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.
Cast
Ryan Trecartin
Shin / Skippy / Closet Monster / Booty Girl / Snowy White Girl / Video Face
Lizzie Fitch
Cosmos Bitch / Linda / Fisher Woman / Orange Tamber
Alison Powell
Phalangena
Lindsay Beebe
Little Boogerface / Blueberry Muffin / Hell Boy
Annette K. Bonin
Mom
Muffy Brandt
The Married Virgin
Kathleen Brennan
Michelella
Ben Carlson
Ben / Blue Bubble D / Jane
Laura Colella
Documentary Video Artist Zoey Spelling
Brent Cowley
Bruce
Kenny Curran
White Lips Bloody Knees / Ed / Tamber
Erin Dunn
Patty May
Veronica Gelbaum
Veronica
Drew Gillespie
Jaime
Rachel Glazer
Misunderstood Muddy Girl
Casey Glover
Sklar Stardust / Jasmine Spooner
Jesse Greenberg
Helium Twin B / Punky Ratman / Tzar
Barkev Gulesserian
Garbage Face Rusty Nail Boy / Smiley
Will Gurly
Dameon
Megan Freedom Harrington
Middle Child Girl
Ethan Hayes-Chute
Buddy / Smokey the Bear
Aaron Jungels
Daaaad
Taya Koschnick
Woman Drag Queen
Rhett LaRue
Visionary Shell Man / Pippy Pappy / Johnathan
Ronja LaRue
Malkie
Caitlin MacBride
Alarmtina
Brian McKeligott
Dough Boy / Fireman / Dork / Mr. America
Nick Payne
Helium Twin A
Asher Penn
Asher / Green Whity
Kelly Pittinger
Little Lisa
Michelle Pittinger
Big Lisa
Patrick Thompson
Lipstick
Steven Vallot
Number Sex
Jessica Williams
California Raisin Girl
Crew
Ryan Trecartin
Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Set Decoration
Laura Colella
Camera Operator
Liz Hostetler
Camera Operator
Rhett LaRue
Camera Operator
Brian McKelligott
Camera Operator
Leeanne Williams
Camera Operator
Will Gurly
Set Decoration
Kelly Pittinger
Set Decoration
Lindsay Beebe
Set Decoration
Lizzie Fitch
Set Decoration
Jesse Greenberg
Set Decoration
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