Are chandler and joey gay for each other

Despite it all, Joey and Chandler never questioned their love for each other and it was an obvious theme in many of the episodes. While the rest of the gang shared a deep bond, Joey and Chandler's friendship takes the crown as the show's most solid friendship. I think I heard that that was the intention for Chandler's character are first, for him to be gay.

But I think the other characters saying it comes from a place of outdated stereotypical jokes that aren't appropriate anymore. These two guys are emotionally crazy for each other, but sexually, not at all. Very often we played with Chandler's relationship with Joey like an old married couple. So it doesn't surprise me that people would think he's gay but in our minds, he isn't.

Secondly, one may conceptualise Joey and Chandler’s relation as denoting homoeroticism, that is, an interest in each other that exceeds normal friendship, (usually sexual interest). In the early development of Friends, creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane “entertained the possibility that Chandler could be gay,” according to interviews published back in the s.

But. Where to Find the Mercury Near You! There's a lot of feeling there. God, that would be like telling Monica, "Hey, you like things clean. Well Done, ChanoeyLover! The producers later changed their minds, but they did keep some of the traits they had planned for the gay character. Maybe if I wasn't going commando Joey dates Kathy, who is like a female version of Chandler.

Okay, okay, I'll calm down now. So it doesn't surprise me that people would think he's gay but in our minds, he isn't.

Or should we start a quotes game? Chandler's dad was in the closet for years after getting married, and Carol was too. Joey can tell that Chandler's been having sex just by looking at his hair. Joey cries his eyes out when Chandler decides to move in with Monica, and he mourns the end of an era. But it's true: Joey was the one who the writers explicitly referred to as gay in one episode, before deleting it in the final draft.

Where did you go? When it was on the air, "Friends" was viewed as one of the most progressive shows on television, particularly when it came to LGBT issues. Chandler, meanwhile, is also actively cruel to his father, who is part of a drag queen burlesque show in Las Vegas. Editors' Picks. Okay, I'm trying not to let this thread just fade away again, so we need to start some kind of regular discussion here.

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Or the One Where Ross photoshopped Chandler into gay pornography as a prank? Opinions about the Joey spinoff? But we like the idea that somewhere, in an alternate universe, Joey and his loving husband are raising their two young sons, Chick and Duck. On a Dateline special last night, there was a segment on the end of Friends and the beginning of Joey. I'm just bitter.

When they have the free porn, Joey and Chandler watch In and Out This is a tricky one, but I think it leans more towards false than anything. The story involves Ross and Rachel's breakup and a ski trip to Poconos. Support Portland Mercury. Joey says "How you doin'? Is there any hope of them getting together?