Storyline
A Family Finds Entertainment chronicles the story of mixed up teenager Skippy and his adventures in ‘coming out’. In this over the top celebration of queerness, Trecartin’s film mines the bizarre and endearing in an unabashed pastiche of ‘bad tv’ tropes. Cheesy video special effects, dress-up chess costumes, desperate scripts, and ‘after school special’ melodrama combine in the fluency of youth-culture lingo, reflecting a generation both damaged and affirmed by media consumption.
Cast & Crew
Ryan Trecartin
Shin / Skippy / Closet Monster / Booty Girl / Snowy White Girl / Video Face
Lead
Lizzie Fitch
Cosmos Bitch / Linda / Fisher Woman / Orange Tamber
AP
Alison Powell
Phalangena
LB
Lindsay Beebe
Little Boogerface / Blueberry Muffin / Hell Boy
AK
Annette K. Bonin
Mom
Muffy Brandt
The Married Virgin
KB
Kathleen Brennan
Michelella
BC
Ben Carlson
Ben / Blue Bubble D / Jane
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ryan Trecartin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Family Finds Entertainment is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
