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Sean Hayes, Gay Noir Detective

Noir really needed some LGBT characters to spice things up.

Elizabeth Daley

July 13 2016 4:48 PM EST

July 13 2016 3:36 AM EST

Film noir generally refers to black-and-white detective movies of the 1940s and 1950s. Unfortunately at that time, LGBT characters in film were few and far between. To remedy that, Sean Hayes of Will & Grace fame offers up his own noir character on the Maya & Marty show.

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Noir really needed some LGBT characters to spice things up.

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