Hilarious New LGBTQ Web Series Tackles Love, Sex, Spirituality, Diversity and More
04/28/2016 01:48 pm ET
Greg Archer
What can possibly go wrong when a spiritual junkie gets a “sign” to work with an atheist? That has been a question I asked myself for years, but suddenly it has morphed into the premise of a new LGBTQ web series comedy I co-created and recently debuted with a filmmaker/friend of mine whom I’ve known for more than a decade.
The show is called “The You & The Me.” It’s fun. It’s fresh. It’s “The Gilmore Boys.” (So, yeah ... that last sentence? It sounded so good I decided to just let reside there.)
In truth, the show takes the art of conversation between two extremely different gay men to new heights. But the backstory is interesting because there were lessons in there for me about collaboration, the creative process, and joining forces with somebody who holds a vastly different view of life, existence, and the world than I do.
I spent the majority of last 20 years living in Northern California. I ran an award-winning weekly magazine. I meditated, sought out the healing practices of shamans and regularly practiced Bikram yoga. I interviewed celebrities like Chelsea Handler, Cyndi Lauper, David Sedaris and James Franco — fine, mostly I fawned over him and imagined sharing, oh, I don’t know ... a chocolate malt on a Sunday afternoon somewhere in Palo Alto, California, while “Lost in Love” by Air Supply played on a retro radio station and ...)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-archer/hilarious-new-lgbtq-web-s_b_9797528.html
