7.6 /10 1 Votes
Genre Web seriesLGBTComedy Country of origin United States Number of episodes 21 | 7.6/10 IMDb First episode date 7 October 2014 Number of seasons 2 Program creator Jimmy Fowlie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Jimmy FowlieDrew DroegeLynne Marie StewartMitch Silpa Similar Steam Room Stories, Old Dogs & New Tricks, Where the Bears Are, EastSiders, The Joe Schmo Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Go-Go Boy Interrupted is an LGBT-themed comedy web series that premiered on YouTube in October 2014. Adapted from a Groundlings sketch comedy act of the same name, the series stars and was created by Jimmy Fowlie. It chronicles the adventures of Danny Carter, a 30-year-old "washed up" male go-go dancer. Fowlie commented on each of the first seven episodes via a column at HuffingtonPost.com as they were released.
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Drag queen drama go go boy interrupted season 2 episode 4
Overview
In the series, Fowlie portrays Danny Carter, a 30-year-old "washed up" male go-go dancer who "must discover a way to find his 'purpose' and survive within a different lifestyle as he moves on from go-going." Based on Fowlie's experience as a go-go dancer in West Hollywood while attending the University of Southern California, the series asks the question, "What happens next after a go-go boy ages out of his profession?" Fowlie told The Huffington Post in 2014:
In college I had worked as a go-go boy at this really popular club — and it was such an interesting world with outrageous characters: larger than life drag queens and 19-year-old party boys ... it just got me thinking — what happens when the party is over and someone can't leave? Dancing at a club doesn't give you any "real world skills". In other words, just like my degree in theater, it is worthless. When gay guys are using their youth and sexuality as currency, what happens when you get "aged out" of your career?
Fowlie first performed Go-Go Boy Interrupted in June 2014 as a live sketch comedy show at The Groundlings. According to Fowlie, the show continued with four months of sold-out shows, and he adapted it into a web series. The live version is ongoing, with periodic performances scheduled through 2015.
Production and broadcast
Go-Go Boy Interrupted premiered on YouTube in October 2014. Fowlie commented on each of the first seven episodes via a column at HuffingtonPost.com as they were released.
A Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign ending in October 2015 was established to fund a potential second season, and 450 contributors raised $69,033 for the project. Towleroad reported in September 2015 that Droege, Stewart and Evans would return alongside new additions including Heather Morris, Briga Heelan, Chris Riggi, Willam Belli, Nick Adams, Karen Maruyama and Fortune Feimster.
Season 2 premiered on April 12, 2016, with a new episode following on each Tuesday for 14 weeks.
Reception
Daniel Reynolds of The Advocate praised Go-Go Boy Interrupted as "hilarious" and "uproarious", and Sean Mandell of Towleroad called the series "irreverent". TheGayUK called it "wonderfully hilarious" and a "delightfully entertaining slice of West Hollywood gay life."
The series won the 2017 Queerty Award for Best Web Series.