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 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza) while doing shrooms. Older Elliot’s advice to Juvenile 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 tip, 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 counsel on anything? And would your younger self even listen? Watching Stella and Plaza riff off one another as the matching character ages apart was delightful. The humorous rapport between them is palpable, and enjoyable to observe. 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.
Elliott’s coming out story is unique in terms of cinematic representation. She begins the film a confident lesbian, bragging about havi
Upon watching its sequel, I suddenly remembered adoring the 2020 action film The Old Guard. I was drawn to its worldbuilding, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s slick activity 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 Elderly Guard 2, a colossally dull follow-up that feels enjoy it takes an eternity to view in and of itself. Not even the additions of Henry Golding and *Fall Out Male child voice* Uma Thurman can save it.
A few months accompanying the events of the first motion picture, 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 undying only Andy knew about for some reason. Andy learns through their banished ex-member Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) that her former boo thang Quỳnh (Ngô) has resurfaced. M
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Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so we’re diving into the How to Do It archives to share classic letters with our readers. Have a question? Send it to StoyaandRich here.It’s anonymous!
Dear How to Accomplish It,
I’m a female instructor at a graduate school and watch a new set of students every few weeks. I met a student (who is 20 years younger than me) who emailed me after her second in my course and told me what a great trial it was. I offered mentorship and possibly friendship down the line. (Tricky line given the student/professor dynamic.) During the course of the first few days of text messages, it became clear she had a admiration on me. I soon learned that it was way more than a crush and she was very attracted to me but according to her not in a sexual way as she claims to be asexual. I had zero interest in her in that way.
We’ve had exhaustive discussions about our ability to form a friendship knowing that she would like it to be more and she is very respectful of my boundaries. I do enjoy spending time with her, but there is a very tiny part of me that feels appreciate
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It takes some time to decline in love with 18-year-old Elliott in “My Old Ass.” As played by Maisy Stella, she’s young and self-involved, so focused on heading off to college in the big city that she’s kind of a jerk to everyone around her (especially her small-town cranberry-farming family). Maybe young adult audiences won’t think so. Canadian actor-turned-auteur Megan Park’s sweetly insightful coming-of-age comedy is intended for them — whereas adults might not include so much patience for the way Stella’s impulsive ethics takes for granted what are arguably her best years.
Don’t stress, the movie is great, and Elliott eventually grows on you. Besides, her initially off-putting persona is kind of the point of Park’s older-and-wiser second feature, which follows the director’s incredible SXSW-winning debut “The Fallout.” Park plays a magic trick early in the film: Elliott and her besties (Maddie Ziegler and Kerrice Brooks) take the boat to an island in the middle of the lake to camp ou