On the cusp of 21, a validation-hungry gay guy keeps repeating toxic patterns with closeted men until a confident femboy offers him a literal and metaphorical red candy- enabling him to confront the performative masculinity and AOL-era wounds that shaped him.

SYNOPSIS:

On the cusp of his 21st birthday, Remy- a flamboyant, validation-hungry gay guy in 2002 America is still reeling from the messy end of another toxic “relationshituation” that left him with anger management and $350 in restitution. When he meets Mood Ring, a confident femboy tarot reader who offers him a blue and a red hard candy, Remy is forced to confront the repeating pattern of closeted, emotionally unavailable men he keeps choosing. As his birthday spirals into public humiliation, blackout rage, and a traumatic betrayal, the real question becomes: does the color of the candy even matter?

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