There’s lots of stuff I don’t understand about kids today. (Most of it can be found on TikTok.) That’s my problem, though, not theirs. It’s just the way the world works. My generation did plenty of things our parents and grandparents didn’t understand, and that was true of them in their younger years as well. Buuuut, there is one modern trend I’m confident will not age well because it’s really dumb: promposals. It’s just a single dance, kiddos. You’re not asking for anyone’s hand in marriage. Relax. That is unless you’re doing it specifically for our entertainment, like in this amazing first clip for Hulu’s new coming-of-age comedy Prom Dates. Rather than release a trailer for the movie, the streamer shared a hilarious scene of a truly embarrassing promposal.
It proves why they’re an absurd way to ask someone out, but a perfect way to make us laugh.
I do not need a single trailer for this film. I just needed this incredible clip to guarantee I will watch. This promposal by Greg (Kenny Ridwan), with its dancing bananas and flying Beetlejuice homage, is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. And somehow the reaction to it is even better.
What exactly is going on? Here’s the movie’s official synopsis from Hulu:
Prom Dates follows best friends Jess (Antonia Gentry) and Hannah (Julia Lester), who made a pact at 13 to have the perfect senior prom. Despite the impending changes that college will bring over the next four years, the two are committed to honoring their prom pact. But with only 24 hours left before the big event, everything falls apart when they break up with each of their dates. Jess and Hannah are left with one night to find new dates and live out their middle-school fantasies.
The film, produced by Kevin Hart, comes from director Kim O. Nguyen. It also stars John Michael Higgins, Chelsea Handler, JT Neal, Jordan Buhat, Zión Moreno, and Terry Hu.
Prom Dates premieres on May 3. That’s just in time for the best time of the year: actual prom season, when promposals are thankfully all done. Those silly things are only funny on film.