Why did Billy Eichner's Bros Disappoint at the Box Office?
This spring, prior to the departure from her talk show, I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Ellen DeGeneres about her life, the end of her talk show, and that groundbreaking moment when she came out on her sitcom Ellen almost 25 years ago.
She took a bullet for our community because being queer at that time was a detriment. Her sitcom was not only canceled but so was Ellen from Hollywood.
However, Ellen’s sacrifice paved the way for others to have success.Did Billy Eichner similarly take a hit for the LGBTQ+ community this past weekend with the disappointing release of his rom-com Bros, which included an all-queer cast, was the first major studio (Universal) backed gay rom-com and the first co-written and starring a gay man?
The film performed poorly at the box office, and, of course, Eichner wasn’t happy about it, tacitly blaming homophobia in the South and middle America as a reason the film didn’t perform well.Did Eichner and critics overshoot by trying to woo a straight audience to a gay film?
