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This American Life Live: The Invisible Made Visible (2012)
Character: Self
It features all sorts of things that are way too visual to be on the radio: dance, animation, illustration, an interactive musical performance, photographs, a short film, and David Sedaris in clown makeup. Along with Sedaris, there are stories by the now-famous Tig Notaro, Glynn Washington, Ryan Knighton and David Rakoff. Lots of the stories are funny. David Rakoff's is particularly touching. He talks about the abilities he’s lost during his fight with cancer, and then, gracefully, beautifully, does a solo dance onstage. It was the last story Rakoff ever wrote for the radio show. He died three months later, in August. OK Go provides music. Monica Bill Barnes & Company dance. Ira Glass tells a story using things he normally can't: photos. Mike Birbiglia casts Terry Gross in a surprising, hilarious little movie.
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Telling of the Shoes (2014)
Character: Brook
Chronicling a Manhattan dinner party that starts out good-natured and civil, it turns unexpectedly dark, as alcohol-fueled party guests eschew their mantles of reserve, turning quick-witting sparing into full-fledged skewering.
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I Am Bad (2012)
Character: Beth
I AM BAD is the voyeuristic story of a serial killer in love. Shot entirely from his point-of-view, we see what he sees, and travel through his life from his brutal childhood to the power he reclaims as an adult when he begins to feel the thrill of killing. Then he meets Anne. She's training to be a psychiatrist. Now his life alternates between the warmth and love he feels with Anne, and the horrific bloodshed he creates in her absence.
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Fool's Paradise (1997)
Character: Samantha
A man deeply in debt to a vengeful creditor tries to repay his loan by diverting funds to a Caribbean island.
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Stag (1997)
Character: Serena
An accidental death at a bachelor party spurs a night of shooting, kidnapping and murder in the host's home.
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Love Affair (1994)
Character: Marissa
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship sent to take them to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up but the other doesn't. However, a chance meeting brings them together again.
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Nightman (1997)
Character: Carla Day
After lightning strikes saxophonist Johnny Domino, he finds he is telepathically tuned to the frequency of evil. This gives him an edge for finding the bad guys, and some special classified wearable gear gives him an edge for fighting them.
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Beautiful Loser (2009)
Character: Sharon Dolan
His parents named him Reginald Regineld. His friends call him "Ditto." At the age of eleven he decided he wasn't going to do anything with his life. And that was going pretty well until senior year when he saw Tracy. This wasn't so much love at first sight as much as it was "completely-head-over-heels-gonna-get-her-at-any-price-even-if-I-make-a-complete-fool-of-myself" love at first sight. And it would burn for decades. Whether she loved him or not.
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RuPaul's Christmas Ball (1993)
Character: Self
Variety special featuring guests from the downtown New York club scene to stellar artists including Nirvana and Elton John.
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Jackie's Back! (1999)
Character: Taylor Dayne
A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.
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