Английская Википедия:Fruit (podcast)

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Fruit is a podcast created by Issa Rae and distributed on Howl. The series is an audio drama about a football player who is exploring his sexuality while trying to navigate the hypermasculine culture of the NFL.

Background

The show debuted in February 2016.[1] The episodes were released every Wednesday exclusively on Howl.[2] Each episode is roughly 20 minutes in length.[3] The show consists of two seasons.[4] The series is told in a first-person retrospective narration.[5] The podcast was originally released behind Howl's paywall, but was re-released outside of the paywall about a year later.[6][7] Midroll Media incorporated product placement into the script of the show for Mailchimp.[8]

Issa Rae created the show shortly before becoming well known for shows like Insecure.[9] Benoni Tagoe and Deniese Davis were executive producers for the show.[10] The story follow an anonymous football player who goes by "X" and is voiced by Roderick Davis.[11] The story follows a rookie football player attempting to navigate his professional career in the hypermasculine environment of the NFL while also trying to figure out his own sexuality.[12] The show explores how homophobic locker room conversations contribute to a culture of hypermasculinity.[13] The Guardian compared the story to that of Michael Sam, however, Fruit is purely fictional and not based on any real life events.[14]

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