My old ass gay
Megan Park’s My Old Ass could have been a delightful and unique addition to the queer coming-of-age genre. During her last summer at home before going to college, Elliot (Maisy Stella) meets her year-old self (Aubrey Plaza) while doing shrooms. Older Elliot’s advice to Youthful Elliott comes twofold: Expend more time with your family, and avoid a guy named Chad. Needless to say, Elliot does not take the latter part of the advice, embarking on a teenage summer romance with Chad, a boy working at her family’s cranberry farm.
The premise itself is a fascinating exploration of one’s inner child: What would you say to your younger self if you could give them advice on anything? And would your younger self even listen? Watching Stella and Plaza riff off one another as the equal character ages apart was delightful. The humorous chemistry between them is palpable, and enjoyable to view. However, what begins as a promising tale of exploring love and queerness, and the joy and fear inherent to the passage of time, ultimately falls short of expectation.
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I remember being I spent the summer in Detroit, where I was born and raised, prepping for the rest of my life. I had a big graduation party where folks came to celebrate me and my move to New York City—the place I’d dreamed of living forever. I sat at the dining room table with my parents after the party was over, and with the music from the CD my dad proudly burned still playing outside in the backyard, and our aluminum blinds clinking together from the summer air, we counted the money I was given as gifts.
I got about 4 grand, the most money I’d had in my whole life. My mom told me that after we got everything on my dorm checklist—the rest of the money was mine to do what I pleased.
I couldn’t fucking delay to leave Detroit, and now that I had a few grand in my pocket I was unstoppable. I would contain left that night if I could. I’d spent 18 years in the same city and the furthest I’d gone from home was to see Cedar Pointe in Ohio or Wheels Inn in Canada. In my year-old mind, I was bigger than this boring urban area,
Upon watching its sequel, I suddenly remembered adoring the action film The Aged Guard. I was drawn to its worldbuilding, Gina Prince-Bythewood&#;s slick action filmmaking, the camaraderie of the immortalized characters, and how gay everyone was, especially Charlize Theron’s Andromache (nickname: Andy) who was in a century-long situationship with Veronica Ngô’s Quỳnh. My fond memories of these characters returned in spades, because they were sorely missed in The Adj Guard 2, a colossally dull follow-up that feels like it takes an eternity to watch in and of itself. Not even the additions of Henry Golding and *Fall Out Boy voice* Uma Thurman can save it.
A few months following the events of the first film, Andy (Theron) and her motley crew of immortal mercenaries — Joe (Marwan Kenzari), Nicky (Luca Marinelli), Nile (KiKi Layne) — along with their mortal pal, former CIA agent Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), continue to do their vigilante missions. One of these leads them to Tuah (Golding), a fellow immortal only Andy knew about for some reason. Andy learns through their banished ex-m