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The Act

🎞️ Movie 8 min US
โ˜… 7.5 /10 2004

Laughter is the best medicine.

At a comedy club, the Ha Ha Hut, the M.C. introduces the next act, comedian Rosy Marconi. She's approaching middle age, announces she's just gotten a divorce and says, 'Please, no pity.' She riffs on her ex, Stan, who made laziness a religion. The audience loves it. The film jumps back and forth between her performance and later that night as she stands alone in her unlit kitchen, gift baskets on the table. She smokes, she drinks whisky. The set ends, to great applause, and, at home, she finishes her nightly chores. What is the real source of her material?

Cast

Debra Jo Rupp
Debra Jo Rupp
Rosy
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J. Michael Flynn
Stan
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James P. Connolly
MC
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Jay Hewlett
Adam Lipsky
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Tiffany Cade
Married Couple
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John Cato
Married Couple
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Suzannah Fagan
Professional Woman
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Debbie Blossom
Professional Woman
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Tanayi Seabrook
Professional Woman
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Gwen Wheatley
Professional Woman
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Andrew Gross
Composer
Marco Fargnoli
Marco Fargnoli
Cinematographer