Word: video
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Video is a sickness," says Adam M. Green '89. "Parody is the only cure...
This may be true, but parody is also an extremely difficult technique to master, and in the case of Green's film Video Sickness, the amount of hard work put into the project only occasionally results in brilliant humor...
...Video Sickness...
According to Green, Video Sickness represents the first time a Harvard student has written, directed and publicly presented an original comedy on video. He and his colleagues shot the film over what the director describes as two "nightmarish" weekends, at locations as varied as Christy's convenience store and Green's roommate's house in Weston...
...movie, a 45-minute compilation of two and three-minute sketches spoofing everything from Hyatt Legal Services to a capella singing, is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the wonder of video. At its best, the film is a well-worked parody of television's silliness; unfortunately, the script's tendency toward cliche and its occasional poor editing detract from its potential humor...