A Family Finds Entertainment (2005)
Comedy
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.
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Shin / Skippy / Closet Monster / Booty Girl / Snowy White Girl / Video Face
Cosmos Bitch / Linda / Fisher Woman / Orange Tamber
White Lips Bloody Knees / Ed / Tamber
Patty May
Veronica
Jaime
Misunderstood Muddy Girl
Sklar Stardust / Jasmine Spooner
Helium Twin B / Punky Ratman / Tzar
Garbage Face Rusty Nail Boy / Smiley
Dameon
Middle Child Girl
Phalangena
Buddy / Smokey the Bear
Daaaad
Woman Drag Queen
Visionary Shell Man / Pippy Pappy / Johnathan
Malkie
Alarmtina
Dough Boy / Fireman / Dork / Mr. America
Helium Twin A
Asher / Green Whity
Little Lisa
Little Boogerface / Blueberry Muffin / Hell Boy
Big Lisa
Lipstick
Number Sex
California Raisin Girl
The Married Virgin
Michelella
Ben / Blue Bubble D / Jane
Documentary Video Artist Zoey Spelling
Bruce
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