Street Race
2026 · 5m · USA
Directed by Christopher Rutledge, Daniel Rutledge
Tones: absurdist, surreal, tense
A musclehead challenges a baby to a street race, with unpredictable results.
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Adult Swim pits peak gym bro against an infant in a street race and somehow the elevator pitch IS the entire artistic statement — respect for the commitment to zero subtext.
The Rutledge brothers commit to bodybuilder-versus-baby with zero ironic distance, which is precisely the Adult Swim / Off the Air mode it was made for. A minute-forty of pure premise, well-executed.
Made for Vernon Chatman's Off the Air on Adult Swim — that pedigree is a real signal. Bodybuilder vs. baby in a street race committed to without ironic distance, in 100 seconds. Pure form.