Friday, December 09, 2016
Another coming out
Today's film is another of those "first films" for the writer/director
And, as is often the case, if it is not autobiographical it feels that way. Totally.
A young Chinese American boy gets a job in an all male spa.
Surprised to see all those men who came to make out with one another, he identifies and starts to be a patron as well as an employee.
Yes the baths are still an option for some gay men. Anonymous and usually safe. Even when they are straight they are gay.
This is one of those films where nothing happens but everything happens for the boy who does find himself.
There s some adult child of an alcoholic things here. Not very well done but clear enough. There are the usual difficulties with culture clash. Immigrants assimilating. In this case Korean.
Good job. A 3 out of Netflix5.
