He's from Iowa and probably not single. (Image by Alan Light)

ABOVE: It's a time to reflect on the year that was.

BELOW: Keep reading for Biden taking his shot, a gay actor playing straight chimes in on who should play gay roles, Rudy distances himself from Trump's loony lawyer friend and more ...

"I'm so excited to invite you all to THE PROM."@promnetflix pic.twitter.com/qClVjKs3yS

— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) October 22, 2020

I disliked this saccharine musical, and I think adding Ryan Murphy (which makes it feel like a Glee reboot) and miscast big names like Nicole Kidman and James Corden (Streep will be fun) to the mix isn't going to change my mind, but ... The Prom is pro-LGBTQ and therefore not my enemy so here you go!

ABOVE: A different kind of hunk.

BELOW: Keep reading for Pietro Boselli's naked ass, a Shawn Mendes doc, Trump's latest tax scandal and more ...

ABOVE: It's about a foot.

BELOW: Keep reading for a naked wrestler, Trump's debate disaster, Tim Scott's approval of racism, Trump's mask outlaws, the real-life inspiration for Harold in The Boys in the Band and more ...

Through a glass, darkly (Image via Netflix)

I wonder if any play has ever been adapted to film with better intentions than Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band (1968) was for Netflix by director Joe Mantello and über producer Ryan Murphy.

The chief creatives and the entire cast are gay and, as demonstrated in interviews since their take on the controversial classic became a Broadway smash in 2018 — as well as during a press-only Zoom Q&A two nights ago — possess clear-eyed appreciation for both the source material and its recently deceased author, with whom the men became close in the last years of his life.

And yet, while this newest Boys isn't exactly a stain on the play's legacy, it is a surprising and clear swing and miss.

ABOVE: I love this song.

BELOW: Keep reading for Jason Dottley's good dick, Trump's dishonoring of missing war vets, the politicization of the CDC, Newsom sounds the climate-change alarm, Tulsi pretends she saw Cuties and more ...

ABOVE: All the news that fits.

BELOW: Keep reading for something you did Nazi coming about Peter Thiel, President Biden on the sacred nature of 9/11, Henry Golding and The Boys in the Band on Attitude and more ...

I'm a huge fan. That's “fan” with an “N.” (Image via Netflix)

I'm dying to see The Boys in the Band on Netflix September 30. The Broadway show was sensational, and I had a blast at the after-party ... here's the new trailer: