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

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The first time Joel Kim Booster vatned on New York's Fire Island wh his iend, edian Bowen Yang, he brought wh him Jane Aten's Pri and Prejudice as a beach read. Over the years, he'd often joke wh iends about makg a gay versn of the novel. Today Booster is the wrer and star of Hulu's Fire Island, a queer, Asian rom based on Aten's classic, set the tular gay vatn spot. Booster talks wh gut host Elise Hu about how the film honors his queer iendships, subverts hetero rom norms, and tells a personal story that feels universal. You n follow on Twter @NPRItsBeenAM and email at

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A MORN GAY TAKE ON 'PRI AND PREJUDICE' IS HEADG YOUR WAY

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Over the years, he'd often joke wh iends about makg a gay versn of the novel.

‘FIRE ISLAND’ REVIEW: JOEL KIM BOOSTER’S LIVELY GAY ROM-COM PUTS THE PRI ‘PRI AND PREJUDICE’

Joel Kim Booster's gay rom- 'Fire Island' transplants Jane Aten to the cisy queer enclave, -starrg Bowen Yang and Margaret Cho. * gay asian pride and prejudice *

Today Booster is the wrer and star of Hulu's Fire Island, a queer, Asian rom based on Aten's classic, set the tular gay vatn spot. Jane Aten ’s Pri and Prejudice gets transported to the Amerin South “Before the Fall, ” a morn, gay-themed “reimagg” of the lerary classic. “Appalachia is nsistently picted on film as homophobic and vlent [but] the real world is much more plex than the stereotyp, ” he said.

Ultimately, Geiser hop viewers will be remd that “the basic human need to experience life wh the person you love is the same basic need for both straight and gay people” after viewg his film, which premiered at Reelg: The Chigo LGBTQ Internatnal Film Ftival September. “I feel a huge rponsibily as a filmmaker to prent gay characters who generate a strong, emotnal nnectn wh the dience, ” he said, “and who provi the dience wh an opportuny to abandon prejudic. This film is scribed as a morn gay take on the classic story.

GAY PRI (AND PREJUDICE)

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) Gay movi have their formulas, too, few of which end marriage.

SPOTIFY’S ‘GAY PRI & PREJUDICE’ MARRI A BELOVED CLASSIC WH QUEER STORI AND SCRIPTED FICTN PODSTS

I'm not sure what I expected when gog to the screeng for 'Fire Island,' but the morn-day adaptatn of Pri and Prejudice proved to be the fun summer rom- that simultaneoly warmed my heart and lent me sight to the plexi of datg as a gay man. * gay asian pride and prejudice *

Right the spot where gay men flee to fd no-strgs fun, sun and sex.

Takg a page om “Cluels, ” Booster had the bright ia to update a key Aten classic, puttg the gay Asian pri “Pri and Prejudice” — where nothg of the sort ever existed before — wh the help of “Spa Night” director Andrew Ahn.

JANE ATEN MEETS MARRIAGE EQUALY GAY PRI & PREJUDICE PODST

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By settg his unapologetilly queer take on the eponymo gay enclave, he giv dienc who’ve never been there a taste of a place where LGBT folks aren’t at the mercy of the majory; they are the majory. The lghs start right out of the gate, as an off-key gay men’s chos performs the stud’s fanfare.

Not all gay men are wired that way, as Yang’s more romantilly cled (and ls abdomally fed) character woefully remds him.

There are plenty of gay folks who aren’t fortable at gay clubs, and to them, I always say: “You assume that everyone go out lookg for the same thg, but if you’re here and you don’t relate, there are sure to be others who feel the way you do.

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

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'FIRE ISLAND:' THE GAY ASIAN 'PRI AND PREJUDICE' ROM-COM YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEED, STARRG A RIPPED JOEL KIM BOOSTER AND ADORABLE BOWEN YANG

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Global Homophobia: Stat, Movements, and the Polics of Opprsn. “Gay Pri as Vlent Contament Romania: A Brave New Europe.

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

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