In Shanmugam's 'You're Rejected,' the main character (George) interviews a gay man who has characterized the type of men he is interested in as 'needy and shady and sketchy.' The anti-hero frequently bashes gays for their genetic inferiority, inappropriate lifestyle and negative cultural influence.
In this piece, we see similar dynamics at play. We see two gay men who are already relegated to the 'shady and sketchy' by finding each other on a dating app; and their age differential brings up even more moral questions.
We do not have a George-like character to measure the social barometer of these life choices. Instead, WE serve as the judge to make our own assertions of whether this relationship should be allowed to exist. Do we care what this culture does in 'the shadows?' Should they be 'in the shadows' to start with? How old is too old when it comes to dating and finding love? In this film, Shanmugam asks these questions but in the course of following the characters on their normal routines, leaves it up to us to judge what 'normal' actually is.
