>>a straight actor, in what they saw as an “aggressively flamboyant” caricature of a gay man
When you hear and see gay men talking like that it is all affected. Lisping, femme emoting and bitchy reactions.
And drag queens are offensive caricatures of women.
#12 See “Schitt’s Creek” <- stupid title, it is on Fox channel and one of the actors Dan Levy who also produces the show is way animated as you described. He is a caricature of gay people, of himself.