Two Words
2020 · 10m · USA
Directed by Jordan Michael Blake
Genres: comedy, romance, satire
Tones: darkly comic, humorous, tender
A newly engaged couple competes for ten grand on a public access gameshow while their relationship quietly comes apart in the green room. Lo-fi satire stitched to an actual love story.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Anu Valia in front of the camera this time — reason enough. The gameshow-as-couples-therapy bit is one of those premises I'm shocked nobody pulled off sooner.
Public-access gameshow committed to as format rather than backdrop is the actual craft move, and lo-fi satire stitched to a real love story is the harder synthesis. Promising.
Committing to public-access gameshow as actual format (not sketch backdrop) for an engaged couple unraveling in the green room is the move that separates this from a one-joke setup. Anu Valia carries weight.
Reviews
A strangely endearing concoction of lo-fi satire and hi-fi love story.