The first major studio rom-com to center gay Asian American leads, it’s also the only movie to earn a special exception to the Bechdel Test following a critique earlier this month by writer Hanna Rosin, who slammed the film’s female representation in a since-deleted viral Tweet. He was still processing that a studio let him not just make a movie starring queer Asian leads, but dive more deeply into complex issues that affected them. Bowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster in “Fire Island.” (Jeong Park / Searchlight Pictures)“Those layers are missing from the modern rom-com,” he said. They don’t allow this many of us to be in things,’” thought Ricamora, who had never been to Fire Island before the film. I went into the pitch with that attitude.”This was a film about queer Asian American friendship and joy.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 22, 2022 19:36 UTC