'The Residence' has a gay president and first gentleman — and its actors are 'profoundly proud'

“Profoundly proud:” The Residence stars on portraying the show’s gay president and first gentleman

Paul Fitzgerald and Barrett Foa have dished about playing a gay US president and first gentleman in Netflix’s The Residence. On 20 March, TV enthusiasts were treated to the eight-episode limited comedy series, created by Paul William Davies and executive produced by Shonda Rhimes. Inspired by Kate Andersen Brower’s 2015 nonfiction book – The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House – the whodunit show follows renowned detective Cor…

The Residence is a really well-constructed puzzle game

'The Residence' has a gay president and first gentleman — and its actors are 'profoundly proud'

The United States finally has a gay president — well, at least on Netflix. The streaming service recently released The Residence, a mystery following the eccentric Detective Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba) as she solves a murder in the White House residence, where the staff and guests at a state dinner are all suspects. Among the culprits are President Perry Morgan (Paul Fitzgerald) and his husband, First Gentleman Elliot Morgan (Barrett Foa).Fitzgera…

Entertaining variation of detective fictions with absolute prominence of a space: the White House

The Netflix Murder Mystery That Imagined An Openly Gay President

We’ve all thought about it once or twice. A White House with a gay president. What would that be like? RuPaul performing at inauguration? Free poppers at state dinners? Mean Girls quotes written into The Constitution? (I’m gay; I can make these jokes.) Thanks to Pete Buttigieg’s meteoric success and semi-successful presidential campaign, America almost made the dream of a gay Commander in Chief into a reality. Of course, good old traditional val…

Netflix’s ‘The Residence’ Features Gay President and First Gentleman in Murder Mystery

Netflix’s new series, “The Residence,” presents a fictional White House where the president, Perry Morgan, portrayed by Paul Fitzgerald, is openly gay and married to First Gentleman Elliot Morgan, played by Barrett Foa. The mystery-thriller follows Detective Cordelia Cupp, portrayed by Uzo Aduba, as she investigates a murder within the presidential residence, where every staff member and state… Source