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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
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Lindsay Beebe
Little Boogerface
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Lindsay Beebe
Blueberry Muffin
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Lindsay Beebe
Hell Boy
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Annette K. Bonin
Mom
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Muffy Brandt
The Married Virgin
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Kathleen Brennan
Michelella
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Ben Carlson
Ben
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Ben Carlson
Blue Bubble D
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Ben Carlson
Jane
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Laura Colella
Documentary Video Artist Zoey Spelling
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Brent Cowley
Bruce
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Kenny Curran
White Lips Bloody Knees
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Kenny Curran
Ed
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Kenny Curran
Tamber
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Erin Dunn
Patty May
Lizzie Fitch
Cosmos Bitch
Lizzie Fitch
Linda
Lizzie Fitch
Fisher Woman
Ryan Trecartin
Cinematographer
