Straight Up

Written, directed, and starring (which is sometimes a danger signal!) James Sweeney. He's Todd, who wants to know his own sexuality. His friends have decided he's gay, but he's still not sure. He meets Rory, who has her own issues. She's having a terrible week. They both are uptight and a little goofed up, which they both freely admit. All Todd's friends are happy to have sex, and to talk about sex, but Todd blames his own lack of sex on his OCD issues. Lots of really fast talking. By various characters. It's good, if you can get past the endless, fast talking, which frequently descends into arguing. Clearly another stall tactic, so Todd doesn't have to perform sexually. With anyone. Todd thinks he might be bisexual. Or asexual. I guess the question is, would he be equally comfortable loving and living with a guy as he is with a girl? If it really IS just the weirdness of body contact during sex that grosses him out, I guess that would be the tell. Love without sex was the plot of about half the episodes of will and grace... they even make a joke about will and grace! There aren't many people who would be happy staying in a relationship without ever having sex. Brendan Scannell (Bonding) is here as Jerry. You'll also recognize comedian Randy Park as Todd's dad. There ARE some really funny bits in here, but there's SO much fast talking and or arguing. I don't have much patience for that. Showing on netflix.