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Serving Joy

14 min

A taut, uncomfortable dinner party where politeness frays into quiet dread and the pressure cooker of middle-class manners finally gives way.

Directed by
Martin Sharpe
Tagline
If you can't handle the heat, get out of Joy's kitchen
Overview
The table is set, the roast is cooked to perfection, and the soufflés are rising as high as Joy's blood pressure for the most important dinner party of her life. As the wine begins to flow and facades drop, buried secrets rise closer to the surface and the painful veneer of middle class decorum begins to crack.

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Directed by
Martin Sharpe
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • deception
  • class
  • betrayal
  • guilt
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
Martin Sharpe
Runtime
14 min

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