![]() It goes out on a Friday night, after my column deadline, and - obviously - it's topical. But I think this is an opportunity for people to stop and say: Let’s take love stories and great comedies about life and the human condition as seriously as we take stories about a man dressed up as a bat saving Gotham City.Though The News Quiz is one of Radio 4's most loved programmes, it's hard for me to write about. There’s a lot to be cynical about in the world. “For gay men, especially, the romance of our lives is just nowhere to be found. “Just as much of an influence on ‘Bros’ as ‘Bridesmaids’ was was ‘The Way We Were.’ I miss that about movies,” says Eichner. One scene is set on a beach in Provincetown, Mass., in which Eichner performs a tender monologue about opening himself up to love is part of the “Bros” revolution, too. But one thing that may surprise fans of “Billy on the Street” is how earnest it can be. There are raunchy comic scenes in “Bros” and some of the genre’s tried-and-true romantic moments. It inherently had that because you were with your community.” “There’s a safe space that comes with knowing that at the helm is someone who’s very much focused on the diversity of the environment that he was creating. #NEWS QUIZ PRESS CLIPPINGS FUNNY MOVIE#But ‘Bros’ was a movie where what you see on the screen is the entire representation of it,” says Rash. “I’ve played characters that were straight. To Jim Rash, the “Descendants” writer and “Community” actor who plays a colleague of Eichner’s in the movie, the set of “Bros” was unlike any he had been on before. “Because it’s a Judd Apatow movie, and straight people love Judd Apatow movies.” “When I thought about what I wanted the movie to be, I realized it was a huge and unique opportunity for me and for LGBTQ folks and also for straight audiences to get a sense of who we really are,” says Eichner. But in writing “Bros” with Stoller, he wanted to make something more sincere. In the five seasons of “Billy on the Street,” in which Eichner quizzed and chastised New York passersby on their pop culture knowledge, the Queens native channeled his love-hate relationship with Hollywood into hysterical, rage-fueled encounters. I think it’s based on him having to explain over and over again to Hollywood who he is and what makes him funny.” So he’d write these monologues that were self-aware and kind of explaining to the audience. Before ‘Billy on the Street’ he was doing off-Broadway stuff. “He really wanted to do these monologues, which I thought was risky but also really interesting,” says Stoller. Revisiting his “Billy on the Street” persona, Eichner has run through Hollywood with Jack Black shouting, “I need allies!” Sprinting around New York’s Flat Iron Building with Paul Rudd, he exclaimed, “I’ve been working 20 years for this! I need a straight person to go see ‘Bros!’” In drumming up excitement, Eichner has promoted these distinctions, lamented that they’ve lasted this long, and parodied his role in trying to pitch his movie to America. ![]() “Bros” is the first major-studio gay rom-com and the first studio movie starring and co-written by an openly gay man. A lot is riding on the movie, and not just because Eichner, the 44-year-old “Billy on the Street ” comedian, has been working five years on what is his big-screen breakthrough. ![]() In the whistle-stop lead-up to the release of “Bros,” Eichner has worked tirelessly to whip audiences into a frenzy for a film unlike any Hollywood has before produced. “I want a longer ovation than ’The Whale! ’” NEW YORK (AP) - At the Toronto International Film Festival world premiere of “Bros,” Billy Eichner exhorted the crowd to keep cheering. ![]()
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