My Brief Conversation With The Department Of Justice
2024 · 4m · USA
Directed by Luke Strickler
Genres: comedy, dark comedy
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, humorous
A teenager paces outside his suburban home while the Department of Justice calls to inform him that a former school teacher photoshopped his face — along with 135 others — into pornographic content.
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Hi the DOJ here, your teacher photoshopped you into porn, also 135 other kids, have a great afternoon. The fact that this is a comedy is the comedy.
Luke Strickler's teenage-train-of-thought satire has the bones of an early Mike Judge sketch; whether it transcends depends on the inner-monologue craft.
Entire 4-minute short is one phone call with the actual DOJ about being one of 136 photoshopped victims, played for comedy without losing the queasiness — Spongebob shirt, suburban pacing, perfect-length container.