It’s a big day in the streaming TV world as Hulu drops the second season of its critically acclaimed restaurant comedy The Bear, while Max premieres the first episodes from season two of its love-it-or-hate-it Sex And The City sequel series And Just Like That…
But, as far as we’re concerned, today’s most exciting television offering is Netflix’s new workplace dramedy, Glamorous, which just might be the streamer’s gayest show to date.
From creator Jordan Nardino (Star Trek: Discovery, Smash), Glamorous is the story of Marco Meija (Miss Benny), a gender non-conforming makeup artist who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when model-turned-mogul Madolyn Addison (Cattrall, giving us The Devil Wears Prada vibes) taps them for an important role in their makeup empire.
The series’ ensemble is super queer, plus it features guest appearances from some of our favorite drag queens (Monét X Change, Priyanka) and even sets up a mini Fire Island reunion when Joel Kim Booster and Matt Rogers turn up for a Provincetown-set episode, acting (and lip-syncing) opposite their old co-star, Zane Phillips.
Oh, Zane Phillips. You might worry a series set largely in a corporate office would keep this beautifully hulking man buttoned-up in suits and such, but fear not: Glamorous knows exactly what it’s doing.
Somebody call Ty Pennington because we have the sudden urge for an ‘Extreme Home Makeover’ after seeing Zane Phillips in this jaw-dropping new photoshoot.
Take, for instance, his very first scene. Phillips plays Chad Addison (of course he’s a Chad!), son of Madolyn and her makeup company’s Director Of Sales. Nepo baby alert!
As Marco gets shown around the office, they’re introduced to Chad as he’s running on a treadmill, shirtless, while in the middle of a meeting. His abs have abs! When he comes out to meet Marco, he doesn’t even bother putting a shirt on or drying off the sweat—not that we’re complaining.
Glamorous (now on netflix) introduces Zane Phillips while he's running shirtless and that's gay rights. pic.twitter.com/KJWpYP0edh
From the jump, we get what kind of guy—or, “bro,” rather—Chad is when he makes a comment about Marco’s heels, and then cracks, “I’m gay, but I’m not… gay.” Do we sense a friendly/flirty office rivalry in the works?
Considering this moment comes his first scene, in the first 11 minutes of the series, we get the feeling this isn’t the last we’ll be seeing of those broad, bare shoulders.
Image Credit: ‘Glamorous,’ Netflix
Actually, a quick glance at promotional images for Glamorous also show Phillips’ Chad trotting around poolside in a tiny blue swimsuit and—hey, wait a minute: Do the massive, muscular thighs on that be-wigged dancer on the right look familiar to anyone else?
Image Credit: ‘Glamorous,’ Netflix
Whatever’s going on here, we can wait to see more.
Over on Instagram, Phillips shared a photos from Glamorous‘ premiere event, expressing his gratitude for the series and his love for the cast (who, he adds, is really hot—we agree!).
He writes, “One of the greatest honors of my life to be standing amongst these people at this moment – this family means more to me than anyone will ever know. I am so proud to be a part of this show and a part of this story.”
Zane Phillips is more than capable of “going the distance” to play the hero is a live-action Disney remake.
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I’m sick of the barrage of beefcakes all the time. It’s like, yeah, it’s never a bad thing when someone is fit & healthy but the reality is that most people aren’t afforded the time/funds/opportunities to be that fit. It’s another job unto itself, it’s another lifestyle unto itself- the average guy can’t take that on. So we’re always looking at this unattainable maximum often in arenas that almost have NOTHING to do with fitness. He’s an actor, guys with less perfect figures win more accolades and get more money. But he’s stacked & hot. So let’s pay attention. Like the “hot” professor or the “hot” politician or the “hot” chef- it’s always like “Yeah, they’re talented but it wouldn’t be special if they weren’t hot- here’s them shirtless”.
Phillips is the only attractive one in the bunch seemingly, as was the case with that Fire Island flop. He does know how to brand himself as the big fish among minnows and/or a God among men. Good going Zane.
The lead Marco is at best, stereotypically nauseating. When is been there fk that going to kick in?
In those cuts from the show, he looks like he was generated by A.I. He waxed off ALL of his hair, and he has had plastic surgery on his face. What’s so “normal” and “masculine” about that?
This show is like Dylan Mulvany playing lead, dates pursuing alpha males (not realistic). If you like skinny super queeny twinks this is it. Fortunately the man beef cuties and Kim Cattrall save the show.
This show reminds me a lot of the recent Queer as Folk reboot. It’s like network execs heard a few gay stereotypes and decided that a muscley beef cake was diversity.
There really seems to be this huge push in queer media to portray gay protagonists as gender swapped girl bosses, who triumph while embracing all the ridiculous trapping of the vainest forms of femininity.
Don’t get me wrong, for some guys like Jonathan Van Ness they call pull it off, in part because that’s who they authentically are. He’s a bubbly, overly positive fruit (I say that with no derision) and it works for him.
At the same time, the actor playing the lead in this show is actually a trans woman (apparently she came out to the director before shooting.) and I feel like they should have just done the show with her as a trans woman, or gotten another actor. (Though honestly it feels like she is practically carrying these really bad scripts, so it’s probably best they didn’t recast her.)
I’m certainly not saying that fem gays can’t be protagonists. But this plot feels more like wishful thinking than anything based on a real person’s experience. There’s so much tell but not show. We are told that Kim Cattail’s character is a brilliant model turned beauty magnate… but she is naive enough to let her gym bro son run things into the ground?
Also the gym bro son (unironically named chad as if that was clever) is super masc for masc but also bitchy and back stabby?
No idea if there were actually any gay men involved in writing this, it honestly feels like a bunch of non-binary chicks were writing fem-boy fan fiction.
I’m not saying every queer show needs to be Love Victor. But like… Heartstopper was great, because it focused on real characters. But asking Netflix to bankroll more than one queer show with talented writers is probably asking too much.
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Pistolo
I’m sick of the barrage of beefcakes all the time. It’s like, yeah, it’s never a bad thing when someone is fit & healthy but the reality is that most people aren’t afforded the time/funds/opportunities to be that fit. It’s another job unto itself, it’s another lifestyle unto itself- the average guy can’t take that on. So we’re always looking at this unattainable maximum often in arenas that almost have NOTHING to do with fitness. He’s an actor, guys with less perfect figures win more accolades and get more money. But he’s stacked & hot. So let’s pay attention. Like the “hot” professor or the “hot” politician or the “hot” chef- it’s always like “Yeah, they’re talented but it wouldn’t be special if they weren’t hot- here’s them shirtless”.
abfab
I’m so glad you got that out of your system. Welcome to the world.
Rambeaux
Relax. His face and body are his fortune. Most of us (especially me ) have neither.
He’s just fun to look at.
Diplomat
That’s showbiz.
Phillips is the only attractive one in the bunch seemingly, as was the case with that Fire Island flop. He does know how to brand himself as the big fish among minnows and/or a God among men. Good going Zane.
The lead Marco is at best, stereotypically nauseating. When is been there fk that going to kick in?
CatholicXXX
You left out the best part: He’s not a fem queen!
We get a normal guy for once.
Brian
In those cuts from the show, he looks like he was generated by A.I. He waxed off ALL of his hair, and he has had plastic surgery on his face. What’s so “normal” and “masculine” about that?
Kangol2
You wouldn’t know “normal” if it crawled out of your rear end!
Diplomat
This show is like Dylan Mulvany playing lead, dates pursuing alpha males (not realistic). If you like skinny super queeny twinks this is it. Fortunately the man beef cuties and Kim Cattrall save the show.
Mostlikelytobedownvoted
meh… text me when he’s showing glimpses of his nutsack. Bare chests I can see all day at church.
lord.krath
I think Zane would’ve been a better casting decision for Adam Warlock.
dmarcus
He should be Superman. Every photo or project he’s in, he looks different.
David
This show reminds me a lot of the recent Queer as Folk reboot. It’s like network execs heard a few gay stereotypes and decided that a muscley beef cake was diversity.
There really seems to be this huge push in queer media to portray gay protagonists as gender swapped girl bosses, who triumph while embracing all the ridiculous trapping of the vainest forms of femininity.
Don’t get me wrong, for some guys like Jonathan Van Ness they call pull it off, in part because that’s who they authentically are. He’s a bubbly, overly positive fruit (I say that with no derision) and it works for him.
At the same time, the actor playing the lead in this show is actually a trans woman (apparently she came out to the director before shooting.) and I feel like they should have just done the show with her as a trans woman, or gotten another actor. (Though honestly it feels like she is practically carrying these really bad scripts, so it’s probably best they didn’t recast her.)
I’m certainly not saying that fem gays can’t be protagonists. But this plot feels more like wishful thinking than anything based on a real person’s experience. There’s so much tell but not show. We are told that Kim Cattail’s character is a brilliant model turned beauty magnate… but she is naive enough to let her gym bro son run things into the ground?
Also the gym bro son (unironically named chad as if that was clever) is super masc for masc but also bitchy and back stabby?
No idea if there were actually any gay men involved in writing this, it honestly feels like a bunch of non-binary chicks were writing fem-boy fan fiction.
I’m not saying every queer show needs to be Love Victor. But like… Heartstopper was great, because it focused on real characters. But asking Netflix to bankroll more than one queer show with talented writers is probably asking too much.
GayNOTQueer
Perfectly said. I thought this exact same thing. The muscle guys in this show are purely there to validate Marco as wishful thinking.
GayNOTQueer
This show SUCKS. And there’s no character more insufferable than Marco