Sorry, Baby
Cast: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, John Carroll Lynch
Writer and Director: Eva Victor
** & a ½ *’s out of Five
There is a scene near the end that had me laughing when I
shouldn’t have been. In this scene, our
main character is visited by a former colleague of hers. While in school together, this other girl was
clearly jealous that our protagonist got this big teaching job over her. The punch line comes when the jealous girl
admits to having sexual relationships with a mentor of both of theirs. Only because she thought it would help her
secure the job she wanted and it didn’t.
It went to the other girl instead and she is very jealous
It’s when this former peer just casually shrugs off having sex with this guy when it has caused our lead person such great trauma is what I found funny. It’s humorous, because one person’s tragedy is mundane to another and it’s that juxtaposition of what the other finds tragic is what was funny. For the one girl not getting the job was tragic. For the other hearing someone not be upset about the actions this guy did was tragic. Im sure this wasn't the intent of the scene but it almost reminded me of something I would see in an early Todd Solendz(Happiness) feature
