![]() I wouldn’t expect anyone to watch the show and be like, ‘Yes, they got it right! Thank God, finally, queer representation that really hits the nail on the head in every way.’ Like, no. “While we are a queer show - and yes, there’s so much amazing, diverse, inclusive representation here - it’s not the end-all-be-all when it comes to representation. The Q-Force sense of humor is also very specific, Rogers acknowledges, and not intended as all-encompassing. However, I love and stand by probably every single joke in Q-Force.” “It just seemed like the perfect kind of set-piece for a show like Q-Force,” says Liedman, “where we could have life and death stakes, but also be playing it out in this very specific, very, very queer environment.” “I’m very conscious of the fact that what I think is funny is not going to be what everyone else thinks is funny, just on the basis of the fact that we’re queer. ![]() Rogers not only wrote the episode, but also the hilariously Eurovision-style songs that propel the intrigue. Perhaps no episode better exemplifies that spirit than “EuropeVision,” which finds Q-Force trying to thwart a kidnapping at a ridiculously over-the-top international song competition. ![]() Motorkat’s Drag Brunch Evacuated After Bomb Threat Riffing on everything from Brokeback Mountain and The Princess Diaries, to anal bleaching and Subaru lesbians, the jokes reflect the show’s queer sensibility while taking aim at queer faves. Rogers got to fill out this colorful character - “drag queen by day, master of disguise by night.” And, as part of the majority LGBTQ+ writers’ room, he could address queerphobia and discrimination “in a way that doesn’t take itself too seriously.” In fact, over the course of its ten-episode season, Q-Force develops an incisive, resonant story of queer liberation, mixed with action, R-rated language, sex, camp, saucy humor, and lots of naked swinging dicks. ![]() I just don’t think I would have crossed the finish line without him.” Q-Force - Image courtesy of Netflix And he was such an energetic and loving collaborator on this project. Matt gives off an incredible energy that can really light the room. It’s a character I really fell in love with writing. He’s like the id of the crew, the least filtered, least polite, but also the most lovable, I would say. “Twink is this fountain of energy and positivity. Liedman agrees that the actor and role fit each other. The show’s producers, including executive producer Mike Schur ( Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place), assembled their own crack team of comic talents to voice the ensemble, with Hayes as Agent Mary, Wanda Sykes as tech whiz Deb, Patti Harrison as hacker Stat, Laurie Metcalf as the squad’s agency capo V, and writer-comedian Matt Rogers as the exuberant, femme master of drag and disguise, Twink. Agent Mary, doesn’t go it solo, but leads a crack team of LGBTQ+ agents. Thus, Q-Force‘s would-be Bond character, Steve Maryweather a.k.a. It just seemed like this is the opportunity to do that.” It also occurred to Liedman to channel that story through an ensemble, where “it’s not just the story of this one gay guy, but of a larger community and the friends that we make who are bi and trans and lesbian. And that just seemed funnier to me, and more rich and more true.” And it might be a bit of an uphill climb to prove yourself. “It just kind of occurred to me, there wouldn’t be a gay James Bond, like even if you were James Bond, your macho shitty bosses in a spy agency or in the military might not really see you that way. “Which is not gay James Bond, but sort of a riff on it,” he says. Sean was a fan of my standup, which blows my mind, and called me in to see what my take on it would be.” And it would be a funny character for Sean to get to play.’ So they started to meet with writers. “They were like, ‘This is something, we know this is something. “It was just three words: gay James Bond,” recalls Gabe Liedman, creator and executive producer of the irreverent, proudly queer, very adult new animated comedy-adventure series on Netflix. Q-Force all started with an idea hatched by Sean Hayes and his producing partner, Todd Milliner. Q-Force: Matt Rogers as Twink, Sean Hayes as Mary, and Patti Harrison as Stat - Image courtesy of Netflix
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