The fight for equal rights may go on ad infinitum, but so too will the laughter, the drag, and the happy-cry love stories. But even though queer culture has reached a much broader level of awareness than when The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert came out, its sharp-edged activist spirit still lives loud in directors like Greg Araki ( Kaboom) and Darren Stein ( G.B.F.). The pioneering work of stars like Divine and filmmakers like Pedro Almodóvar paved the way for a family-friendly lesbian Cyrano de Bergerac in The Half of It and a three-way battle of tops in an Academy Award darling like the acid-laced The Favourite. įrom the lo-fi beginnings of John Waters to New Queer Cinema to the present day wave of queer coming-of-age movies popping up on Netflix, queer comedy has gone from the underground to the mainstream.
There is plenty of tenderness among these films to be sure, but there’s also Robin Williams doing a macho drag impersonation of John Wayne in The Birdcage and a pair of dirtbag girls just trying to scrape up enough cash for a beach trip in Never Goin’ Back. And while there is much to learn from and much to love about the many heavy gay dramas out there, we must also take time to celebrate and revel in the bright side of difference, which is why this list is all about the comedies. Queer culture is so many vibrant and beautiful and rambunctious things, but often times when you’re wading through the history of queer cinema it can feel like a community defined by tragedy and unhappy endings. netflix.(Photo by © Gramercy/courtesy Everett Collection) 30 Essential LGBTQ+ Comedies Here, among the laser gunfights and goofball aliens, we got just that. Like its fellow animated snarkfest Bojack Horseman, Rick And Morty is best when it tempers its self-aware humour with a real exploration of its characters’ human weaknesses.
Thankfully, showrunner Dan Harmon has also realised that using Rick’s genius to save the day at the end of every episode would eventually get old, so series four leaned heavily into the character’s emotional failings, giving him a depth we hadn’t seen before. The show is funny yet serious: it addresses the topic of addiction and the entire show feels really real. The main character, comedian Mae Martin, co-created the series, and the storyline is largely based on her own life experiences. Oh, and Rick impregnated a planet (or did he?). Brand-new lesbian Netflix show Feel Good launched its first season on Netflix on March 19, 2020. There was the now-obligatory episode where the plot’s premise was “I secretly transported you to multiple universes”. Zack And Miri Make A Porno (2008) This comedy from indie slacker comedy king Kevin Smith is more than likely the sweetest and most heartwarmingly romantic film on this list. We found out whether Rick really did clone his daughter, Beth, or not at the end of series three. There was a Prometheus/Alien franchise face-hugger parody, which was frankly shocking simply for the fact Rick And Morty somehow hadn’t done it before. Our dipsomaniac scientist (emphasis on the maniac) and his fretful, boggle-eyed grandson fought a guy who was the literal embodiment of storytelling in a mind-pummelling episode so meta we’re still not sure whether it’s over or not. The second of the series’ two batches, each five episodes long, aired from May, wrapping up a series that delivered all the irreverent sci-fi beats you’d expect. Thankfully, Rick And Morty survived the Szechuan sauce debacle and the tantrums of its occasionally toxic fanbase to return to high-concept greatness in an excellent fourth series.