Men on…

The sketch features two African-American, gay, reporters, Blaine Edwards (Damon Wayans) and Antoine Merriweather (David Alan Grier).

In each sketch, they review popular movies and television series, give their opinions and critique of recent pop culture and celebrity news, and also talk about lifestyle, leisure, literature, and art topics.

[1] "Men on ..." first appeared on the premiere episode of In Living Color and continued throughout Wayans's tenure on the series.

Some LGBT people and organizations felt this portrayal was insulting to gay men, although response within the community was split.

Hosts Blaine Edwards and Antoine Merriweather introduce themselves and explain that they will be discussing films of the day "from a male point of view".

[6] Black Widow and Miss Firecracker, both of which feature women in the leading roles, are dismissed with a simple "Hated it!"

With each installment the sexual puns would become cruder and more abundant, the costumes would become more flamboyant and the "snaps up" (Men on Film) would become more and more elaborate.

[7] Speaking to NPR in 2012, Grier explained the inspiration for his characterization: "I had already done Dreamgirls on Broadway, and being in a musical and working with other performers who were gay, I was privy to that vocabulary backstage.

[10] According to series creator Keenen Ivory Wayans, the chairman of Fox sat down with him to try to persuade him to pull "Men on Films" from the premiere episode.

[13][14] As evidenced by a 1992 survey by the San Francisco chapter of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, opinion was split roughly down the middle on the sketches.

[3] Cultural critic Angela Nelson places Blaine and Antoine in the context of what she identifies as the "sophisticated sissy" alongside characters like Lindy (Antonio Fargas) from the film Car Wash.