We’re a little bit late with this one as it debuted a couple of months ago, but now that we’ve discovered Trailing we thought we’d share, as it’s funny, smartly done and manages to convey its satire in an effective but not overly pleased-with-itself way. While this isn’t a show all about being gay, it does have a gay protagonist, who has political ambitions – or at least political consulting ambitions.
In the show, ‘At a highly boutique NYC consulting firm – a firm so boutique that its marquee client is running for Student Council President at the University of Phoenix – one man must cater to his delusional boss’s every whim: STEVEN, a gay anti-hero for the post-Lewinsky generation.
‘Political consulting is a world where words are largely meaningless, and terrified hacks lurch from one manufactured crisis to the next. No campaign is too small, no press hit too minor. For the creative underclass, it’s a race to the bottom – and on Election Day, a candidate is only as good as his most embarrassing typo.
‘Will this tiny firm win their client’s race for Queens Commissions Commissioner? Will Steven ever become a White House speechwriter? Will his boss start her free trial of Plated?’
As writer/creator Steven Phillips-Horst told Out, “This is a show with a gay protagonist. I hope that it’s fabulous because it’s feminist, sassy and fun, and has plenty of female characters. I hope that it’s not like Looking, or The Outs, or any other show that asks us to congratulate a gay filmmaker simply for accurately reflecting the insecurities and banalities of modern homosexuality. I think being gay is an opportunity to have a more compelling perspective on the world. I don’t want to squander that, or desexualize it. At the very least, I hope my greater friend group thinks I’m cool/thin.”
Take a look at all 7 episodes below, and find out more at Trailing’s official website.
https://vimeo.com/124548678
https://vimeo.com/124548090
https://vimeo.com/124548117
https://vimeo.com/126091254
https://vimeo.com/126091253
https://vimeo.com/124548655
https://vimeo.com/128308993
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