 18:32:25 +0000 UTC
