It's 48 days to Halloween, but the ghosts and pumpkins are already decorating houses, tv commercials involve cobwebs, and the movie/tv recommendations on streaming services are all scary. At least I haven't seen any Santa Claus hats yet.
The Hulu series Bite Sized Halloween consists of two seasons of 3-minute horror stories. They are a mixed lot.
Some give away the plot instantly:
An obnoxious airplane passenger (David Banks) refuses to give up his seat, so he must be forcibly ejected...
Some have (very short) Twilight Zone-style twists:
An office worker (Casey Feigh) refuses to hold the elevator door open for an old lady, who....
Some feel lik the beginning of a regular-sized movie, and end at a frustrating point:
A man (Aaron Thomas Ward) searching for his brother investigates an old house, where there is a doorway to a parallel world....
LGBTQ representation is also a mixed bag.
8 of the 28 first-season episodes specifically involve heterosexual romance, and 6 involve parents and children. None mention same-sex couples or LGBTQ people.
The second season is a bit more inclusive. 4 of 18 episodes involve heterosexual romance, 2 involve parents and children, and 3 mention LGBTQ persons:
Nonbinary: "The New Nanny." An actual witch, complete with black hat, becomes the nanny to a boy who likes to wear dresses (not really nonbinary, just into drag). He wears his pretty princess dress to the park (to play soccer? Buy him a skirt!). A bully starts mocking him, whereupon the witch-nanny.....
Bisexual: "Unicorn": A bisexual man wants to become a unicorn (a regular sex partner) for a male-female couple. He appears at their apartment with flowers, which strikes me as odd for a sex partner, and just makes out with the woman. Turns out that they have nefarious intent. (A rare 13-minute long episode).
Lesbian: "Freebirth": A lesbian couple go into the woods for a "natural" childbirth. Things go wrong, but fortunately a heterosexual couple...
Three episodes out of 46 is about 6%. Better than 0%, but one wonders what happened to the gay men. At least the guys are cute.
No comments:
Post a Comment
No offensive, insulting, racist, or homophobic comments are permitted.
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.