Joel Kim Booster on making a queer, Asian American 'Pride and Prejudice'

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🗓️ 7 June 2022

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The first time Joel Kim Booster vacationed on New York's Fire Island with his friend, comedian Bowen Yang, he brought with him Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as a beach read. Over the years, he'd often joke with friends about making a gay version of the novel. Today Booster is the writer and star of Hulu's Fire Island, a queer, Asian romcom based on Austen's classic, set in the titular gay vacation spot. Booster talks with guest host Elise Hu about how the film honors his queer friendships, subverts hetero romcom norms, and tells a personal story that feels universal.

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0:26.4	Pride and prejudice.
0:27.6	It's maybe one of the greatest love stories of all time, right?
0:31.0	And certainly one of my favorites.
0:32.8	Jane Austen's classic has everything.
0:35.2	Humor, heart, insight on class and gender
0:39.0	that was before its time.
0:40.4	And that irresistible tension between central characters,
0:44.1	Elizabeth Bennett, and Mr. Darcy.
0:46.4	I'm therefore every time.
0:48.3	The story has been adapted every which way,
0:50.3	from the classic BBC miniseries.
0:52.9	The relative situation of our family
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