Aaron Jackson, Bowen Yang, and Josh Sharp arrive throughout the the World premiere of ‘Dicks: The Musical’ on the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto
| Photo Credit: MARK BLINCH
During a Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) anticipated to lack star energy, Bowen Yang introduced pleasure to the burgeoning crowd on the “Dicks: The Musical” world premiere.
Yang, finest recognized for his position on “Saturday Night Live,” stated he felt actually fortunate to be on the carpet amid the Hollywood strikes over pay and the usage of synthetic intelligence.
“It feels really fortuitous because I think the union is being really selective in a very intentional way about what movies get these interim agreements and waivers,” he told Reuters, referring to union waivers for some actors to promote films.
Yang plays the character of God, and rapper Megan Thee Stallion stars as the boss of protagonists Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson in the absurdist musical.
Independent studio A24 ventured into the comedic musical genre for “Dicks: The Musical” with Larry Charles, the director of “Borat,” and the producers of “The Greatest Showman.”
The film follows two long-lost twins (Sharp and Jackson) who be a part of forces to reunite their dad and mom (Nathan Lane and Megan Mullally) in a plot they’ve categorized as “a riff on ‘The Parent Trap.’”
Originally an off-Broadway musical, Sharp and Jackson stated it was a dream to convey their imaginative and prescient of this “proudly queer” story to the massive display screen. The duo stated they don’t want an viewers to take something away from the film aside from laughter.
“Dicks: The Musical” is amongst 27 initiatives underneath TIFF’s 2SLGBTQ+ part, up three from final 12 months.
