Cicada delicately deals with complex themes rarely seen in queer cinema as Sam dives into the intersectionality of being a Black gay man in the United States while Ben reveals that his promiscuity and trauma stems from being molested by his step-father as a child. Brown), a closeted data analyst suffering with PTSD after being hospitalised in a drive-by shooting. Following a string of meaningless hook-ups, Ben forms an immediate connection with Sam (fellow co-writer Sheldon D.
Brown, Sandra Bauleo, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, Cobie Smulders, Scott Adsit, Michael Potts, David Burtka, Jo Firestone, Jason GreeneĬicada follows Ben (Matt Fifer), a bisexual thirty-something New Yorker wrestling with deep trauma who is – as his sister puts it – “back on the dick” after recently being engaged to a woman.
