By Matt D. Sullivan
Once a week I make myself sit and sleep-watch another episode of Looking, much the same as I did with Glee and The Walking Dead. This new show, airing on HBO, and having premiered this past January, follows the lives of three friends in San Francisco who all happen to be gay. The show’s hook is a promise to show gay men realistically. I was drawn in by this promise at first and, so far, they’ve delivered. The characters feel genuine. They have jobs and struggles and hobbies. None of them seem particularly adept at anything. They aren’t politicians, or celebrities, and they aren’t ruthless or morally superior. They are just average people. More importantly, these characters are not defined by their gayness. Watching characters who feel like an accurate representation of me and people I know is refreshing, but, unfortunately for Looking, this isn’t enough to save a show from being dreadfully boring…
Finish reading the article here: March 2014 LinQ, Vol. 36, No. 3, p. 9
