pop culture happy hour

Joy Ride and What’s Making Us Happy

The new film Joy Ride follows four friends (Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, and Stephanie Hsu) embarking on a trip to China. The film is in step with The Hangover and Girls Trip. Sex, drugs, and musical interludes ensue, but the friends also deal with issues of identity and family. It’s directed by Adele Lim, who co-wrote the screenplay for Crazy Rich Asians. Take our Barbie v. Oppenheimer survey. We’re throwing out a few other pop-cultural either-ors, to see if we can’t settle a few age-old disputes once and for all. We’ll talk about some of the results in an upcoming episode of the show.