‘Fire Island’ review: Friends pine in the Pines in sweet rom-com
nypost.commodernizes Jane Austen’s 1813 oft-adapted novel, relocates it to the thumping New York beach vacation spot and makes nearly every character a 30-something gay guy.
Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy, Mary, Wickham: They’re all here with new names, colorful tank tops and Grindr.Running time: 105 minutes.
Rated R (strong sexual content, language, drug use, some nudity). On Hulu.Booster’s idea is an inspired one. Fire Island, and gay culture in general, are chock-full of rules and etiquette that hark back to 19th-century England: There are parties called tea dances (Britain loves tea!
The Bennets love scheduled dancing!), events have dress codes and multiple people platonically share bedrooms as if they’re on the brink of the Industrial Revolution.On the darker side, members of the gay community — contrary to its expressed open-arms attitude — can make snap judgments based on race and class.
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