This week, we're talking about 2009's Fruit Fly, a comedy musical by H.P. Mendoza starring L.A. Renigan as Maribel, a performance artist living in San Francisco, making new friends and finding her way.

Brian learns that H.P. Mendoza comedies can make you laugh one minute and want to drink your sorrows away the next. Ada looks back nostalgically on her gay clubbing days and appreciates that no one lined up in a circle accusing her of being a fag hag (as they do to L.A. Renigen's character in the movie), but imagines she would have been okay with it if they had done it through song. They'll both always remember that magical Fruit Fly premiere night at The Castro Theatre in San Francisco, surrounded by Colma: The Musical fans, anticipating what delights the team would bring us next.

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