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Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant + John Early

2022 · 52 min

A giddy, deadpan sketch ride that keeps flipping between fake talk-show awkwardness and gleefully silly character bits.

Directed by
Andrew DeYoung
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Kate Berlant, John Early, Meredith Vieira
Overview
Kate Berlant and John Early play celebrities reuniting after a public falling-out at a moderated TV event interspersed with absurdist sketches of varying characters, from strippers to a family of beavers.

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Directed by
Andrew DeYoung
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Kate Berlant, John Early, Meredith Vieira
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • celebrity
  • media
  • identity
  • friendship
  • deception
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour9
Realism4
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Andrew DeYoung
Written by
Andrew DeYoung, Kate Berlant, John Early
Starring
Kate Berlant, John Early, Meredith Vieira, Aria Surrec, Morgan Gruer, Riley Vuong, Frankie Quiñones, Hope Shapiro
Music
Nicholas Krgovich
Cinematography
Arlene Muller
Runtime
52 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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