The gay and wondrous life of caleb

Catie Byrne
Features Editor

There possess been a variety of shows with a focus on gay life on network television. More recently, Netflix creations have competed with these programs, but nothing has slash quite to the core of youthful gay audiences as the five-episode Youtube series: “The Lgbtq+ and Wondrous Animation of Caleb Gallo.”

Starring and created by Brian Jordan Alvarez, Alvarez plays the romantically confused and sexually loose same-sex attracted man, Caleb Gallo, as he navigates the various platonic, romantic and sexual feelings he has for his unbent friend Billy, and his long-distance-boyfriend, Benicio.

The show could best be described as a homosexual adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic, “A Midsummer Night’s dream,” as everyone is falling in love and having sex with the wrong person, and this is much of the crux of the show’s comedy. Every character is defined almost entirely by whom and how many people they are attracted to, and what makes the show engaging is the truth that every personality seems to be a little in love with or attracted to each other. The consequence is a sort of self-aware fluidity and bizarre humor that feels enjoy an almost unrealistic and hedonistic accept on romantic and se

Crushing On: The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo

Once, in high school, a teacher asked us to keep a log of all the television we watched in a week. If I recall correctly, mine tallied at 36hrs – one of the highest in the class.

A lot of that came from consuming sitcoms. This was a world before prestige dramas – the closest we had was Baltimore: Life on the Streets. Instead, there was a two hour block of comedies each night, plus a preceding two hour block of re-runs of Cheers, Seinfeld, and other contemporary classics.

Maybe it’s burnout from those days, but I haven’t been able to stomach a humorous TV show in years aside from 30 Rock. Nothing about any of them seem remotely funny. The internet is no different – people link to amusing web series and I’m a stone face. It’s prefer my TV overdose permanently broke my funny bone.

Maybe that’s because sitcoms are so… situational. They depend on so many of the same archetypes being filled – the clueless dad, the vapid attractive woman, the brainy kid, the wacky sidekick of color. Even with a huge bucket of archetypes, you observe a lot of the equal things over and over.

That’s why I am genuinely surprised and absolu

Synopsis

A fast paced, fringe-meets-mainstream comedy following a group of fresh friends desperate for love and thrills.

A wondrous story of the complexities of relationships, friendly and romantic that blurs the lines of expected tropes through random comedy and realistic, interconnected interactions.

Popular reviews

Here’s the thing about low-budget comedy web series: sometimes things that are expensive...are worse.

Literally the only flaw with this movie/series is that Billy doesn’t realize he’s bi.

“Can’t we just be normal people?”
”We’re not normal people.”
”Yes, we are. That’s the whole point.”

I’ve watched this a not many times through every year since it’s been released and something about it always gets me like few other things do. The jokes never cease being funny but it still carries this freeing fire I find sprinkled in lots of BJA’s work

i was gonna make this review a collection of my favorite quotes from this series and then i noticed i was literally pausing every 2 minutes to write something down, so here's just a teeny tiny little style of my fav lines:

"okay fine, i'll go on one date with him and if i like him we'll just get m

The Gay and Wondrous Experience of Caleb Gallo is a 5-part 2016 comedy web miniseries produced by and starring Brian Jordan Alvarez.
It follows the existence of an aspiring acting teacher and his star friends who are desperate for love and thrills. Set in Los Angeles, the story delves into the complexities of self-discovery, diversity, and emotions that accompany relationships.
Above the Influence: A guy drives Benicio home when he's sober but feeling forlorn.
Benicio: Act we make out?
Driver: Ehh, I don't think that's what you really yearn, lil' buddy.
Benicio: Yeah—yeah, I know.
The Alcoholic: Freckle, and it's always Played for Laughs: they admit to being drunk even when they're on six beta blockers.
Freckle: I'm always prepared! Unless, of course, "prepared" means "sober". In which case, I'm rarely prepared.
Attention Whore: Freckle.
Caleb: Oh my god, I hate it when you don't provide me attention and you just want me to watch you perform.
Back for the Finale: Caleb's advisors and their lover send back for Caleb and Benicio's wedding in episode 5.
Best Friends-in-Law: Best friends Caleb and Karen simultaneously peruse relationships with their reciprocal crush Billy.
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