A Family Finds Entertainment

Ryan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions. Starring Trecartin’s family and friends, and the artist himself in a plethora of outrageous roles, 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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

42 minutes

Year:

2005

Director:

Ryan Trecartin

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Company:

XPPL,

Electronic Arts Intermix

Cast:

Shin / Skippy / Closet Monster / Booty Girl / Snowy White Girl / Video Face

Cosmos Bitch / Linda / Fisher Woman / Orange Tamber

Phalangena

Little Boogerface / Blueberry Muffin / Hell Boy

Mom

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