This is the second vertical AI BL drama I've sat through, and honestly I went in knowing better. I had it on while I was doing cardio at the gym, and what struck me was just how much the plot echoed the last one I watched. Same step brother romance angle, same mystery girlfriend showing up near the end, same extra guy pining after one of the leads. Genuinely the only thing going for it was the runtime, the whole thing wrapped up in forty five minutes flat. The setup kicks off with Finn moving schools because his mom just married into money. He finds out his new step brother Aiden goes to the same place, and he's warned to keep his distance from him. Their first run in at school is rocky, just like you'd expect, but there's this odd pull between them neither can shake off. Finn keeps telling himself not to read into it because Aiden's straight and openly homophobic. Things shift when some kids start bullying Finn and the student council president, Ryan, steps in to ...
The premise of the show is simple. Danny Carter is soon turning 30 and for almost 10 years, he has been this hugely popular go-go boy. Now, with age catching up on him, must discover a way to find his 'purpose' and survive within a different lifestyle as he moves on from go-going. Every episode brings in different territory. For example, new 19-20 year olds are a threat to the "ageing" go-go boys. And within the gay community itself , people are not warm, instead they are extremely mean to each other trying to bring each other down. Danny's mother i a big supporter of him in every possible way. Danny thinks of day time go-go boy in a restaurant, even considers porn and decides to somehow get his job back at the club. Many other constant supporting artists that act as his friends, foes, lover, colleagues add to the fun of this delightfully entertaining slice of West Hollywood gay life.
Every single episode of this carefully edited show is just right. The right humor, no where it goes over the top and the best part is that the episodes are really short. There were really funny dialogues, like when Danny constantly gets surprised knowing that every single person has gone to college, or when he is trying to date a guy. Some of the best scenes were when he tries to get into porn. I was bawling. I personally have not been much of a club person but we all know that at some really popular clubs, especially in LA, you can see larger than life, extremely hot characters like drag queens, go-go boys etc. This series is a satire / comic attempt to see what happens when you get "aged out" of your career, when gay guys can no longer use their youth and sexuality as currency. Jimmy Fowlie as Danny is absolutely brilliant. He plays the character of the hot, dumb, slightly irresponsible ageing go-go boy perfectly to the T.
There is nothing game changing here but comedy and making people laugh is not an easy job. And this series does real good. It will make you smile, make you laugh and overall leave you with a warm fuzzy feeling. (7/10)
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