Elizabeth
2019 · 10m · USA
Directed by Mary Dauterman
A ghost named Elizabeth haunts an Airbnb, except 'haunts' is overstating it — she likes the guests, enjoys the company, and reminisces fondly about her own stay. Sketch comedy that takes the gig economy of the afterlife at face value.
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A ghost who reviews the Airbnb she's stuck in — finally, a haunting that respects the platform economy. Dauterman's whole gift is the early exit, and that's the only thing most sketch comedy needs and never gets.
Dauterman takes the gig economy of the afterlife as straight-faced sketch logic — What We Do in the Shadows by way of a hosts' Slack channel, which is precise comedy taxonomy. Slight but well-machined.
A genial ghost who likes the Airbnb guests because she once stayed there with the girls — Dauterman's sketch timing is the load-bearing element and the premise is a sweet self-contained world. Will it sustain past the pitch is the only question.
Reviews
Dauterman has a real knack for getting to the point, and getting out before you know it.