Justin Chang

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1,567 appearances 50 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 2d ago

Justin Chang’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And there's more joy and solidarity in the character's dynamic than there is resentment or tension.

As in many road movies, the journey has its share of twists and turns, and

We learn that Kell left Iowa City some time ago, and so the friends have to spend a stormy night, in every sense, with Kell's annoying ex-girlfriend.

She's played in a scene stealing comic turn by Jasmine Savoy Brown.

From there they head south to Kansas City.

And have an awkward visit with Kell's estranged and very conservative parents, who clearly have yet to accept their child's queer identity.

Without revealing exactly where the story goes, we do eventually meet Kell.

Who, as warmly played by Mars Storm Rucker?

Makes it easy to see why Z and Lauren care about them so deeply.

We also see why Tasha feels resentful of

and perhaps even threatened by Kell's sense of freedom.

And freedom is ultimately what Dreams in Nightmares is all about.

The hope that these four characters, and many others like them, are

might be able to live life on their own terms.

Throughout this intimate and gorgeously shot film.

Ford shows us glimpses of that freedom.

Like when Tasha enjoys a rare moment of release at a Brooklyn nightclub.

Or when Z checks in with her boyfriend in LA.

with whom she enjoys a mutually supportive polyamorous relationship.

Most of all, there's freedom in Z's lyrical visions of a mysterious desert landscape.

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