Making the violent, funny and very queer 'Bottoms': 'It's radical to get to be ourselves'
LOS ANGELES — Three college friends have gone from putting on comedy shows in grungy NYC basements to being among the most celebrated young talents in Hollywood.
Their latest movie is "Bottoms," which opens this week in limited release before expanding on Sept. 1. It has a raucous energy rooted in absurdism, where anything can happen. And while the female-fronted R-rated comedies "No Hard Feelings" and "Joy Ride" both underperformed at the box office this summer, in a post-"Barbie" moment, suddenly the possibility of success seems reawakened.
Directed by Emma Seligman, the new film features her debut's breakout star, (who also co-wrote the screenplay with Seligman), as well as "The Bear's" . The two actors play PJ and Josie, high schoolers who are outcasts not because they are lesbians, but because they are kind of weird losers. To
