Earworm (Short, 2016)
Matt Boiselle
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Starring Ernest Thomas
Directed by Tara Price
We’ve all had at one time or another that annoying, incessant ringing in our ears that seems to threaten our very sanity, but what if it got so bad that you felt as if something was the driving force behind that very pain? In Tara Price’s 5-minute short film Earworm, a man (Thomas) is awoken from a sound sleep by a painful delivery in his eardrum, worsening with every passing moment – his resolve is tested as he tries desperately to relieve himself of this maddening discomfort.
If you recognize our suffering soul as Raj from television’s “What’s Happening?” sitcom in the mid to late 70’s, give yourself a pat on the back. His performance is simple; yet, you feel his pain as he contends with whatever is burrowed deep in his aural canal with its volume set on “cripple.”
For a 5-minute quickie, it’s moderately entertaining, with nothing groundbreaking being offered or delivered – it’s simply a one-man play that is meant to unseat you from your comfort zone using a somewhat familiar scenario. Sooner or later we’ll heard the ringing… this is just a bit more immobilizing. Worth a watch if you need a reason to cram earplugs in your soundholes at night.
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