A Vimeo short about love and loss
January 14, 2014 9:27 AM   Subscribe

 
I have the same chair. I even have the same fucking chair. Thanks, Brandon.
posted by MrMoonPie at 9:59 AM on January 14, 2014


Totally worth watching at this stage of my life. I didn't vomit but once.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 10:15 AM on January 14, 2014


Funny! (And wimpy.)
posted by esprit de l'escalier at 10:48 AM on January 14, 2014


Didn't expect to like this but ended up liking it.
posted by threeants at 12:04 PM on January 14, 2014


Yeah, exactly. I thought it was going to be sad and pathetic, but the prostitute's lecture about not relying on her as a sedative was fitting. I wanted a bolder ending though.
posted by esprit de l'escalier at 12:31 PM on January 14, 2014


That fucking spot on the camera.
posted by cashman at 2:47 PM on January 14, 2014 [2 favorites]


I know! I thought my monitor had a stuck pixel!
posted by JoeBlubaugh at 4:06 PM on January 14, 2014


I wanted to think this was good, and it was - up to the point where the prostitute hands all of his money back to him and does the Black Person Gives Wisdom to Witless White Dude part.

After that it was nothing but a massive dry heave. Asinine movie.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 8:15 PM on January 14, 2014 [1 favorite]


I really wanted her to come back in immediately after leaving and be like, "Seriously, though, I'm gonna need that money back, that was just to make a point."
posted by neuromodulator at 8:38 PM on January 14, 2014 [3 favorites]


Guys, Dan Harmon can't write everything...
posted by seansbrain at 12:22 PM on January 15, 2014


and does the Black Person Gives Wisdom to Witless White Dude part.

Meh, as a Black Person, that part didn't bother me at all. There are Witless White Dudes who need Wisdom wherever they can get it from, so why not a Black Person.

The part about giving all the money back was stretching credibility though!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:36 PM on January 15, 2014 [1 favorite]


Yeah, but isn't that one tired-ass trope, though? There's a shit-ton of movies where that happens. Bagger Vance, blah blah blah.

Not only that but WHO CARES ABOUT THESE TWO? It was funny to hear him send up all the "Stuff I Used To Do With Girlfriend But Not Now" things, but not a very likeable dude.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 4:10 PM on January 15, 2014


Yeah, but isn't that one tired-ass trope, though?

Depends on how it's done. It didn't bug me in this instance, but that's just me.

If anything, I think a superhero should be created that's named "Magic Negro." The satire possibilities are endless.

Not only that but WHO CARES ABOUT THESE TWO? It was funny to hear him send up all the "Stuff I Used To Do With Girlfriend But Not Now" things, but not a very likeable dude.

I don't think he was supposed to be very likable, but he's still human and all that, which made the story more interesting for me. The film probably could have been about 2-3 minutes shorter, but it works fine.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 4:57 PM on January 15, 2014


If anything, I think a superhero should be created that's named "Magic Negro."

You're telling me you haven't seen Key & Peele's skit on this?
posted by cashman at 7:16 PM on January 15, 2014 [2 favorites]


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