Sam Jay | Advocate Now

"Some of this stuff is really close to things I've actually said and done or things I've actually thought," she tells Sonia Baghdady of Advocate Now. "And the characters just felt like me already in a lot of ways. And so I was like, I think I could do this. This doesn't seem like a super stretch from who I already am. So, it just spoke to me."

The film tackles societal expectations and generational differences, forcing its characters to have difficult but necessary conversations. While Jay aimed to be funny first and foremost, she says she also hoped that those messages would shine through.

"It's important to see anything on screen that is actually happening in our actual real lives and in the real world," Jay explains. "And the more we do so, representations of what people's real lives look like and how different we're all living, then the more we'll see that we're the same."

Jay thinks You People will be able to spark conversation among its audience members, and hopefully, it will change their perspectives.

She says: "What's dope about comedy or art on any level is like, once you kind of see it or hear it, you can't unsee or unhear. Even if you want to have this strong hold on your ideas or opinions, there's a little part of you that can't deny that you now know something different."

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