, his debut feature film as a writer, which he also stars in alongside his real-life best friend,, the romantic comedy follows a group of best friends as they enjoy a weeklong vacation on Fire Island, the famous hotspot for queer culture that’s located just off Long Island, New York.Pride and Prejudice
with me to read. I realized how relevant Jane Austen’s observations about class and how we communicate were. Especially the very subtle ways that gay men suppress each other and separate each other into upper and lower classes. It just became very clear to me.”for television. His half-hour pilot script was passed on by Comedy Central. It was eventually accepted by Quibi, only for the short-form streaming platform to fold in December 2020, before the pilot could be shot.
Rather than giving up on the project, Booster pivoted and turned it into a feature film. On June 30, 2021, Searchlight Pictures announced that they’d bought Booster’s script, which he had sought to make as original as possible. “It had become boring to me to watch movie after movie where people are dealing with coming out or homophobia,” Booster explains. “It was much more interesting to me to deal with the everyday issues that gay men face. Such as body fascism and class and how we can overcome them.”