Joel Kim Booster On 'Fire Island'

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🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Comic Joel Kim Booster speaks with guest interviewer Sam Sanders about his new film Fire Island (which he wrote and stars in). Inspired by Pride and Prejudice, it's a rom-com about a group of gay friends and explores racism and classism in their community. Booster also talks about his Netflix stand-up special Psychosexual and growing up Asian with white, evangelical Christian parents.

Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh.

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0:00.0	This is Fresh Air, I'm Terry Gross.
0:03.0	Our guest Joel Kim Booster wrote the new gay romcom Fire Island and stars in it with
0:08.2	Bowen Yang.
0:09.2	It's about a group of gay friends vacationing on Fire Island.
0:13.3	Booster is also a comic and has a new stand-up special cult psychosexual.
0:17.4	He's written for shows like Big Mouth, Billy on the Street, and the other two.
0:21.7	He spoke with guest interviewer Sam Sanders, the former host of the NPR show It's Been a
0:26.5	Minute.
0:27.5	Sam is currently working on a new weekly culture podcast for Vulture and New York magazine,
0:32.6	which is set to debut next month.
0:34.6	Here's Sam.
0:36.0	Joel Kim Booster is having a great year.
0:38.5	His movie Fire Island was released on Hulu this month, to rave reviews.
0:43.6	The film is a very gay and very Asian retelling of pride and prejudice.
0:48.4	This week is sacred.
0:49.8	We're going to Fire Island.
0:51.6	It's like gay Disney movie.
0:54.6	Joel is featured in a new Apple TV Plus comedy out later this month, with Maya Rudolph.
1:00.3	It's called Loot.
1:01.3	Can't believe how long that meeting was, but was that like three hours?
1:06.0	It's 9.50 am.
1:07.8	Really?
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