The initial teaser for Netflix’s queer animated spy comedy Q-Force hit YouTube, the outrage was immediate and overwhelming. One commenter called the trailer “a 55-second slur.” It’s easy to see why: The damn thing starts with one character shouting “Hey, twink!” and ends with another saying, “You can’t pander to the gays. They can smell it.”
In between, viewers are assaulted with the rank tagline “Straight aim. Gay heroes.” Meanwhile, Sean Hayes’ head spy character and his team barrel into a room, macho-style. Then he realizes it’s empty, and vents his frustration at “wasting masculinity for nothing,” as if this is an energy-depleting thing for a gay man.
In an era of divisive outrage, this teaser somehow became the great equalizer, with another YouTube commenter marveling, “Wow Netflix did it. They managed to unite homosexuals and homophobes.”
Source: Q-Force review: Netflix’s gay spy series turns queer culture into a weak meme – Polygon