“I’m a messy person,” says Chicago-based filmmaker Vincent Martell. “Being messy is something we can all relate to at some point.”
Martell’s new six-episode web series Damaged Goods, which premieres this week, follows “messy creatives of color” living in Chicago who are all trying to find their own identifies while navigating a world of chaos and uncertainty.
Speaking to Paper magazine, Martell says, “I’ve never seen proper representation of myself as a gay, black man. We were tired of waiting for people to figure it out, so we took matters into our own hands.”
“The representation we have seen is plastic–based off a white, Hollywood perspective and not authentic or relatable.”
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Martell adds: “I’m tired of safe TV and think it’s detrimental to what media can be. So in Damaged Goods, I made the gay sex scenes as edgy, raw and real as possible. I made sure the drug use was an authentic representation of drug use within the nightlight community. Pushing these limits created very real, unapologetic moments in the series.”
Watch the trailer for Damaged Goods below.
Wicked Dickie
Being messy is not a cute trait, no matter what color you are.
stan2015
For years Many people that came out didn’t have their life in order yet. Your life is a mess until you you adjust to being out and so does your family and friends.
radiooutmike
Because they’re fun. You remember that. Don’t watch and just enjoy Masterpiece on PBS!
PoetDaddy
I LOVE Masterpiece on PBS!
TommyIL
Sounds like someone watched the trailer…
nitejonboy
I’m sorry, I don’t mind the awkward sex scenes or even the promiscuity, but the drug use is something I can’t deal with, this is not something our new generation of gays growing up should be exposed to. They need real roles models with class and dignity.
nitejonboy
And can we please stop blaming it all on the white people?? Get a damn life and take some responsibility for your own actions!!