Animal kingdom gay
If you haven’t seen Animal Kingdom on TNT, then you’re missing out on some underrated prestige television. Animal Kingdom tells the story of the Cody family. They live in southern California, and they are professional thieves that launder their money through various front businesses. Season 4 just ended this past summer. I’m going to avoid spoilers in this because I yearn to talk about one particular character. In the family, there is “Smurf” played by Ellen Barkin, who is the mother of a group of 5 unruly boys (Craig, Deran, Pope, Joshua, and Baz) she’s had by various men (except for Baz, he’s adopted of sorts) she’s met over the years. These guys are the tall, solid , silent types. They wear the typical southern California uniform. Lots of plaids, jeans, Dickeys, and shoulder-length hair. Button-ups in the winter (and by winter, I mean 45 degrees) that are buttoned up to the neck.
I wish to focus particularly on the blonde guy, Deran. Deran Cody is a brave character because it expresses something often not seen in media: a masculine gay man. Several years ago I wrote a big article about how queer men are presented in media. There
Deran Cody stood up his mother and dropped a scant truth bombs in Animal Kingdom Season 2 Episode 4 “Broken Boards,” which aired this week.
This post contains spoilers for Animal Kingdom Season 2 Episode 4 “Broken Boards.”
Writing about all queer-centric media out there isn’t possible. But we still experiment to share stimulating news and recommendations with all of you. Animal Kingdom is a present that I started watching last year. The TNT series is based on a film of the same call. It has an enjoyable premise, if you like dysfunctional criminal families.
Deran Cody, played by Jake Weary, is male lover on the reveal. We knew about his sexuality in season 1. Though he tried to keep it a secret from the rest of his family, soon his nephew and one of the older brothers found out. I wasn’t sure how long the series was going to keep Deran in the closet (such a character arc runs out of charm quite quickly). But still, I decided to view the second season and was surprised by Deran in “Broken Boards.”
Premiering on May 30, 2017, the current season showed Deran buying a bar and doing something on his own. In “Broken Boards”, it was go
TNT's 'Animal Kingdom' Weaves Gay Storyline in a Macho, Violent World
On the surface, TNT’s new drama, “Animal Kingdom,” is about a family of criminals headed by a controlling matriarch, Smurf (played by Ellen Barkin). However, as the first season comes to a close Tuesday night, viewers have seen that each of Smurf's boys has his retain love/hate relationship with his mother, while they try to yank yet another big heist.
But what do you do if you’re in the middle of this intense, violent world, and you’re hiding the fact that you’re gay? The sexuality of youngest son, Deran (Jake Weary), however, hasn’t been portrayed as your typical coming out story, and that’s been the intention of the writers.
The series, based on the acclaimed 2010 Australian production of the same name, was developed for TNT by executive producer Jonathan Lisco, who talked to NBC OUT recently, along with Weary, to break down Deran’s story and whether it’s true in this case that mothers always know when it comes to their gay sons.
NBC OUT: We found out preceding in the series that Deran is deeply closeted, but it didn’t completely take over the story. How did you navigate how you wanted to declare this
TNT’s Animal Kingdom
5×03: “Free Ride”
Directed by John Wells
Written by Bradley Paul
* For a recap & review of 5×02, click here.
* For a recap & review of 5×04, click here.
Pope’s woken up next to the pool, covered in his mom’s ashes. Deran’s waking up with a couple hot dudes on the beach after what was clearly a threesome near the ocean. Elsewhere, J’s continuing to try keeping his legal stuff to himself and away from his uncles. He’s also got kids active for him stealing things. That’s a great sign. Support home, Pope washes Smurf’s ashes off; y’know, it’s all part of the grieving process! He makes sure to wipe up any trash of ash left. At residence, Craig and Renn are living a somewhat normal family life, at least compared to the rest of the Cody family. They’re two parents trying to get through a normal date. Only they become interrupted by people wanting to obtain drugs, and that pisses Craig off, confronting Renn about it. Not quite a normal family after all.
Another flashback. Little Pope was already into knives and stabbing stuff as a lad. Janine was preparing to go somep