This Gay Man is Very Anxious About A Star is Born

Have any other queers experienced this uniquely gay phenomenon: the closer we get to the release of A Star is Born and the more praise it accumulates from early reviews, the more anxious I get about it. I've been so sure for so long that it was going to flop and now the near-universal critical acclaim is making me incredibly stressed. How does Gaga go from the Joanne era to possibly winning an Oscar?

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"Bareback pop culture enthusiast" Ryan Streit is also very anxious about A Star is Born. "I'm gonna be doing a lot of stress eating in the next month," he says in "A Star is Born to Die," a short film shot and edited by Derek Smith. "I don't read reviews but I've been reading these reviews," says Streit, adding that he thinks we're "still in the Joanne era" and that Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again was an "amuse-bouche" for A Star is Born. Ultimately, Streit has a simple message for Gaga as the film's rollout continues: "Be gayer."