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Why are so many gays still so anxious about getting married? This short film offers a reason.
The Consulting Detective back in 2019, “a fear of being seen, a fear of being judged, and almost this second ‘coming out’ years after I had already come out.”Realizing he wasn’t the only one to feel this way, the rising writer-director funneled all of those uneasy emotions and insecurities into his thoughtful, relatable, and frequently funny short film Engaged, starring two familiar faces in Pose‘s Ryan Jamaal Swain and Billions‘s Daniel k. Isaac—a recent Queerty Pride 50 honoree!!The short opens on a familiar scene: A fancy restaurant, a romantic atmosphere, two lovers sitting across from one another at table, one nervously fumbling with something in his pocket…Darren (Isaac) wants so badly to be able to pull out the engagement ring and propose to his longtime boyfriend Elliot (Swain), but for some reason he can’t bring himself to do it.