This is a very interesting and funny short from writer/director Eva Saks and it can be enjoyed on two different levels. First, if you only look at the film on a superficial level, it's a broad but very funny comedy. Second, the deeper message is inclusion--and warns against politicians who seek to make distinctions about who is and isn't a "real" American.
A horrid woman is running for office on a platform that people who don't fit the norm don't really matter. She is a very plasticized lady who presents one image to her voters, but not far underneath she's a cruel and vicious lady who curses like a sailor! However, her plastic and perfect campaign is thrown for a loop when a reporter asks why no one has ever heard about or seen the lady's identical sister. Well, it seems the family is embarrassed by this "black sheep" as she loves multiculturalism--especially China. So, in desperation, the evil politician calls her estranged sister and threatens to hurt her unless she makes an appearance with her and pretend they love each other!! However, the nice sister has been terribly abused and misused by her twisted sibling, so it's payback time! On the superficial level, the film is hilarious and entertaining. Actress Maggie Lacey did a great job with these dual roles. On the deeper level, the film isn't quite as good since the message is a bit oversimplified and seems a bit heavy-handed. However, fortunately, the fun aspects of it greatly overshadow the less than great aspects. Still, this is well worth seeing and director Saks has made many other exceptional shorts you simply have to see!
By the way, I am a huge trivia fan. The comment about "being able to see the Great Wall of China from space" is an urban myth. It doesn't really change the film but it is a commonly mentioned myth--you can't see it from space as the wall is way too narrow. To be seen from space, the Wall would also have to be many, many wiles wide.
A horrid woman is running for office on a platform that people who don't fit the norm don't really matter. She is a very plasticized lady who presents one image to her voters, but not far underneath she's a cruel and vicious lady who curses like a sailor! However, her plastic and perfect campaign is thrown for a loop when a reporter asks why no one has ever heard about or seen the lady's identical sister. Well, it seems the family is embarrassed by this "black sheep" as she loves multiculturalism--especially China. So, in desperation, the evil politician calls her estranged sister and threatens to hurt her unless she makes an appearance with her and pretend they love each other!! However, the nice sister has been terribly abused and misused by her twisted sibling, so it's payback time! On the superficial level, the film is hilarious and entertaining. Actress Maggie Lacey did a great job with these dual roles. On the deeper level, the film isn't quite as good since the message is a bit oversimplified and seems a bit heavy-handed. However, fortunately, the fun aspects of it greatly overshadow the less than great aspects. Still, this is well worth seeing and director Saks has made many other exceptional shorts you simply have to see!
By the way, I am a huge trivia fan. The comment about "being able to see the Great Wall of China from space" is an urban myth. It doesn't really change the film but it is a commonly mentioned myth--you can't see it from space as the wall is way too narrow. To be seen from space, the Wall would also have to be many, many wiles wide.