Carrie Brownstein makes the internet literal in her new short film
Sleater-Kinney guitarist and Portlandia creator Carrie Brownstein continues to demonstrate her sharp eye for satire with a short film for the French clothing company Kenzo. The film, written and directed by Brownstein, debuted yesterday during the show for the fashion line’s fall-winter collection at New York’s Fashion Week.
In “The Realest Real,” the hyperbolic, figurative language of the internet becomes literal: Internet followers are actual people walking behind you, and the cloud is a near endless stack of papers. After commenting “mom” on one of Natasha Lyonne’s Instagram posts (“a term of affection implying that you’re so fond of Ms. Lyonne that you wish she were your mother”), the film’s protagonist is given the choice to have the actress actually be her mom.
