The first episode of Jaded, a highly-relatable new gay web series, has just been released and we can hardly wait for more.
The series was created by and stars JD Scalzo and features a large and diverse cast, including the one and only Bob the Drag Queen.
Jaded tells the story of an ordinary man living in the extraordinary city of San Francisco. We follow him as he traverses the gay dating world, looking for love in all the wrong places while on a relentless search for something more. Of course, it’s based on some of my experiences and personal journey, but offers a universal slice-of-life look into the sometimes heartbreaking, never dull, and always exciting San Francisco gay community.
In the first episode, which was just released, viewers are introduced to Jackson (played by Scalzo) as he navigates his messy friendships, a night out in The Castro, and a complicated relationship he can’t seem to let go of.
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Smith David
Wow! this is very interesting. This isn’t familiar territory at all. Wow gay white men dating in San Francisco . It’s “Looking” like we are exploring some unchartered avenues in gay culture.
WillParkinson
Thinks you’re being sarcastic, but it’s so hard to tell. (Yes, I’m kidding.)
HereIAm
I watched 2 minutes of this vdieo. A bunch of SF PrEP sluts with no integrity and little concern for their partner’s STDs. Totally disgusting.
Dahmer
Slut shaming?.. real cute. How awful and unrealistic it is to depict gay young men in a sex positive way, right? Why aren’t they directionless comic relief stand-in’s lie normal gay people!
Joe Dalmas
I watched 3 minutes and tuned out. Another “comedy” about gays being fags. Are gay filmmakers ever going to start making comedies about gays being human? Have they ever seen a movie by Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, even Woody Allen? God, this is a terrible 3rd glade rehash of Queer as Folk, which is a shame considering the effort that must have gone into it. Gay filmmakers, please resist the temptation of rewriting what happened in your apartment last night! It’s happened in all our apartments and by the morning we were all over it, we don’t need to see a series about it. Find other themes, don’t be afraid to go dark, say SOMETHING we haven’t heard before!
Smith David
Preach!
eeebee333
Billy Wilder! Preston Sturges!! Joe, do you want to go out with me!
HereIAm
Joe, you may not want to watch a mediocre rehash of Queer as Folk, but unfortunately plenty of gays here can’t get enough of this sort of drama. What they want and what they are capable of appreciating is not high drama, but cheap drama.
Wicked Dickie
Yawn. Next.
Toofie
It was okay. Despite the trailer it seems the lead is lonely and unhappy, so it might make an interesting journey.
Geeker
Another series about pretty gay men being sad…I’ll pass thanks.
1898
“highly relatable?”
considering that the vast overwhelming majority of us don’t live in San Francisco (which might as well be another planet), i don’t see how this is relatable, let alone “highly” relatable
is there some unwritten law that all gay-themed shows and movies must be set in San Francisco?
Dahmer
LOL THAT?! THAT was what you could squeeze out for your attack-something comment? This comment is so laughable illogical.. I’m sorry.. but it was obvious “relateable” applies to the plot, characters, and dialogue, and NOT the setting. hahaha. The premise of this expects that the writer is suppose to know where only YOU live before writing this, and made a huge mistake because he didn’t. Do you not relate to media unless it’s set in your hometown? How do you handle Disney movies?
If your ending question was serious and drawn from ignorance to SF’s historical place in gay American culture, I’ll entertain the critical thinking for you: at worst, it’s cliche to set a gay-themed series in SF, or even NYC. For argument sake, let’s throw in LA since these are not only some of the world’s biggest cities, they house the biggest LGBT populations. Historically, SF has been associated with a gay-friendly city for many decades, where Castro (which I enjoyed the representation of it here, you may not realize just how many younger gay men gave never experienced this) has created a well-known hub for gay men to exist in the American consciousness that slowly reminded all people that we’re here, we exist, and we’re apart of the nation.
To answer your questions, it’s dramatic to imply all MUST be set in SF like a law. when it’s clearly a feasible and realistic decision. Statistically, many gay communities in big cities like SF and NYC are from all over the nation. The move there to escape their home communities, acceptance, job opportunity without discrimination, etc. etc. So setting any movie or show here will cast the biggest net of users who CAN relate and may, in fact, live there. More importantly, these are more equipped, employed, and easier to film TVs and movies that any other cities, big or small. This is a web series. There may be more gay-friendly shows being picked up on Netflix or other studios, but shows like this would not likely get a season run contact as easily. Even “Looking” was HBO, not broadcast.
But of course none of this probably matters since your comment was written from a kindof everything-should-center-around-me mentality.
LostAngeles00
I can’t.