Justin Chang

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1,638 appearances 51 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard yesterday

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

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 28 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 6.

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But when they're not having sex, Erica and Elliot have some pretty pointed conversations about why so many Gen Zers like Elliot are, well, not having sex.

Elliot blames COVID and overproductive parents, noting that he and his peers were raised to fear any kind of in person socialization, let alone intimacy.

Erica calls them all out as a generation of cowards.

Arguing that the whole point of sex and of life itself is to take risks and push past boundaries.

Araki more or less agrees with her.

You could think of I want your sex as his state of the physical union address.

At sixty six, he no longer represents the younger generation, but he's still clearly concerned for their well being.

That might have seemed condescending coming from another filmmaker.

But Araki's style of comedy is warm, genuinely inclusive, and thoroughly disarming.

From moment to moment, the movie is pure pleasure.

full of bright colors, delectable sight gags, and sharp pop culture savvy one liners,

Like when Elliot, wearing all black for a hot date, is told that he looks like an assassin in a Netflix Yakuza movie.

There are also sharp performances from Mason Gooding, as Elliot's snarky gay coworker, Zap.

And chase we wonders as Elliot's best friend, Apple, who envies his forays into kink.

As it turns out though, there's not much to envy.

Erica invites Elliot to take their already wild relationship to another level.

But what happens next simply doesn't ring true.

It's the movie's most daring scene and ultimately its most disappointing one.

Like some other recent BDSM themed films, like Baby Girl and Pillion.

I want your sex brings its leads to an emotional crisis point.

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