Netflix Drop Trailer For Special, Show About a Gay Man with Cerebral Palsy
Ryan O’Connell on TV? Sign us up Netflix released the trailer for Special, the first-ever TV series centred a gay man with cerebral palsy yesterday (25 March). Series creator Ryan O’Connell plays the leading character in the semi-autobiographical 15-minute comedy. The streaming service ordered eight episodes of the show based on O’Connelll’s menoir, I’m Special:…
Netflix orders Jim Parsons-produced Special, a Comedy Series About a Gay Man
Netflix has ordered a comedy series produced by The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons. The series, titled Special, is loosely based on writer Ryan O’Connell’s memoir I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, in which the author discusses growing up as a Millennial gay man with cerebral palsy, navigating internships, dating, and coming out.…