The Right One (I) (2021)

Anthony Shim: Ben

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• Sara : Right after college, I started this blog, Sara Syndrome. And it was sort of like a satiric look at feminism and sexuality in the age of social media. And now I write these softcore romance novels for dumb millennials. Like, blergh! Now I'm working on my third.

  Ben : Oh, wow. Like a series or something? Would I know it? What's it called?

  Sara : The debut is called Sext. But it came out when the word was new, so it was cool at the time.

  Ben : Got it.

  Sara : Actually, the whole thing was written entirely in emojis.

  Ben : I can't tell if you're kidding.

  Sara : Guess you'll have to read it to find out. The critics were okay with it, but almost everyone hated the ending.

  Ben : Why? What happens?

  Sara : Well, the protagonist, Sara, she flies into this passionate fit of jealous rage and castrates her boyfriend, Ben, with a paring knife. Yeah! Gotcha! Oh, I'm kidding. That was a joke.

  Ben : Whew.

  Sara : Obviously, they're not called Ben and Sara, that would be crazy. But she does castrate him at the end.

  Ben : I guess I'll just have to read the next one.