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anatomy of a scene
Director Max Barbakow narrates a series of his comedy, which is now broadcast in Hulu.
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By Mekado Murphy
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Many wedding receptions (and their film performances) have a predictable list of ingredients: speech, dancing, awkwardness, drunkenness. The Hulu comedy “Palm Springs” those things, but with some clever and unconventional tweaks.
Cristin Milioti plays Sarah, the bride’s sister. And Andy Samberg plays Nyles, a wedding guest plus one who applies a noticeably different technique to the situation. Gives an unexpected (and unexpectedly moving) wedding speech. At key moments, it turns out to be talking to Sarah, who doesn’t know him. He then has movements on the dance floor that seem to have choreographed everyone around him.
This series of quirks makes Sarah and the audience wonder exactly what’s going on and take this comedy to a different speed. But the internal mendacity of the level is a captivating encounter.
In this video, director Max Barbakow talks about how he sees the strangeness as he plays with the familiar to laugh. Also, break down this fun and meticulously coordinated wedding dance that can make you take it twice.
Read “Palm Springs.”
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