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Overcompensating follows the college life of Benny (Skinner), a closeted former football player and homecoming king, who becomes fast friends with Carmen (Wally Baram), a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs.
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Hawke portrays Rodgers’ former collaborator, lyricist Lorenz Hart, an alcoholic and marginally closeted raconteur grappling with the fact that Rodgers’ biggest success now belongs to a new partnership with Oscar Hammerstein.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
But with the character of Oscar, whose private life as a closeted gay man was slowly revealed over the course of the series, Daniels felt like there was more to say.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Co-starring Andrew Scott as Rodgers and Margaret Qualley as a semi-fictionalized admirer of the closeted Hart, Blue Moon promises to be a wrenching look at a complex and tortured songwriter, with stunning performances to boot.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 2 Sep. 2025
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Hawke portrays Rodgers’ former collaborator, lyricist Lorenz Hart, an alcoholic and marginally closeted raconteur grappling with the fact that Rodgers’ biggest success now belongs to a new partnership with Oscar Hammerstein.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
But with the character of Oscar, whose private life as a closeted gay man was slowly revealed over the course of the series, Daniels felt like there was more to say.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Co-starring Andrew Scott as Rodgers and Margaret Qualley as a semi-fictionalized admirer of the closeted Hart, Blue Moon promises to be a wrenching look at a complex and tortured songwriter, with stunning performances to boot.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 2 Sep. 2025
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“Closeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closeted. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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