Both are about high schoolers having to confront feelings too big for them in a world too small to trellis them appropriately. The world is cruel to young love, especially young queer love. The exploration of that particular mix of confusion, elation, and fear rings true in both works. Both also deal with the added pressures of internalized and external homophobia in sensitive and realistic ways despite the relatively short runtimes. There's little hope in either production, but it's always there. There is always a fool's hope when it comes to love.
