The sassy gay friend is something of a comedy cliche these days. A rom-com heroine just has to have a well-dressed gay friend whose life revolves around making her feel better about herself and giving excellent fashion tips.
So that got me thinking, what if Shakespeare lived today and, in the spirit of the times, gave his female leads a sassy gay friend. Not the comedic heroines – there’s already plenty of sass in Will’s comedies – no, I’m talking about the tragic ladies.
It seems that somebody at Second City Network was reading my mind because, lo and behold, here he is, the Sassy Gay Friend, dishing out some sound advice to Shakespeare’s main ladies.
Things could have turned out very differently if only Juliet had had a sassy gay friend.
And poor Ophelia could have been saved if only she took advice from – who else? – A Sassy Gay Friend
What about Desdemona? There would have been no smothering if she had only listened to her Sassy Gay Friend
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