Alec Mapa Is a Filthy “Baby Daddy”

by Ed Kennedy | March 10, 2014

Alec Mapa really wants you to see the movie version of Baby Daddy. He sees gay families as the biggest weapon against homophobia. Plus it’s hilarious (I’ve seen it on stage, it’s really funny). And besides that, he doesn’t gloss over the sex, either. “I’m a gay dad you’re not gonna see on television or in the movies. Gay parents on TV are scrubbed free of any hint of sexuality in order to make the audience feel safe. It’s unfair, but that’s where we are in the current media. [They seem to think] ‘You’re welcome at the table as long as we don’t know you’re fucking.’ In our film, I’m a dad, but I’m also a sexual being because that’s part of being a whole person. I talk about sex just like any heterosexual comedian would, only it’s gay sex so it’s funnier and dirtier.

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