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CARMEN
Miu Miu Women's Tales #13
Synopsis
Stand-up comedienne Carmen Lynch wanders from make-up mirror to performance stage, via Portland’s woozy streets and an all-night grocery store. She confronts herself —her looks, her dreams, the weird rituals of mating in the modern world —by confronting her audiences.
Synopsis
Stand-up comedienne Carmen Lynch wanders from make-up mirror to performance stage, via Portland’s woozy streets and an all-night grocery store. She confronts herself —her looks, her dreams, the weird rituals of mating in the modern world —by confronting her audiences.
Our take
What happens to stand-up comedy when you remove the laughter track? Chloe Sevigny’s Carmen experiments with that notion, choosing to portray comedian Carmen Lynch in what seems to be an empty room. The result is an intimate, vulnerable look at femininity, performance, and the combination of the two.