YouTube's latest original series Weird City is quite...weird.
Produced by Jordan Peele, the satirical dystopian comedy "captures the unease of modern urban living, in a bizarre and peculiar lens." The all-star lineup includes Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, LeVar Burton, Dylan O'Brien, Ed O'Neill, Mark Hamill, Sara Gilbert, Steven Yeun, Awkwafina, Yvette Nicole Brown, Auli'i Cravalho, and Laverne Cox.
But fans are already freaking out over Dylan O'Brien and Ed O'Neill's romance on the series. Some love it! Others...not so much.
\u201cWE STAN A POWERFUL COUPLE #WeirdCity\u201d— nat (@nat) 1550081083
\u201cDYLAN O'BRIEN PLAYING A LGBT CHARACTER IN WEIRD CITY IS SO IMPORTANT\u201d— thomastair maartje (@thomastair maartje) 1550082091
None— N.E.R. (@N.E.R.) 1550080233
\u201cThanks for the write-up! Love this show, and Ed \u2764\ufe0f February 13th #WeirdCity\u201d— Dylan O'Brien (@Dylan O'Brien) 1549604572
But as O'Brien is 27 and O'Neill is 72, some are a bit creeped out over the couple's age difference.
\u201cEd O\u2019Neill and Dylan O\u2019Brien play a gay couple in Weird City???????????\u201d— Laurence Barber (@Laurence Barber) 1550106436
\u201c...these age gaps when it comes to lgbtqia+ rep are \ud83d\ude2c...\u201d— There are no \u201cbad\u201d foods! (@There are no \u201cbad\u201d foods!) 1550118731
\u201cI can't get over the 45 year age gap between Dylan O'Brien and Ed O'Neil... #WeirdCity\u201d— kroja\u010dica sudbine (@kroja\u010dica sudbine) 1550193071
The discomfort is not new. Call Me by Your Name also received criticism for the nine-year age difference between Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer, and Weird City continues that trend in cinema. Many people worry about the sometimes predatory nature of these kinds of relationships, but as long as they're both consenting adults, who am I to stand in the way someone else's happiness...
Will you be checking out Weird City?
