{"id":34427,"date":"2022-06-03T01:14:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T01:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joel-kim-booster-wasnt-interested-in-sugarcoating-fire-island\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T01:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T01:14:09","slug":"joel-kim-booster-wasnt-interested-in-sugarcoating-fire-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joel-kim-booster-wasnt-interested-in-sugarcoating-fire-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Kim Booster wasn’t interested in “sugarcoating” Fire Island"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just like Las Vegas, much of what happens on the LGBTQ + party haven that is Fire Island stays<\/em> on Fire Island. But comedian Joel Kim Booster<\/span>who directs and stars in a new comedy set in the East Coast destination, doesn’t think it should remain that way\u2014especially when it comes to honest onscreen depictions of queer sexuality. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t think the movie is especially explicit. It’s just matter-of-fact about the ways in which some gay men have sex, \u201dBooster told Variety<\/em><\/span> of his film Fire Island<\/em><\/span>‘s more intimate scenes. “I didn’t want to shy away from that, especially in the interest of making it more palatable for certain people.”<\/p>\n

In Fire Island<\/em>Brooklynite Noah (Booster) and his chosen family embark on a weeklong trip to the eponymous vacation spot, courtesy of a beachside home owned by their lesbian matriarch (an always-pitch-perfect Margaret Cho<\/span>.) As the group navigates the social dynamics of the island’s scene, Noah finds himself at odds with (yet drawn to) an uptight lawyer (Conrad Ricamora) living in a more opulent home further down the beach. Will they or won’t they? Cue the Jane Austen comparisons (the film is considered a reimagined Pride & Pride<\/em>). <\/p>\n

The Hulu \/ Searchlight film’s refreshingly open discussion of gay sex and love meets a need for raw, real content for queer people, something Booster said is all too rare. <\/p>\n

\u201cSex is a big part of my reality,\u201d he explained. \u201cI find a lot of gay media, especially when it is produced by big studios like Searchlight, to be fairly sanitized. I really pushed back against\u2026 sugarcoating it. “<\/p>\n

Even wwithout a coat of sugar, Fire Island<\/em>‘s boozy, sex-positive setting still feels genuinely sweet, in part due to the story’s central relationship, between Noah and his best friend Howie (Bowen Yang<\/span>.) Yang, Booster, and fellow co-star Matt Rogers<\/span> have been collaborators and friends offscreen for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, the movie is about this friendship between Bowen and I. That brings a lot of heart to the movie,\u201d Booster shared. \u201cA lot of people probably are going into this movie thinking it’s a big sex romp. There is sex in the movie, but at its core, it’s sweet and a little sappy. ” Sweet, sappy, and sexy? Ms. Austen would be proud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Joel Kim BoosterPhoto: Vivien Killilea (Getty Images) Just like Las Vegas, much of what happens on the LGBTQ + party haven that is Fire Island stays on Fire Island. But comedian Joel Kim Boosterwho directs and stars in a new comedy set in the East Coast destination, doesn’t think it should remain that way\u2014especially when …<\/p>\n

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