Unsuspicious is a Brazilian comedy about three women deceived by the same man, and now seeking revenge. Sort of like Imposters. The promo showed several feminine guys in the crowd scenes, so I imagine there are gay characters. I reviewed Episode 1, "The Three Wives of Jorginho Peixoto."
Scene 1: A man in a bathrobe walks through an elegant mansion to the study, which is festooned with newspaper articles about how rich Jorge Peixoto is. "Damn it!" he exclaims. "Today's the day!" And he is stabbed to death!
Flashback to a few days ago: The feminine Uncle Aquila rushes through the house, excited because Jorginho has invited them all to his mansion for the weekend. Relationship dump: Uncle Aquila's sister Bete is Jorginho's ex-wife. They haven't seen each other for many years; Jorginho has never met his teenage daughter. There is also a mother in the family.
Uncle Aquila is played by Silvero Pereira (left), a drag queen and dramatic actor who has written a book on the transvesti of northern Brazil.
Meanwhile, Mauricio (Romulo Arantes Neto, top photo), a hot guy wearing an ugly ring, climbs out of his boyfriend's car. He's got an invitation, too, which he gives to his sister Patricia, Jorginho's estranged wife. She invites Mauricio and her yoga instructor along.
Meanwhile, Raul (Cezar Maracuja, left) a struggling singer, goes into a fundamentalist church with a third invitation, which he gives to his sister Thyellen. He teases her about Jorginho being her boyfriend, but she protests: "He's not my boyfriend -- yet, but this weekend could seal the deal." Of course she invites Raul along.
Scene 2: Girlfriend and Raul arrive at the mansion, and are shocked to see a butler -- and a stuffed cow in the parlor!
Ex-Wife and family, including Uncle Aquila, arrive. Butler calls them all "ladies."
Estranged Wife and Mauricio are already there.
No one realized that the others were coming, or that the other relationships even existed ! Everyone starts to argue. Mauricio flirts with Uncle Aquila, and Raul flirts with the yoga instructor.
Scene 3: As they are arguing and bonding, Jorginho arrives -- by praying at a Candomble altar and sliding down the bannister! Time for dinner.
Uncle Aquila notices that the soup comes from a recipe that only two people know -- his mother and his brother, Darlison (Raphael Logam). They rush into the kitchen -- the chef is indeed Darlison in drag. Jorginho thought it would cause trouble if everyone knew that he had hired his ex-wife's brother. Why? 2/3rds of the guests didn't even know that he had an ex-wife.
Down to business: Jorginho is in danger -- bad guys want to kill him -- so he's transferring his assets to his three wives/girlfriend and vanishing. By the way, he's purchased all of their original assets -- Ex-wife's hair salon, Wife's private island, Girlfriend's church -- so they have no choice.
Except they do refuse, and dump their glasses of wine on his head.
Scene 4: He gives them an hour to think it over. They adjourn to separate rooms to argue. Ex-Wife reasons that their daughter will inherit everything by default, so why settle for a third? Girlfriend thinks that, since he's in love with her, she'll get everything if the other two back out. Current Wife just yells.
Scene 5: The lights go out! Everyone re-convenes with candles and lanterns. They head to Jorginho's office. He's dead, stabbed in the back. Am I in an Agatha Christie novel?
The police arrive, tape off the crime scene, dust for fingerprints, and so on, while the families wait. A Columbo-type bumbling detective bursts in, stumbles into the crime scene, and accidentally pulls out the knife! "Everyone here is a suspect," he announces, "So no one leaves until we figure out whodunit." The end.
Beefcake: None.
Other Sights: Just the mansion.
Gay Characters: Uncle Aquila, of course, and probably Mauricio.
Update: By the third episode, everyone seems to be paired off: Mauricio-Joquinho's girlfriend, Darlison-his Wife, ex-wife's mother-the butler. Uncle Aquila doesn't get a boyfriend.
The trailer looks paiful but Romulus Arantes Neto is sexy- he is in a gay theme comedy called "There is Something About Mario" (2021)
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