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Queer as folk remake11/11/2022 Even sweet Vince winds up making numerous - sometimes outright uncomfortable - excuses for getting out of dates. Nathan lies his way into Vince’s home when his parents argue about his sexuality, Stuart vaguely threatens the life of the mother of their flamboyant friend Alexander (Anthony Cotton) when she deliberately makes sure he doesn’t get any of his father’s inheritance following his passing. It’s behavior like this that makes Queer As Folk quite the curio: a majority of these characters are actually quite mean and nasty. Stuart, ever the vindictive one, gets revenge by inviting the supermarket employee that has a crush on Vince (but doesn’t know about his sexuality) to his out-and-loud birthday party, completely throwing a wrench into things. Vince’s eternal pining for Stuart winds up keeping him from true happiness, and once Vince manages to score a serious (and quite rich) boyfriend, it’s said boyfriend who puts Stuart on the spot for eternally teasing Vince with the shag that will never come. The reason why Queer As Folk largely works is because it’s driven by the characters, not their sexuality. Brash, arrogant, and determined, Nathan continues to meddle in the lives of Vince and Stuart, much to their chagrin (during when episode when Stuart places his arms around Vince and Nathan, declaring that “I think I found the perfect three way”, it’s Vince who says “I’d rather have a wank”). It’s his very first time ever, and shortly thereafter he becomes smitten with Stuart. In the show’s very first episode, he walks down Manchester’s most famous gay central, Canal Street, and is picked up by Stuart. (The only time one of Vince’s dates actually doesn’t want to have sex is when he picks up a fellow sci-fi nerd who, upon seeing Vince has the classic Doctor Who episode “Genesis of the Daleks” on VHS while making out, insists that they watch it together),Ĭomplicating things is young Nathan Maloney (Hunnam), a 15-year-old boy who is just beginning to discover his sexual identity. He finds excuses to get out of dates more often than he actually sleeps with them, and holds an unrequited love for Stuart. The one who most frequently cleans up Stuart’s messes is his best friend, Vince Tyler (Craig Kelly), a sweet man of boyish charm who’s the assistant manager of a supermarket. Hating the fact that he’s “old” (29), he makes the most out of every opportunity he can, sleeping with anyone he desires, even if they’re straight, married, and clients for his company (when asked about his job, he notes how he’s an account director, saying nothing more than “I direct accounts”). Stuart Allen Jones (Gillen) is the embodiment of sexual charisma. The show centers around the lives of three gay men at different times in their lives. Yet now, looking back on the original show that started it all, something is lacking. Davies went on to famously reboot Doctor Who, Aidan Gillen went on to play Littlefinger in HBO’s Game of Thrones, and the young Charlie Hunnam went on to play Jax in FX’s Sons of Anarchy), and the show was spun off as a long-running American counterpart that retained the name. While many of its cast and crew went on to absolutely extraordinary careers (creator Russell T. It was one of the first-ever television dramas to focus exclusively on characters that were out-and-out homosexual and, as such, the show caused quite a bit of controversy in the UK upon its release. Queer As Folk broke through walls, simple as that.
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