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For Joel Kim Booster, Making ‘Fire Island’ Was a Real Trip

Ann was indignant, but as he said, the booster nodded. “As a comedian, everything you’ve done so far should be interesting, right?” Said the booster. “But this should make me a romantic lead, and in the face of it in my life,” Am I that guy? Can you believe this? “

Boosters had never had a relationship before they started writing “Fire Island.” Everything he knew about love was learned from watching Nora Ephron’s films. But as “Fire Island” went into production, the booster met video game producer John Michael Kelly, and something in him eased.

“I’ve never met anyone who didn’t want to be alone until I met him,” said the booster.

He began rewriting the scene he shared with Rika Mora, drawing from a real conversation with Kelly. And the final beat of the movie between the characters, which initially culminated in nimble jokes, was tuned to land sweeter and more romantic. “When I first wrote a movie about love, it was like I was dragging,” said Booster.

This movie has won a great review that boosters are sighing in relief. “When I’m making it,” he said. I just ruined my favorite place in the world. And yes, he and Yang are both planning to return to Natsushima this summer.

“Do you think it’s different?” Ann asked. “Do you think it will be strange?”

“that is very It’s weird, “said the booster. “I will be either Persona non grata or the mayor.”

And the booster said, “He Lead of “Fire Island”? To “He is the leader of “Fire Island”!

The booster just shrugged: I know when he knows. “I don’t think he’s hitting me yet,” he said. “I haven’t received a Grindr message about it.”

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