The gay and wondrous life of caleb
Crushing On: The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo
Once, in high institution, a teacher asked us to keep a log of all the television we watched in a week. If I recall correctly, mine tallied at 36hrs – one of the highest in the class.
A lot of that came from consuming sitcoms. This was a society before prestige dramas – the closest we had was Baltimore: Life on the Streets. Instead, there was a two hour block of comedies each night, plus a preceding two hour block of re-runs of Cheers, Seinfeld, and other modern classics.
Maybe it’s burnout from those days, but I haven’t been able to stomach a funny TV present in years aside from 30 Rock. Nothing about any of them come across remotely funny. The internet is no different – people link to amusing web series and I’m a stone face. It’s like my TV overdose permanently broke my comical bone.
Maybe that’s because sitcoms are so… situational. They depend on so many of the same archetypes being filled – the clueless dad, the vapid attractive woman, the brainy kid, the wacky sidekick of color. Even with a giant bucket of archetypes, you see a lot of the equal things over and over.
That’s why I am genuinely surprised and absolu
Catie Byrne
Features Editor
There own been a variety of shows with a focus on gay life on network television. More recently, Netflix creations have competed with these programs, but nothing has sever quite to the core of juvenile gay audiences as the five-episode Youtube series: “The Homosexual and Wondrous Animation of Caleb Gallo.”
Starring and created by Brian Jordan Alvarez, Alvarez plays the romantically confused and sexually loose same-sex attracted man, Caleb Gallo, as he navigates the various platonic, romantic and sexual feelings he has for his direct friend Billy, and his long-distance-boyfriend, Benicio.
The show could best be described as a lgbtq+ adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic, “A Midsummer Night’s dream,” as everyone is falling in love and having sex with the wrong person, and this is much of the crux of the show’s comedy. Every character is defined almost entirely by whom and how many people they are attracted to, and what makes the show fascinating is the proof that every nature seems to be a little in love with or attracted to each other. The impact is a sort of self-aware fluidity and bizarre humor that feels appreciate an almost unrealistic and hedonistic accept on romantic and se
The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo is a 5-part 2016 comedy web miniseries produced by and starring Brian Jordan Alvarez.
It follows the life of an aspiring acting teacher and his actor friends who are desperate for love and thrills. Set in Los Angeles, the story delves into the complexities of self-discovery, diversity, and emotions that accompany relationships.
Benicio: Do we make out?
Driver: Ehh, I don't think that's what you really want, lil' buddy.
Benicio: Yeah—yeah, I know.
Freckle: I'm always prepared! Unless, of course, "prepared" means "sober". In which case, I'm rarely prepared.
Caleb: Oh my god, I hate it when you don't give me attention and you just want me to observe you perform.
Synopsis
A fast paced, fringe-meets-mainstream comedy following a group of adolescent friends desperate for love and thrills.
A wondrous story of the complexities of relationships, friendly and romantic that blurs the lines of expected tropes through random comedy and realistic, interconnected interactions.
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Literally the only flaw with this movie/series is that Billy doesn’t realize he’s bi.
“Can’t we just be normal people?”
”We’re not normal people.”
”Yes, we are. That’s the whole point.”
I’ve watched this a not many times through every year since it’s been released and something about it always gets me like few other things do. The jokes never terminate being funny but it still carries this freeing power I find sprinkled in lots of BJA’s work
i was gonna make this review a collection of my favorite quotes from this series and then i noticed i was literally pausing every 2 minutes to write something down, so here's just a teeny tiny little preference of my fav lines:
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