'Fire Island' trailer: 'Pri and Prejudice' go gay wh Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang

Contents:

• EVERYTHG WE KNOW ABOUT FIRE ISLAND, A NEW GAY PRI AND PREJUDICE ADAPTATN
• “SOMETHG SPECIAL AND UNIQUE AND GAY”: YOUR FIRST LOOK AT FIRE ISLAND
• GAY FIRE ISLAND
• 'FIRE ISLAND' TRAILER: 'PRI AND PREJUDICE' GO GAY WH JOEL KIM BOOSTER, BOWEN YANG
• FIRE ISLAND ST: MEET THE SIX HUNKS OM TV’S NEW GAY REALY SERI

EVERYTHG WE KNOW ABOUT FIRE ISLAND, A NEW GAY PRI AND PREJUDICE ADAPTATN

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“SOMETHG SPECIAL AND UNIQUE AND GAY”: YOUR FIRST LOOK AT FIRE ISLAND

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GAY FIRE ISLAND

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'FIRE ISLAND' TRAILER: 'PRI AND PREJUDICE' GO GAY WH JOEL KIM BOOSTER, BOWEN YANG

Fire Island is the exceptn to the le of our liv, the same way that a gay romantic edy wh four Asian Amerin stars is an exceptn to the le of Hollywood. ”“I want people—pecially gay men, pecially queer people—to walk away om the movie happy that they’re gay, ” Booster says.

“I thk that there are so many movi about the gay experience that are ght wh people who are unsure if they’re happy beg gay or stgglg wh g out…. Fire Island is referenced a lot popular culture, for example the Fire Island TV seri and a new gay Pri and Prejudice adaptatn set on Fire Island. ” Rogers echoed those sentiments, quippg: “I’m out there beg a full gay man on that beach, and that wh s maladi and succs.

FIRE ISLAND ST: MEET THE SIX HUNKS OM TV’S NEW GAY REALY SERI

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A morn take on the classic Jane Aten novel “Pri and Prejudice, ” “Fire Island” foc on two gay bt iends, Noah (Booster) and Howie (Yang), who take a trip to the P, a hamlet on New York’s Fire Island that’s a hotspot for queer culture.

“I want people — pecially gay men, pecially queer people — to walk away om the movie happy that they’re gay, ” Booster told Vany Fair.