With the success of recent queer shows like Heartstopper and It’s a Sin, this HBO series starring Jonathan Groff and Murray Bartlett deserves revisiting
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Looking is about three gay men living in San Francisco. In 2022, you’d be hard-pressed to find a less novel synopsis – but when it began in 2014, this HBO series was truly groundbreaking, heralded as the only show by and about gay men for probably a long time.
These days, there are many popular, overtly queer shows: It’s a Sin, Sex Education, Feel Good, Schitt’s Creek, Our Flag Means Death and Heartstopper, the latter recently becoming an overnight hit among audiences and critics alike. There couldn’t be a sharper contrast between the reception of LGBTQ shows in 2022, and Looking’s lukewarm reception in 2014: it caught and held a “cult” audience, before it was unceremoniously axed after two seasons. (A feature-length special was later released to tie up all the loose ends.) But Looking has more to offer than then met the eye.
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