The song “Lucky” by Britney Spears begins blasting, a campy bubblegum ballad from the pop star so underrated and beloved by her most devoted fans that the synthesized “thunks” of the intro trigger Pavlovian shrieks of, “Oh my god, it’s ‘Lucky!’” from any gay man within earshot.Ĭhester, the gay water polo star and resident rabble rouser played by Justice Smith, is getting ready for school. There is a sequence in the fourth episode of HBO Max’s Genera+ion that is a veritable gay fantasia.
