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The Comics

Director

Karen Knox

Producers

Spencer Hahn Stephen Rahlow Veronika Gribanova

Subjects

Comedy Pop Culture Social Media
  • Release Date 2023
  • Running Time 13 minutes
  • Closed Captions No
  • Availability Canada, USA

$200.00
$200.00

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The Comics

Annie and Mark made a joke they've come to regret. Thinking they've gone viral and are about to have their lives ruined, they do what any sane idiot would do – run off to a motel, hire a lawyer, and, in their distress, turn on each other. In reality, their video has 100 views and they are, by all accounts, nobodies. Yet Annie and Mark cling to the hope that the world cares about them – that they matter. They believe they have the power to kill someone with their comedy. In the end, they make an apology video and earnestly hope it gets more views. The Comics is a dark comedy about the naive self importance of online culture and the myopic narcissism of performers.

Director: Karen Knox
Producers: Spencer Hahn, Stephen Raglow, Veronika Gribanova

Director's Statement

"The Comics" is a social satire that posits the question: would you invite your own cancellation as a vehicle for fame? As the “fifteen minutes of fame” trope becomes more like “fifteen seconds,” finding creative (if not morally compromised) ways to acquire public relevance has grown alarmingly common. The characters we meet in "The Comics" are not famous, but gosh they'd like to be! Their fear of being misunderstood for a bad joke spirals into surreal paranoia about what their new found “relevance” could mean for their non-existent careers. We’d all like to think that we run away from the wrong kind of attention, but maybe sometimes, we run towards it.

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