A Family Finds Entertainment (2005)

  • NR
  • 03/12/2005 (US)
  • Comedy
  • 42m

Overview

Ryan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions. Starring Trecartin’s family and friends, and the artist himself in a plethora of outrageous roles, A Family Finds Entertainment chronicles the story of mixed up teenager Skippy and his adventures in ‘coming out’. In this over the top celebration of queerness, Trecartin’s film mines the bizarre and endearing in an unabashed pastiche of ‘bad tv’ tropes. Cheesy video special effects, dress-up chess costumes, desperate scripts, and ‘after school special’ melodrama combine in the fluency of youth-culture lingo, reflecting a generation both damaged and affirmed by media consumption.

Ryan Trecartin

Director, Writer

Cast

Ryan Trecartin's headshot

Ryan Trecartin

Shin / Skippy / Closet Monster / Booty Girl / Snowy White Girl / Video Face
Lizzie Fitch's headshot

Lizzie Fitch

Cosmos Bitch / Linda / Fisher Woman / Orange Tamber
Alison Powell's headshot

Alison Powell

Phalangena
Lindsay Beebe's headshot

Lindsay Beebe

Little Boogerface / Blueberry Muffin / Hell Boy
Annette K. Bonin's headshot

Annette K. Bonin

Mom
Muffy Brandt's headshot

Muffy Brandt

The Married Virgin
Kathleen Brennan's headshot

Kathleen Brennan

Michelella
Ben Carlson's headshot

Ben Carlson

Ben / Blue Bubble D / Jane

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