Show Tonight
2024 · 10m · USA
Directed by Emily DeForest
Genres: comedy
Tones: darkly comic, humorous, melancholic
An upstate New York performer scrambles through last-minute flyering and hustle to scare up an audience for her show. The buildup earns a punchline you don't see coming.
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The scouts
Every artist who has ever postered a telephone pole at 11pm the night before a show will recognize themselves. The punchline justifies the dread.
Pleasant one-woman-promo spiral with upstate gloom, but the Dunham-shorts register is a well-worn lane and the page summary doesn't sell me on the punchline.
Triple-threat DIY meta loop where the one-woman promo grind reflects the production itself — Felipe Di Poi pleading her to stop texting is exactly the right specific. The unexpected punchline is the closing argument.
Reviews
A brief glimpse at the struggles of attracting attention in the creative arts, with an unexpected punchline