GIVES JONATHAN BAILEY AND MATT BOMER AN EPIC ROMANCE
Fellow Travelers starts this month
Unlike September which was dry as Sahara, month of October will bring us some new shows or new seasons of the ones we already love and among them is brand new period set series FELLOW TRAVELERS which gives Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey and epic romance spanning decades. This eight episode series will start streaming on Showtime's channel on Paramount Plus October 27th and then also on the linear Showtime from October 29th. This epic love story and political thriller is a small screen adaptation of Thomas Mallon’s novel. This is one of the rare examples where gay characters are played by gay actors: as you know Bomer has a husband and children with him, while Bailey has been in a relationship with British star Hugh Skinner for a few years now.
IN THE FELLOW TRAVELERS SERIES
It will be an eight episode series
Matt
Bomer plays charismatic Hawkins Fuller, who maintains a financially
rewarding, behind-the-scenes career in politics. Hawkins avoids
emotional entanglements until he meets Tim Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey), a
young man who’s brimming with idealism and religious faith. They begin a
romance just as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare war on
“subversives and sexual deviants,” initiating one of the darkest periods
in 20th-century American history. Over the course of four decades, we
follow our five main characters – Hawk, Tim, Marcus (Jelani Alladin),
Lucy (Allison Williams) and Frankie (Noah J. Ricketts) – as they cross
paths through the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled
disco hedonism of the 1970s and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s while
facing obstacles in the world and within themselves.
I'm looking forward to the historical background , glad that they don't play down the criminalization of homosexuality (both in the 50's-60s legal system and social sphere), the way it has been done in Mrs Maisel and Julia. I'm also looking forward to the Studio 54 scene (I grew up at that time) hoping it's not as sordid as portrayed in Halston.
I've got my fingers crossed on this one. Excellent trailer, so I'm already feeling it. I am thrilled they picked gay in real life actors to play the characters. I love Matt Bomer but just could never get behind him playing a straight male in his roles.
It is the same with our Luke McFarlane who gets tons of romantic straight roles at Hallmark. He is good in them, but I much prefer him with gay partners. I have his and Peter Portes Notes of Autumn but cannot find subs anywhere.
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– as they cross
paths through the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled
disco hedonism of the 1970s and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s while
facing obstacles in the world and within themselves.
Love 60's and 70's...wish we had Paramount Plus.
ReplyDeleteI think this will air probably on SkyShowtime in Europe
DeleteI'm looking forward to the historical background , glad that they don't play down the criminalization of homosexuality (both in the 50's-60s legal system and social sphere), the way it has been done in Mrs Maisel and Julia. I'm also looking forward to the Studio 54 scene (I grew up at that time) hoping it's not as sordid as portrayed in Halston.
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed it does not disappoint us, I want to like it.
DeleteThat sounds interesting. Maybe I will check it out.
ReplyDeleteI am excited about it.
DeleteI've got my fingers crossed on this one. Excellent trailer, so I'm already feeling it. I am thrilled they picked gay in real life actors to play the characters. I love Matt Bomer but just could never get behind him playing a straight male in his roles.
ReplyDeleteIt is the same with our Luke McFarlane who gets tons of romantic straight roles at Hallmark. He is good in them, but I much prefer him with gay partners. I have his and Peter Portes Notes of Autumn but cannot find subs anywhere.
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