Lorraine Was on the News
2018 · 4m · USA
Directed by Doron Max Hagay
Tones: absurdist, humorous, theatrical
A Queens fire breaks out, a TV reporter tries to get the story, and eyewitness Lorraine rambles about horses, daggers, and family friend Jerry while never quite answering the question. The whole thing plays out as a single slow push toward an old TV set.
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Cole Escola pre-Oh, Mary! doing a single-take eyewitness interview. The reporter never gets the fire location and we don't care.
Grey Gardens meets local news as written/performed sendup is a high-concept logline with built-in danger — eccentric impersonation can be tender or cruel and only the execution tells which.
One unbroken shot of a TV screen slowly tracking in, Cole Escola dodging every question with horses, daggers, and family friend Jerry — Grey Gardens-meets-local-news in 4 minutes is a perfectly designed delivery mechanism for a genius performance.
Reviews
Cole Escola delivering a genius performance as the squirmy woman managing to reveal intimate details about her family while hilariously avoiding the simple question