The shooting occurs toward the end of the pilot, and the following episodes focus on Brodie, his best friend Ruthie (Jesse James Keitel), his brother Julian (Ryan O’Connell), cocky high-schooler Mingus (Fin Argus), Ruthie’s partner Shar (CG) and Brodie’s ex Noah (Johnny Sibilly) as they separately reckon with the aftershocks of the tragedy, and the effects it has on their lives. In updating “Queer as Folk” for the modern day, the show builds its first season around a shooting highly reminiscent of the 2016 Pulse nightclub tragedy. The name of the gay club, Babylon, is the same, but the new show mostly charts its own course, one both frivolous and political. That punk sensibility can be seen in the new “Queer as Folk,” which relocates the action of the series to New Orleans. “It blew me away - it was just so punk and resilient, and filled with this rock confidence I wish I had,” Dunn says. Davies, which he first encountered when he rented it in high school from a video store. But the show his version is most patterned is the original 1999 British version created by Russell T.
John’s, Newfoundland, he would watch the show in his basement with the volume turned down, an experience he described as “terrifying,” but also one that helped him feel less alone.
Dunn, a Canadian filmmaker best known for his 2015 coming out horror film “Closet Monster,” was a child when the Showtime “Queer As Folk” first premiered.
