A Family Finds Entertainment

A Family Finds Entertainment

42 mins | Comedy | March 12, 2005

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.

A Family Finds Entertainment

42 mins | Comedy | March 12, 2005

A Family Finds Entertainment
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Electronic Arts Intermix, XPPL
Original title A Family Finds Entertainment
Directors Ryan Trecartin
Writers Ryan Trecartin

Cast

Ryan Trecartin

as Shin / Skippy / Closet Monster / Booty Girl / Snowy White Girl / Video Face

Lizzie Fitch

as Cosmos Bitch / Linda / Fisher Woman / Orange Tamber

Alison Powell

as Phalangena

Lindsay Beebe

as Little Boogerface / Blueberry Muffin / Hell Boy

Muffy Brandt

as The Married Virgin

Kathleen Brennan

as Michelella

Ben Carlson

as Ben / Blue Bubble D / Jane

Laura Colella

as Documentary Video Artist Zoey Spelling

Brent Cowley

as Bruce

Kenny Curran

as White Lips Bloody Knees / Ed / Tamber

Erin Dunn

as Patty May

Veronica Gelbaum

as Veronica

Drew Gillespie

as Jaime

Rachel Glazer

as Misunderstood Muddy Girl

Casey Glover

as Sklar Stardust / Jasmine Spooner

Jesse Greenberg

as Helium Twin B / Punky Ratman / Tzar

Barkev Gulesserian

as Garbage Face Rusty Nail Boy / Smiley

Will Gurly

as Dameon

Megan Freedom Harrington

as Middle Child Girl

Ethan Hayes-Chute

as Buddy / Smokey the Bear

Aaron Jungels

as Daaaad

Taya Koschnick

as Woman Drag Queen

Rhett LaRue

as Visionary Shell Man / Pippy Pappy / Johnathan

Ronja LaRue

as Malkie

Caitlin MacBride

as Alarmtina

Brian McKeligott

as Dough Boy / Fireman / Dork / Mr. America

Nick Payne

as Helium Twin A

Asher Penn

as Asher / Green Whity

Kelly Pittinger

as Little Lisa

Michelle Pittinger

as Big Lisa

Patrick Thompson

as Lipstick

Steven Vallot

as Number Sex

Jessica Williams

as California Raisin Girl