'The Real O’Neals:' Halloween Is 'Gay Super Bowl'

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By Lindsay Kornick | October 26, 2016 | 12:10 AM EDT

In “The Real Halloween” episode of ABC's The Real O'Neals, Kenny (Noah Galvin) tries to celebrate his first “gay” Halloween by, of course, going to a raunchy gay party in Boystown. His mother Eileen (Martha Plimpton) denies him permission for obvious reasons but allows him to host a party at their house with any gay people he can find, thinking he won’t find any. From there, he invites gay students from another school to help gay up his party.

Saying it’s every awful gay stereotype rolled into one is…pretty much the only way I can describe this episode. Parties with guys dressed up as gaudy half-naked female pop stars parading about and throwing shade at each other is apparently the norm. From that, I’m terrified to think about what happens at Boystown on Halloween. And yet, we’re still expected to accept this.

Kenny dresses up as Beyoncé just to get a rise out of his mother after she allows him to be “completely himself” without letting him live in his “gay world.” The only way Eileen truly fits in is by “throwing shade” at the party goers for their tackiness.