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So much of Workaholics relies on Adam, Blake and Anders being assholes, but ignorant about how much they are actually assholes. In contrast, on a show like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, they perceive they’re assholes, but they just don’t care. With Workaholics, they’re always surprised when they recognize they’ve been acting like assholes and the show is often at its best when it tries to instruct them a lesson for acting as such.
“Gayborhood” is an episode of Workaholics that works surprisingly well, considering all the various risky elements this episode has going for it. “Gayborhood” is the episode where Adam, Blake and Anders finally possess sex. When they go to a gay pride party in the neighborhood, they make fools of themselves pretending to be lgbtq+ to use the free bar. The next morning, they wake up at the party naked, Blake with skinned knees, a condom in Anders’ ass and semen all over Adam. The hosts of the party explain what they feared: the three of them went to town on each other. Making things even more awkward, the office is having a team building competition, hosted by Jerry O’Connell, where the three strive against their office mates for usage of a timeshare in
One example that fits Becker’s claim is the scene in workaholics when the two guys are at the pool and keep getting boners over each other. They even make a several comments about each other’s physique that would be considered homosexual. Altogether, this scene is implying that they own an attraction for each other. This is really absorbing because this scene is making homoeroticism acceptable, and humorous, but at the same time enhances their masculinity which is very contradicting according to heteronormative ideals. I assume the only reason that this scene is socially acceptable is because for one, they are fighting over a female. The proof that they are getting boners over each other is not taken solemn because the viewers know that they are actually fighting over a girl which makes them heterosexual and they are just joking around. The gay undertones probably aren’t even really analyzed by most people because the scene is so unrealistic and is meant to be entertaining . As in Becker’s article, he explains that the show Bromance is party acceptable because Jenner is looking for a friend – BUT one of the activities is merely finding women and tha
Workaholics, which centers around the bromance of the three roomates Adam, Blake, and Anders, continually responds to queer moments with a reassurance of masculinity. The three friends, to launch with, are certainly not the figureheads of masculinity. Their goofy interactions and childish nature presents a queerness in itself. However, the reinforced message of masculinity through references to women and their lackluster lifestyle of drinking and smoking gives them a “bro” feel and allows their relationship to be a bromance.
One thing that stands out in particular is the queer attire that both Adam and Anders wear throughout the episode. In the first scene, the trio are dressed as wizards. Adam is wearing a tuxedo vest with nothing underneath and a cape. The queer dress is coupled with the nerdy obsession with the wizard society. Anders argues that he cannot be seen at such a function because it would hurt his status as a rapper. Adam reminds him of all of the nerdy girls in high college with huge boobs and Anders immediately responds, “and I’m back”. Both queerness and nerdyness are at once accepted because the focus turns back to the masculine and th
'Workaholics' Stars Adam DeVine, Anders Holm and Blake Anderson Discuss the Taboo-Breaking Themes of 'Game Over, Man'
BY Josiah HughesPublished Mar 23, 2018
Holm wrote the screenplay based on an idea that he developed with DeVine and Anderson between seasons one and two of Workaholics. For him, the extremes only work if they work for the story. "As long as you do it in a coherent and tasteful way," he tells Exclaim! "Well, not a tasteful way, but in a way that makes sense for the project. In Apocalypse Now they killed that cow in real life, live on production, and watch it bleed out on film. Did they hold to? No. But that was the movie, and it was part of it. It was real and it kind of set the tone for