Fight for gay rights takes comedic turn
One odd sight on the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"-type shows is of gay men fussing over the wedding tuxedo s and silky gowns of their straight subjects. There's sweetness, affection, and expertise in the act, and yet there's cold irony, too. Gay men can't marry their partners in most states, even if they can protect blushing marrieds from oily skin and lighting gaffes from coast to coast.A&E's "Wedding Wars," tonight at 9, frowns directly at this inequality, and yet it is anything but didactic. The made-for-TV movie takes all of the tense political and moral lather about gay marriage in the United States and folds it into a frothy romantic comedy that refuses to take itself too seriously.
Like "Will & Grace," "Wedding Wars" lightens the issues in order to disarm viewers, to clear away the controversy and hostility for some friendly funning. And it succeeds as a charming, silly, and idealistic piece of whimsy along the lines of "In and Out."
by: Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff
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