Episode 324: Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown
In this special episode, Sook-Yin Lee, the iconic radio and TV broadcaster, musician, film director, actress, and trailblazing MuchMusic veejay, and Chester Brown, the acclaimed alternative cartoonist, swing by the YVR Screen Scene Podcast studio to talk about Paying For It. The feature film – which had its premiere in Toronto and screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival – is a live-action adaptation of Chester’s best-selling graphic novel that was inspired by the end of his relationship with Sook-Yin (who, in the film, is represented by a character named Sonny who works as a veejay at MaxMusic). Here's the premise for both the book and the film: In the late 90s, Chester and Sonny are a long-term, committed, romantic couple. When Sonny wants to redefine their relationship, Chester, an introverted cartoonist, starts sleeping with sex workers and, in the process, discovers a new kind of intimacy. “Paying For It: a comic strip memoir about being a john” was adapted for the screen by Sook-Yin and Joanne Sarazen; the film was directed by Sook-Yin and stars Dan Beirne as Chester and Emily Le as Sonny. In this riveting interview, Sook-Yin and Chester speak candidly about their journey to bring this story to the screen, art as activism, and if Canadians are ready to talk about sex work as work.
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RELATED LINKS
https://www.payingforitfilm.com/
https://www.sookyinlee.com/
Trailer for Paying For It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtQW70OsdN0
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmleMVUnNdU
Buy Paying For It: a comic-strip memoir about being a john (new edition): https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/paying-for-it-the-film-edition/
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CREDIT
Host and executive producer: Sabrina Rani Furminger
Editor: Simon Furminger
Producer: Paul Furminger
Patreon ad reader: Mariana Furminger
Original music: Dane Deviller
