The comic’s new Hulu movie, Fire Island, is the rare rom-com to champion both nonmonogamous and monogamous romance — as well as the beauty of queer chosen family.
, in 2018. He wrote and performed stories about growing up in Plainfield, Illinois, with white evangelical parents who’d adopted him from South Korea as an infant. In hisset, he jokes, in one of his most well-known quips, “I knew I was gay before I knew I was Asian.” Early in his career, Booster used standup to process what he’s called his “identity dysphoria” and the traumas of his childhood, as well as dating in the often racist gay world.
Growing up, Booster loved rom-coms — “I fucking worship Nora Ephron” — and “those movies affected the way I viewed love and romance for so long. It created a lot of expectations for what love could be.” While writing, he wanted to honor the part of himself that’s “a big, sappy romantic,” which he poured into Howie’s storyline, while also making sure that “I wasn’t showing just one way of falling in love. I also wanted to honor people forging their own path.
One of the best parts about shooting, Booster said, was working with the legendary comedian Margaret Cho, who plays Erin, a loving lesbian mother figure who provides yearly refuge to Noah, Howie, and their friends at her beach house.
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Joel Kim Booster Turns Jane Austen Into ‘Fire Island,’ His New Hulu Movie“The idea kind of started as a joke, quite honestly,” says ihatejoelkim, about his very real new movie “Fire Island,” which arrives on Hulu on Friday.
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Joel Kim Booster Doesn’t Need Gay Rom-Com ‘Fire Island’ to Be Palatable for ‘Certain People’.ihatejoelkim on FireIsland: 'Gay and queer audiences are starved for content. When we do get something, especially when it’s touted as the first gay movie or whatever, the stakes are much higher. We don’t get a lot of movies that aren’t about trauma.'
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Joel Kim Booster Turns Jane Austen Into ‘Fire Island,’ His New Hulu Movie“The idea kind of started as a joke, quite honestly,” says ihatejoelkim, about his very real new movie “Fire Island,” which arrives on Hulu on Friday.
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Joel Kim Booster is on fire - Chicago ReaderHeavily inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the romantic comedy follows a group of best friends as they enjoy a weeklong vacation on Fire Island, the famous hotspot for queer culture that’s located just off Long Island, New York.
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