#heated-rivalry

#heated-rivalry

For those not aware: intimacy coordinators gained prominence in the aftermath of the #MeToo movement, when assorted testimonies from actors (largely female) made public and unignorable the shocking fact that actors (largely male) and directors (largely male) will often (largely always) try to get away with more than has been contracted for once they are naked with A N Other person. An intimacy coordinator is there to help arrange scenes and advocate for actors. Think of them as somewhere between a bureaucrat and a contraceptive.

It's only been a few weeks since Heated Rivalry wrapped up its Season 1 finale, and I'm still not okay.

If season one is like an internal battle, season two is more of an external battle.

You have been a part of the most talked about project in the last two years. It's all I've talked about,

During a recent episode of Deuxmoi's Deux U podcast, the show's (anonymous, it must be said) host criticized the Crave-slash-HBO Max hit romantic drama, claiming that it's bereft of plot and features bad acting. Obviously, those are somewhat strong words to put forth considering that the show largely hinges on its two romantic leads, Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams - and in an interview with Variety, the show's creator Jacob Tierney responded directly to the criticism.

We already knew that Heated Rivalry, the smutty Canadian romance about two rival hockey stars who fall in love and have to grapple with being closeted pro athletes, has become a sensation, particularly among thirsty straight women. (My Instagram Search & Explore page is currently serving me a truly embarrassing amount of gay hockey player content.) Last week's episode, "I'll Believe in Anything," took the obsession to new heights;

Rachel Reid didn't intend for anyone to write a dissertation about her horny little gay hockey series. Then again, the Nova Scotia author behind the Game Changers series could never have anticipated the level of fanfare that's accompanied the television adaptation of her books: Heated Rivalry. The show, commissioned by Canada's Crave and distributed by HBO Max in the US, debuted in late November and quickly became a massive hit. It's the number one Crave original series of all time,

The LGBTQ+ sports drama has taken the internet by storm since it first debuted in Canada at the end of November. Since then it's made its way to the US, Australia and beyond. The series, based on Rachel Reid's Game Changers novel series follows the lives of two rival ice hockey players, Ilya Rozanov ( Connor Storrie) and Shane Hollander ( Hudson Williams).

In keeping with Reid's books, Heated Rivalry does not hold back on the sex-not even a little. Some scenes are so unabashedly explicit that even Grindr has weighed in: The app recently posted screenshots from Episode 2, specifically a montage of Shane and Ilya sexting, paired with a caption that riffs on one of the show's now-iconic lines: "You were hard, weren't you? For how long? The whole episode?" An excellent question.

Tierney said "we did not expect this level of reaction to this show." He also said, "I thought by the end maybe we'd have a cult following." Discussing the show Letterkenny that he worked on previously the showrunner said he was used to "a slow burn," with that show taking four seasons to find its audience. "This has been the complete opposite," he remarked of Heated Rivalry.