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A Family Finds Entertainment (2005)

6.2 | Mar 12, 2005 (US) | Comedy | 00:42

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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Ryan Trecartin
Shin / Skippy / Closet Monster / Booty Girl / Snowy White Girl / Video Face
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Lizzie Fitch
Cosmos Bitch / Linda / Fisher Woman / Orange Tamber
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Alison Powell
Phalangena
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Lindsay Beebe
Little Boogerface / Blueberry Muffin / Hell Boy
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Muffy Brandt
The Married Virgin
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Kathleen Brennan
Michelella
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Ben Carlson
Ben / Blue Bubble D / Jane
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Laura Colella
Documentary Video Artist Zoey Spelling

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