Then it’s time to film the selfie video for social media, selling the look for the people.įor some older gay men watching, it’s a wish-fulfillment fantasy, glittering with the confidence and openness they could not have. Working his angles, he begins applying eyeshadow and some sparkling highlighter, offsetting the fuchsia pussy-bow blouse, string of pearls, and striped cardigan he decides to put on. Lithe and shirtless, his lavender hair dye glistening in the morning light, he starts admiring himself in the mirror. The song “Lucky” by Britney Spears begins blasting, a campy bubblegum ballad from the pop star so underrated and beloved by her most devoted fans that the synthesized “thunks” of the intro trigger Pavlovian shrieks of, “Oh my god, it’s ‘Lucky!’” from any gay man within earshot.Ĭhester, the gay water polo star and resident rabble rouser played by Justice Smith, is getting ready for school. There is a sequence in the fourth episode of HBO Max’s Genera+ion that is a veritable gay fantasia.
