With a slew of new content launching today and an audience that (presumably) has even more time on its hands than usual, Quibi is off to the races. Of the initial offerings, Gayme Show comes not-so-straight out of the gate as one of the platform’s most assured and inventive original series with a hilarious voice all its own. At the helm are comedians Dave Mizzoni and Matt Rogers, who’ve been honing the show’s intricacies and eccentricities over the years with live versions of Gayme Show, which—while much longer than a “quick bite”—allowed them to perfect its free-wheeling formula. And though its focus is on two straight contestants competing to be honorarily dubbed “Gay As Fuck,” Mizzoni and Rogers emphasize that their tongue-in-cheek series is a celebration by and for the queer community. Ahead of Quibi’s launch date, we logged on for a virtual interview with the pair to learn how it all came together. Both hosts sang the praises of their up-for-anything contestants and explained the origins of one of Gayme Show’s secret weapons: One-woman “house band” Vonzell Solomon.
And, as a bonus, we asked Dave Mizzoni and Matt Rogers for a little advice in these self-isolating times: Since “making an entrance” is the basis of Gayme Show’s climactic battle of the straights, we had the hosts share their own tips for how to make a splash on video conference calls. Get your pens ready to jot down notes, and heed their words of wisdom in the video below.
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Remember when dummies in the 90s and 00s used “gay” as a synonym for lame ass stuff? Are the folks who made and named this show trying to bring that back?
OH SNAP, they got told yo! Fo shizzle!
Thank goodness this culture that revolves around straight white cis men will finally be revolving around gay white cis men for a change!
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SMH. Still, after all this time and all the struggle, the only gays who have visibility in the media are the queeny-stereotypes.
Sure, they’re fun and a legit part of gaydom but, let’s be serious, they’re court jesters who pigeonhole gays for the masses since that’s all that’s presented.
And y’all pretend to be confused as to why ‘average’ kids who’re gay stay in the closet or worse harm themselves rather than come out. They don’t know Sex in the City trivia, they don’t care about makeup and clothes, and they don’t give a shit about Brittney Spears – so the feel like they don’t belong in the gay world that’s presented as THE gay world when there’s actually a whole diverse yet ignored gay existence they’re never exposed to.Visibility doesn’t always equal representation.
We need to work on representation.
The show is hilarious but it’s impossible to watch this interview without hearing the air quotes around “straight” each time it’s spoken.