“Heterosexual male friendships are so rare in tv and movies”

No??? they have an entire genre?? They’re literally inescapable?

have you ever heard of a buddy cop show? have you ever seen an action movie made prior to 2000??

How about The Flintstones?

Just because heterosexual male friendships are (apparently) rare in the genres fiction that you regularly watch doesn’t mean that it’s some mystical unicorn relationship and all the male friendship rep is being absorbed by the gays!