Wish You: Your Melody Is in My Heart

I used to think my gaydar wasn't that good. Now I think it's too good. Which can be frustrating when watching queer romances that feature actors who play at gay unconvincingly. Trust me, this doesn't have to do with not femming it up enough. My gaydar isn't based on such stereotyping. It might be the way we inhabit our bodies. Or the way we look in each other's eyes. But when is the problem an actor who doesn't understand how to to feign attraction to men and when is it an actor who's afraid of revealing it. And is there a difference?

Sun Do-joon's Wish You definitely doesn't pass my gaydar but who's fault is that? Could the editor who condensed the eight-episode K-drama into a movie shoulder the blame? Would it help if the street musician (Kang In-soo) was flirtier? Or if his obsessed fan (Lang See) was less unsettlingly naive? Definitely, the fan fantasy puts a worrisome kink in this story. Do we really need a movie that tells you that you can meet and fall in love with your same sex YouTube dream? That the harmonies you're crafting on your Casio at home are going to result in a lifelong relationship? Factor in that the lovelorn one works for a recoding agency as a low-level assistant and the creep factor gets worse. But considering the aspiring pop star is in a contentious relationship with his barista-videographer (Baek Seo-bin), his life can only get better from here. Stalkers, right this way.