Because Kenny is pretty recently out of the closet and doesn’t know the “ways” of gay dating yet, his brother suggests they watch gay porn. Together:
Jimmy: There are a lot of categories. Where do you want to start?
Kenny: I don't know, but I do like the shirt in the Brooks Brothers ad.
Jimmy: Oh, linen's back.
Kenny: Yeah, finally. Um, okay, let's start with something mellow. Oh, like this one. "Office Party." I mean, it's at work. People can't misbehave too much, right? Whoa, Nelly! That's not mellow. It's not mellow.
Jimmy: There are so many people at this party.
Kenny: Far too many. Come on, I just wanted to see nice men doing normal gay stuff.
Jimmy: Yeah, me too. To be supportive. I'm trying to be supportive. Why don't we search for something else? Not to be homophobic.
Kenny: No, you're not homophobic. New search. It's not working. It's frozen. Oh, god! What's happening now? WHA-- why are all these windows popping up?
Jimmy: Dude, it's a pornado. Shut it down. Click it off now! Kenny!
Kenny: It's not stopping. It's getting worse. So many close-ups, and that one's straight porn. Be consistent!
Jimmy: Where does it end?
Kenny: God. I just wanted to find someone to like. I can't handle this!
Jimmy: Don't leave me with all the butts in my face! Not to be homophobic!
A porn-nado. Sounds scary. What’s scarier is this is becoming a trend. Not in real life (I hope) but on gay-themed television shows. For which it seems I am assigned an inordinate amount of. Two weeks ago on an episode of The Fosters, a 14 year old kid was talking about having gay sex, didn’t know what that meant, was told by an older kid to check out gay porn, and did so. Complete with some pretty real sound effects.
Now, fast-forward two weeks to another gay themed ABC show, and we have basically the same thing happen again. Both of these shows occur in primetime and both of these shows use children as the “curious” young gays who need to learn about gay sex.
That’s no accident.
Put those things together and it looks like a concerted effort to drive people, including young people, to gay porn websites.
It’s one thing to have a show with gay characters. It’s another thing to have their homosexuality be the focal point of the show. But when you’re actively trying to drive people, especially kids, to gay websites, then that is something entirely different and completely ridiculous.
Coincidentally, “entirely different” and “completely ridiculous” are excellent terms to describe The Real O’Neals.