“You seem like a very lonely little boy,” Dr. We’re only on the verge of a breakthrough.
“If anything I’m less gay than I used to be…But do I think that Grant Gustin and I would make the most adorable Instagram couple? Yes, I do.”īut this is barely half the episode. (Will any of what Stewie says in it mean anything to those outside the community?) Seth MacFarlane, it must be said, delivers a bravura voice acting performance. To keep up with this piece’s hyperbole, it is one of the gayest monologues we’ve seen on television-and thus one of the most satisfying. Each new hyper-specific detail is a harsher truth than the one before. It’s eviscerating, and revealing of the kind of judgment that can only come from within the gay community. He analyzes the pressure and insecurities thrust on them by gay elitism and shaming culture, and reduces them to every stereotype in a way that would be offensive if it weren’t all so painstakingly true and recognizable (at least to this gay viewer), down to the Ralph Lauren Purple Label dress shirts they bought at the outlet store to feign wealth while at a gay vacation destination. Pritchfield and his younger partner, Stewie dissects every single detail about their relationship dynamic.
This manifests itself especially when, after spotting a photo of Dr. I mean, who has Stewie been all these years if not a bitchy queen? The conceit is telegraphed quickly: We’re about to hear a lot of super gay stuff from Stewie, before the big question is discussed. We all know who Bethenny Frankel is, like it or not.” Oh don’t act like you don’t know who she is. She looks like a wooden doll you’d find in an Eastern European toy shop. It reminds of the therapist office Bethenny Frankel goes to on the Real Housewives of New York City. Stewie breezes into the session, wishing the secretary, Barbara, luck on trying to secure Adele tickets: “You deserve them.” He channels his nerves through idle chit-chat about the office décor: “This is charming. A ticker-tape of gay references and stereotypes fly by, and you’re more likely to catch them all. Tuning into the episode knowing it is the Big One that addresses Stewie’s sexuality makes it all the more enjoyable. Cecil Pritchfield, both the perfect foil for Stewie but also a catalyst for projection: the older gay British doctor with a younger boyfriend might just be who Stewie, if not necessarily aspires to be, eventually settles for becoming when he’s older. The episode, titled “Send in Stewie, Please,” takes place almost entirely in a therapy session necessitated after Stewie pushes a boy at school, Tyler, down the stairs. Here’s this toddler from a New England family who speaks in a British accent, with a heightened intelligence and bon vivant’s understanding of the world and culture, but who is, you know, still a toddler: petulant, vulnerable, and emotionally unevolved. Of course, Stewie’s age is part of the whole joke, and why his sexuality has been one of the riskier-and in payoff, funnier-running gags of the show.
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It’s not only one of the best episodes of Family Guy in a very long time, but also one of the most nuanced and edgy coming out episodes of a TV show we’ve seen.Īgain, all centering around a 1-year-old. The result of the episode, ambiguous as it may be, is nonetheless fascinating. But on Sunday night, in a landmark episode airing without a commercial break (and guest starring Sir Ian McKellen, to boot), Stewie’s sexuality is finally “explicitly acknowledged.” Does he come out? Well, sort of.
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