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This piece was originally published in April.
We are recirculating it now thatBeau Is Afraidis available on digital.
Spoilers ahead for many plot details ofBeau Is Afraid.
And then comes a sex scene.
Its a surprising turn of events, given the main characters whole deal.
But its not just that.
That song is Mariah Careys 1996 chart-topper Always Be My Baby.
Its a very idiosyncratic scene.
Elaine (Parker Posey) is everything Beau is not: self-possessed, assertive, maybe a little pushy.
She takes charge, leading Beau straight up to his mothers bedroom, where she instructs him to undress.
She explains this fate also befell his fathers father, and his father before him.
Elaine, unbothered, straddles him, reaches for her phone, and queues up a banger.
Mariah is mid-do do doopwhen Beau, terrified, barrels toward his first orgasm.
That was a lot.
You just blasted through that thing.
Elaine goes to work on her own orgasm, climaxes, and then goes quiet.
Though Aster always knew he neededthissong, getting Always Be My Baby into the movie posed some obstacles.
For a brief time, Knudsen says, he and Aster considered alternatives.
(Knudsen wouldnt say which others they considered.)
Ari listened to a hundred of other songs to take a stab at find a replacement, Knudsen says.
Like the rest ofBeau Is Afraid, the sex scene is an exercise in dark humor.
There was not one single song that could do what that song did.
It was definitely money well spent.
