BPYPU Season 2 Ep 4 - The Enemy Strikes Again-2

Like many of you, I was completely unaware of the Baltimore, MD set soap opera web series Boi, Pull Your Pants Up, created by filmmaker William Caldwell. The series is under a year old and already has two seasons of episodes in the can and available on YouTube.

It’s standard soap opera material for the typical black female and black gay “Zane book loving” audience: Cheating lovers, relationship melodrama, Down Low gay men, HIV spreading, Strippers, Escorts, Lesbians, Fat asses, Six Packs, Thugs, Ratchet Women, Tattoos, Murder, Confusing Side Plots, etc.

BPYPU Season 2 Ep 4 - The Enemy Strikes Again

Oh, and explicit sex scenes…Very explicit.

Don’t watch this series at your job unless you’re hoping to get fired.

The official synopsis sent to us states:

Boi, Pull Your Pants Up is loosely based off of the book and stage play of the same name. The series is based in Baltimore, Maryland and tackles the issues plaguing urban America regarding sexual identity, promiscuity, and sexual violence. Emotionally charged and captivating stories creatively thread together the notion that risky behaviors connect more than just the two persons in bed.

Maybe I’m not “urban” enough because I really have never experienced the drama depicted in this series. That’s not to say that the reality of black gay men being homeless and resorting to drugs and escorting doesn’t exist. I just can’t relate to it.

I’ve never cheated on a lover. I’ve never accidentally pushed my pregnant girlfriend down a flight of stairs. I’ve never had long, sweaty, completely nude sex in a public restroom at a packed hotel party. I’ve never seen a fight where a black woman snatches someone’s weave out.

Well…that last one I actually did see one time. A titty even popped out.

BPYPU Season 2 Ep 4 - The Enemy Strikes Again-1

I say all that to say, while the gay & straight sex scenes were kinda hot, I still felt disconnected while watching this series.

I actually like Freefall better than this. Many of you will know the magnitude of that statement.

I do, however, admire the fact that Will Caldwell created so much content, likely on a slim budget and with very little help. The production is adequate but not great, the quality of the acting, audio and visuals fluctuate wildly during each episode.

For most, that won’t matter to general fans of web series. But I feel that we need more high quality gay-themed film productions to show that gay content can compete with the heterosexual filmmakers who do amazing work with equal or fewer resources.

And there’s a lot of extremely gay content here. He pulled off two seasons of straight and gay content. I know how hard it is for filmmakers to get black men to act in gay content here in Atlanta, I can only imagine how hard it may be to find willing participants in Baltimore. I even noticed that one of the actors in the series agreed to do explicit gay sex scenes but refused to show his face, which became annoying after awhile.

Overall, this series is on par with Steel River, Anacostia and T.R.A.D.E. It All…If you like those gay shows and Zane’s Sex Chronicles (and can look past the limitations with the acting and production quality), you’ll no doubt enjoy this series as well.

You can check out the complete first and second seasons HERE.