What was the ballet class thing? Was it this ep, because either I missed it, or I don't remember it if it was from a previous ep.
But wouldn't it be kinda weird for her to bet against Provenza in that case then, because basically then they're taking bets on whether Rusty is gay or not, which wouldn't that be kinda offensive since the show kinda puts them up as his faux-parents? Like co-workers wondering on a show if someone they know is gay does seem to happen for comedic effect. But here it would be the kid's father figure and mother figure betting on whether he asks out a girl and the mother doing it because she knows the son is gay. Which would be really weird. Plus, its not like Provenza isn't privy to the same info Sharon has. Particularly since that info is gay prostitution- like its not like Raydor seeing little things pointing to Rusty being gay and Provenza turning a blind eye to it, they both know he was having sex with men for money.
At the very least, I figured Sharon was betting against Provenza because she thought the whole thing between Rusty and Chris was platonic, and Provenza was just being the "excited dad" thinking his son was about to put the moves on someone. Like if Chris was a boy, I think Provenza would make the same bet- despite the fact that Rusty has already had a lot of sex for money, I thought Sharon still thinks of Rusty as a kid (I mean, he still is a kid) and she was being all, "he's not growing up and thinking of other girls (or boys) that way yet!"
After all, when they were spying on him and it seemed like he was going to ask Sharon for permission to go out with Chris, it didn't seem like she was surprised he likes girls, it seemed more like excitement like its a totally mother/son thing to ask her for permission to go out on a date.
But I digress, I guess your point to begin with was whether or not the show was establishing Rusty as gay, not whether everyone else thought he was gay. And I think the show was not necessarily saying he was gay despite all the gay sex- he could be gay, but like I said, the gay prostitution thing wasn't definitive proof for me. It just that women prolly troll the streets for prostitutes way less than dudes, so I figured he'd have to take men if he wanted to make any real amount of money.
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But wouldn't it be kinda weird for her to bet against Provenza in that case then, because basically then they're taking bets on whether Rusty is gay or not, which wouldn't that be kinda offensive since the show kinda puts them up as his faux-parents? Like co-workers wondering on a show if someone they know is gay does seem to happen for comedic effect. But here it would be the kid's father figure and mother figure betting on whether he asks out a girl and the mother doing it because she knows the son is gay. Which would be really weird. Plus, its not like Provenza isn't privy to the same info Sharon has. Particularly since that info is gay prostitution- like its not like Raydor seeing little things pointing to Rusty being gay and Provenza turning a blind eye to it, they both know he was having sex with men for money.
At the very least, I figured Sharon was betting against Provenza because she thought the whole thing between Rusty and Chris was platonic, and Provenza was just being the "excited dad" thinking his son was about to put the moves on someone. Like if Chris was a boy, I think Provenza would make the same bet- despite the fact that Rusty has already had a lot of sex for money, I thought Sharon still thinks of Rusty as a kid (I mean, he still is a kid) and she was being all, "he's not growing up and thinking of other girls (or boys) that way yet!"
After all, when they were spying on him and it seemed like he was going to ask Sharon for permission to go out with Chris, it didn't seem like she was surprised he likes girls, it seemed more like excitement like its a totally mother/son thing to ask her for permission to go out on a date.
But I digress, I guess your point to begin with was whether or not the show was establishing Rusty as gay, not whether everyone else thought he was gay. And I think the show was not necessarily saying he was gay despite all the gay sex- he could be gay, but like I said, the gay prostitution thing wasn't definitive proof for me. It just that women prolly troll the streets for prostitutes way less than dudes, so I figured he'd have to take men if he wanted to make any real amount of money.