The Other Two: Gay Siblings, Teen Idol Brother

The Other Two stars comedian Drew Carver as Cary Dubek, is an aspiring actor, well into his 30s and still aspiring; his biggest role to date has been "the gay waiter" in an off-Broadway play.

His sister Brooke (Helene Yorke) was a professional dancer, but now is over 30, retired, and goal-less.



They have romantic problems too: Brooke's ex Lance (Josh Segara) keeps interfering with her current relationships, and Cary's roommate Matt (Andrew Riding) claims to be straight, but keeps grabbing, fondling, kissing, and going down on him.

At first Cary doesn't mind -- Matt is hot.  But sooner or later, when a guy goes down on you while getting ready for a "real date" with a girl, you're going to feel used.



But that's not what happens in the Comedy Central series The Other Two

Everything changes when their 13-year old brother Chase (played by 16-year old Case Walker) shoots into internet stardom.













Overnight he has a brand (ChaseDreams), a manager (Ken Marino), and a record label (won by Wanda Sykes).  He hires Cary and Brooke as his assi stants.  They finally get a taste of fame, and its price.

Since this is Comedy Central, one would expect the kid to be an insufferable, entitled jerk, and "The Other Two," to be roiling with envy and trying to sabotage him at every steop, but that's not what happens.  Chase turns out to be perfectly nice, and his siblings seem to actually care about him, and each other.  The Big Bads are the entertainment industry suits eager to exploit his talent.

In "Chase Gets the Gays," Chase releases a music video, "My Brother's Gay and that's Ok," the sort of "I don't mind gay people" PSA you would see in the 1990s.

Cary is mortified at being outed, so he wants the video taken down; then a top agent calls, so he wants it back up; then the top agent tells him that he'll be great with "fag" audiences, so he wants it down; then a fan tells him that the video inspired him to come out to his parents, so he wants it back up.

Watching the management team at work is also enlightening:
"Ok, we got the gays.  Next we need something for Chase to reach normal people."
"How about singing to a kid with cancer?"
"Cancer and gays?  No, we can't have two sad things in a row."

This would be cringeworthy, except that Cary is cringing, too.

Later thanks to the video, Curtis (Brandon Scott Jones), "the other gay waiter" in his Off-Broadway play, asks him out.

"Why didn't you ask me out before?" Cary asks.
"I didn't know you were gay."
"Thank you."

Thank you?  As if there's something wrong with being gay? Curtis angrily backs off, while Cary protests "I didn't mean it like that."

Very interesting takes on internalized (and not so internalized) homophobia.

Drew Carver came out as bisexual at age 26, and several other cast members are gay or bi.

The Other Two is currently airing on Comedy Central and Hulu