For Pride Month, I'll spotlight an LGBT writer whose work has meant the world to me.
He is Mike White, the brain behind "Enlightened," "Brad's Status," and "Beatriz at Dinner."
White writes in a comedy-of-manners tradition, although his stories can veer toward tragedy. He has a special gift for lightly mocking the pretentiousness of well-intentioned well-off white liberals. Maybe my favorite moment in his "corpus" is when Ben Stiller, in "Brad's Status," awaits his son's Harvard admissions interview. Ben would like to humble-brag. "My son has many options...." he says, to another waiting parent, "but it seems like he will definitely give Harvard some consideration."
The woman smirks. "Aha," she says. "So you're saying Harvard really has a shot....at scoring your son?"
I admire Mr. White -- and I look forward to his new TV show, which will begin on HBO very soon.....
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