Joel Kim Booster

um the way they love to come up to me and say i have some notes yeah no and i'm like okay while it's in the can i'm not contacting hulu to like cut the movie wait let's let's edit the movie actually um what's the most common piece of advice you get for it um i think like people don't like that like um bowen ends up with james like people don't like that like he gets a happy ending

they're like that's not realistic well art is meant to provoke emotion I know and I'm like I'm making a romcom here like of course somebody needs to have a happy ending and like my character is a little bit more ambiguous like what happens to them and I like that I like being able to show both sides of like you know like sometimes you go on vacation and you meet someone and it's like you're there for life that's how that's what happened to me I met my fiance on vacation sweet in Puerto Vallarta Mexico like having a gay old time and like and I brought him back to the real world and made him my real boyfriend yeah

they're like that's not realistic well art is meant to provoke emotion I know and I'm like I'm making a romcom here like of course somebody needs to have a happy ending and like my character is a little bit more ambiguous like what happens to them and I like that I like being able to show both sides of like you know like sometimes you go on vacation and you meet someone and it's like you're there for life that's how that's what happened to me I met my fiance on vacation sweet in Puerto Vallarta Mexico like having a gay old time and like and I brought him back to the real world and made him my real boyfriend yeah

And then like sometimes you have a really intense like, you know, week with someone and it and that's where it ends. Yeah. And like I wanted to kind of show like both sides of that happening in the movie. And I think like people are like, but that's not realistic. And I'm like, yeah, but sometimes love isn't realistic. You know, like what happened to me and my partner?

And then like sometimes you have a really intense like, you know, week with someone and it and that's where it ends. Yeah. And like I wanted to kind of show like both sides of that happening in the movie. And I think like people are like, but that's not realistic. And I'm like, yeah, but sometimes love isn't realistic. You know, like what happened to me and my partner?

Like that was so unrealistic. Exactly. Yeah.

Like that was so unrealistic. Exactly. Yeah.

Well, it's funny. I get nagged a lot by guys too. Like the amount of times I've heard like,

Well, it's funny. I get nagged a lot by guys too. Like the amount of times I've heard like,

i don't care what anyone else says i actually really liked your movie and i'm like okay well you could have said nothing yeah or you could have just said i liked your movie yeah but i think like especially with like other gay men like there is this idea i think people have of me that i have a much bigger ego about the movie than i do right there's this need to like oh let's bring him down a little bit before we like right

i don't care what anyone else says i actually really liked your movie and i'm like okay well you could have said nothing yeah or you could have just said i liked your movie yeah but i think like especially with like other gay men like there is this idea i think people have of me that i have a much bigger ego about the movie than i do right there's this need to like oh let's bring him down a little bit before we like right

they're like not too much it was all right yeah yeah no i mean truly and i don't think people realize like i'm like pretty chill like whenever someone's like oh like i meet someone and their friends like you know he he was a fire island guy and they're like oh sorry i haven't seen it like and get weird about and i'm like i don't i actually prefer that like it's just fine and like you can like you don't have to do this theatrical performance in front of me i'm like

they're like not too much it was all right yeah yeah no i mean truly and i don't think people realize like i'm like pretty chill like whenever someone's like oh like i meet someone and their friends like you know he he was a fire island guy and they're like oh sorry i haven't seen it like and get weird about and i'm like i don't i actually prefer that like it's just fine and like you can like you don't have to do this theatrical performance in front of me i'm like

Oh, sorry. I haven't seen your movie. Like, I'm like, I don't need that.

Oh, sorry. I haven't seen your movie. Like, I'm like, I don't need that.

Yeah, that's crazy. It is. It is pretty crazy. Negging in general is so wild. Like when L.A. opened up, And that day that it opened up, I was in High Tops in WeHo. And they have some bomb salads at High Tops in WeHo, I will say. It's random, but they do. And I was eating this buffalo chicken salad standing up. It was packed because LA had just opened. And this guy comes up to hit on me.

Yeah, that's crazy. It is. It is pretty crazy. Negging in general is so wild. Like when L.A. opened up, And that day that it opened up, I was in High Tops in WeHo. And they have some bomb salads at High Tops in WeHo, I will say. It's random, but they do. And I was eating this buffalo chicken salad standing up. It was packed because LA had just opened. And this guy comes up to hit on me.

And his opening line, though, was... wow, you really don't eat that salad confidently. And I was like, okay, new insecurity just dropped. Like, what? I was like, I didn't even know there was a right way to eat salad. Like, let alone that I wasn't doing it confidently. And then he proceeded to try and hit on me. And I was like...

And his opening line, though, was... wow, you really don't eat that salad confidently. And I was like, okay, new insecurity just dropped. Like, what? I was like, I didn't even know there was a right way to eat salad. Like, let alone that I wasn't doing it confidently. And then he proceeded to try and hit on me. And I was like...

no like you started off on i thought you were bullying me crazy place and like it was so it's so wild like and i'm sure like you know exactly what i'm talking about yeah men negging yeah and i don't know why people think that this is a viable plan i know what's what's the plan after you to talk to them yeah if i end up standing here longer what happens after you just hurt my feelings i don't know