Mommy, I love gay people! To love and be loved is a beautiful thing. What about non-reciprocal love? Stories about this are as old as the world, this theme was not perpetuated in the works except lazy ones.
So we in this series are aware of how a Jewish girl, aka interior designer Grace Adler (Debra Messing) for many years unevenly breathes for her best friend and just a handsome Will Truman (Eric McCormack), who a priori can not give her what she wants, because he is gay. And yet, one day she moves in with him, thereby providing the audience with a burning question: will the object of love change orientation on the basis of living together?
The description gave hope for a good series with quality humor, but, unfortunately, for me, it was slightly above average. What's wrong with him? Firstly, since this is a sitcom, the behind-the-scenes laughter is mandatory here. Few people can confess their love to this TV receptionist, but come on, it would be appropriate, and UIG is not the case. Humor is not enough, sitting with a poker face almost all season was common. Second, characters like Jack (Sean Hayes) and Karen (Megan Mullally) are presented as funny people, but they are actually annoying. Jack is just a walking set of clichés about homosexuals: a narcissist, an artist, a capricious prince (-esska), a goofy, etc., and practically the antipode to Will. Although this character can be seen as an irony over stereotypical thinking about gays, it is not done very skillfully. Karen is Grace's assistant, for all her status as a wealthy married woman, and her most memorable trait is drinking. Look who brought a whole container of alcoholic beverages closer to their workplace! You gotta laugh at that? Really? And her squeaky voice that makes you wish she was dumb. Although she is a good person, let it not be immediately apparent. And his husband, the size of an elephant, is genuinely in love, and you think he cares about his personal slave, Isa. Rose. But the main characters turned out to be glorious, not without flaws, of course, but as they empathize, you also rejoice for them. Grace is smart enough not to fixate on her roommate and build a personal life, although she still wants Will to love her as a woman. The same kind of cool guy that involuntarily begins to envy his suitors, who, by the way, matched him.
The most interesting thing is that we are spoiled by cameos of diverse stars: here you and JayLo, and Janet Jackson, Cher, Elton John and many others. The pop queen Madonna lit up here, who probably got into her head that she was an actress (!) and played a strange lady named Liz. Even a small role has given a clear insight into why critics don't take it. But she was pleased with the episodic appearance of Gene Wilder, who has long retired from business in the world of cinema. Honestly, like a balm. In general, eminent celestials do not particularly weather, in my opinion, it would be better if the creators paid more attention to the script, especially replicas. Because the output was a long series, weak in terms of comedy, and at the same time good as melodrama. The format of the mini-series was the best option, and so, after eight seasons, take it and regret the time spent. Especially if before that I had the honor to get acquainted with the “Show about nothing”, that is, the magnificent “Seinfeld”.
But still do not dare to count “Will and Grace” as useless TV shows, still the topic of sexual minorities should be raised, because by now it is already albeit better, but still ambiguous attitude, and in this case I would definitely recommend watching this series.