SEMI-SPOILER ALERT: Yes, earlier this month, news emerged that Dave Franco’s character in the new film Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising is gay and engaged to another man –and it’s NOT played for laughs.

The scene happens early in the film as the bros are having a poker game. When they break into a spontaneous rendition of Jason Mraz‘s I’m Yours, Franco’s character realizes something strange is happening. As his intended gets down on one knee,

“Oh my God, our song.“

There are no weird jokes, just a cute proposal. It’s almost a distraction us from the movie’s plot. In the original Neighbors, Pete hooked up with women and was very carefully put forward as heterosexual.

But by bringing Pete OUT, without so much as a wink, the movie attempts to tear down a wall. The proposal scene was played to catch audiences off guard and then disarm them with genuine sweetness and real emotion. Just the opposite of frat-boy humor and the gay innuendo these kinds of films usually deliver. This IS progress.

(via Towleroad)