Maybe just because I had a rough pregnancy and so I think I went the other way. Both incredible. Mike Birbiglia's stand-up career began as a server at a comedy club when he was in college. It began kind of independently of us, Glass said at Sundance this year. In The New One, I said something to the effect of, "I was very clear about never wanting children." Instead of necessarily drawing a line in the sand and picking a side, Birbiglia meditates on times he has or hasnt crossed it and pens an ode to his love of jokes that works better than it should. Mike Birbiglia wants to apologize. Like the Hulk, as he says in his act. They're like, "That's exactly how I feel. This brings me to an important question: "Why didnt you just stay in a hotel?" "I drove my mom's station wagon around the country," he says. He had an affair with Jen Stein and after a few years of dating, he married his girlfriend Jen in 2007. English. Why do you like that hint of optimism? ' the comedian says. 1 fear as a performer is that the audience will be disappointed. Then however, Mike meets Jenny and everything changes more than he anticipates. He has maintained a net worth of about 2 million dollars but salary is not updated. Mike Birbiglia attended St. John's High School, Shrewsbury, Ma s sachusetts for about a year. "I would say, 'Hey, I'm Mike Birbiglia. Similarly, chuckles erupted when Birbiglia mentioned that a nutritionist had asked him, Hows your sleep? Physicians have long loomed large in his life and comedy, so fans know he has REM sleep behavior disorder, which he explored in his breakthrough show, Sleepwalk With Me, from 2008. At the same time things werent going well with his career choice of stand-up comedy, they also werent going well in his private life. It's making me think about what we were talking about earlier, the idea that something has to be relatable in order for you to enjoy it. Probably the happiest ending is not just that he made the movie, but that hes still around. And when my work isnt contextualized in the optimal theater environment, its just sort of a mess because it looks like a person ambled on stage and is not going to land the plane (laughs). And then, as far as Mike and I, I feel like we were very close in this time. Thats where the comedy is.. It wasn't until Oona began talking that he felt himself fully embracing fatherhood. That was me, and here I am. 'The Diplomat' Season 2: Everything We Know, Michael Imperiolis Illustrious Career in Photos. I threw this one on at 2 a.m. one summer night years ago and have thought about it regularly ever since. In celebration of his Broadway show The New One. I didn't want that. The Old Man & the Pool Review: Wading Into Mike Birbiglias Comfort Zone, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/13/theater/mike-birbiglia-the-old-man-the-pool-review.html. I brought my brother Joe along because he loves golf. It was scary. They now have several projects in the early stages of development, but Sleepwalk With Me was TALs first big cinematic endeavor. Joe is my older brother and Ive always looked up to him. He is partial of Italian descent and was raised Catholic. All Rights Reserved. Mike and HASAN MINHAJ discuss Hasan's Peabody Award-winning special Homecoming King. Writer: Mike Birbiglia: The New One. In Sleepwalk With Me, the character (clearly based on himself, but with the name Matt Pandamiglio) makes the same discovery Birbiglia did in real life. A screenwriter named Scott Burns and [director] Steven Soderbergh took a story they heard on our show, and turned it into the film The Informant! Exploring new territories or branching out into unexpected formal terrain is not in the cards for this comedian. Many jokes at a recent performance were met with knowing laughter, our critic writes. All of your shows draw from personal experiences. And it gets worse. But first, the special starts with a couch. His delivery isnt what it settles into in his later work, and it kind of ends before it really gets off the ground. Filmed for Netflix at the Intiman Theater in Seattle, Mike Birbiglia talks about his first kiss, his first girlfriend, his first time making a crush laugh hard, and more. He didnt need to invest his parents friends money to rent film equipment and pay a crew and maybe end up again with a pile of unusable footage. He seems a little wired and unable to relax. He'd say: "I'm not going to have kids until I'm sure that nothing else good can happen in my life. newsletter here. Mike is white according to his ethnicity. It's not a huge surprise given how he felt about it and all the discussions we had before it. Mike Birbiglia was initially reluctant to become a father, but his wife, Jen Stein, saw things things differently. NYT Critic's Pick. As a matter of fact, shes a starring character in his best work. They were very adamant that they loved the first half of the show where I made an argument against having children. As she tells Brenda O'Meara in this podcast, aside from Birbiglia and some poet friends, she didn't tell anyone what name she was writing under or when anything she wrote was published. "This book is for [her]," he says. They ended up getting about a quarter of what they hoped, but got some lucky breaks along the way. You sound like an optimist. Plus, Mike's brother crashes his interview with Conan.Subscribe to watch more Team Coco videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7GJNg51C3jgmYTUwqoUXA?sub_confirmation=1Watch more videos on Team Coco http://teamcoco.com/videoFOLLOW TEAM COCO ON SOCIALTeam Coco on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/teamcocoTeam Coco on Twitter https://twitter.com/teamcocoTeam Coco on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/teamcoco/ABOUT CONAN ON TBSAiring weeknights since 2010, CONAN on TBS is home to topical monologues, remote segments, celebrity interviews, musical performances and stand-up from the top comedians in the world. Birbiglia is too young to play one of Maria Dizzia's parents, but maybe Polly has a brother that we haven't seen . And at that point, I just threw in the towel. Hope Stein. Mike welcomes his longtime collaborator and lifelong brother Joe Birbiglia. I was like, oh my gosh, I have capabilities that I didn't even know I had. This, of course, sets up a new flurry of self-deprecating comments that Birbiglia deploys in his deceptively sleepy semi-monotone, which at times makes him sound as if he were startling himself. After Birbiglia graduated college, he quit his job and took his show on the road. That and money. It was really hard and long hours driving to parts of the country where people dont want to go.. But he made it, so we can all laugh about it now. I was not one of them. Then you were quite vocal about not wanting children. We were in Dayton, Ohio and drove by the cineplex, and Hedberg asked me if Id seen Meet the Parents. So I go up to the banquet room and the person in charge says, Theres going to be two speakers, and then you, and then a raffle. And I said, Well thats exciting, Ive never opened for a raffle. The first speaker goes up and he is a boy who survived leukemia and hes very inspiring and everyone is crying, including me. And his feelings about not wanting to be a father, I didn't hear that a lot from him. With The Old Man and the Pool, Birbiglias most immersive and theatrical performance yet, Minahj thinks his pal is expanding the boundaries of stand-up comedy. Watch. You're not intended to agree with the person telling you the story or the characters in the story. And she would say, "Pee pee!" Mike is white according to his ethnicity. Mike Birbiglia started his career as a server and fill-in comic at a comedy club in college. Birbiglia, 44, isn't just a comedian. And one of the challenging things about comedy is that youre often asked to perform it in places where it maybe doesnt belong. They also discuss hosting an a cappella festival while high. Fundamentally, I want to deliver for the people who show up. His brother is Joe Birbiglia and his sisters are Gina and Patti Birbiglia. It's just something because I think it came to me so late in life. Abigail Covington is a journalist and cultural critic based in Brooklyn, New York but originally from North Carolina, whose work has appeared in Slate, The Nation, Oxford American, and Pitchfork, .css-gk9meg{display:block;font-family:Lausanne,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;padding-top:0.25rem;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-gk9meg:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(max-width: 48rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.15;margin-bottom:0.25rem;}}@media(min-width: 40.625rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1rem;line-height:1.2;margin-bottom:0.625rem;}}@media(min-width: 64rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.2;}}@media(min-width: 73.75rem){.css-gk9meg{font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.2;}}Pedro Pascal Is Joining 'Gladiator 2', Bella Ramsey Sorts Out 'The Last of Us' Finale. The artists that I tend to enjoy are the ones who give themselves to the audience. I, for one, am looking forward to hearing about Birbiglias next medical tests, not to mention how he is going to spin tales of Oonas growing up. It's like my journal entries. I really dont, but I journal every few nights. In fact, hes got Type II Diabetes, and now his older brother, Joe, is telling him he needs to write a will. John Mulaney is honoring his famous friends who helped stage his 2020 intervention. Did you ever see Richard Pryor's Live on the Sunset Strip? A year after his debut he was also featured in Cedar Rapids (2011) and Your Sister's Sister (2011). I enjoy when people go to dark places in their comedy and find some hint of optimism. Many jokes at a recent performance were met with knowing laughter, as with the first mention of Birbiglias daughter, Oona, whose origin story, so to speak, was the subject of The New One, with which he made his Broadway debut four years ago. When asked about a worst moment in his career, he recalled a memory of bombing on stage. For years, I could not tell people that story. though it will do better if you click here and go see it at a theater near you. And (the shows) got about 150 jokes in it., Birbiglia is also writer-director of the semi-autobiographical indie movie Sleepwalk With Me (about a guy who sleepwalks) as well as Dont Think Twice (about a group of improv performers). That's the person who I'm going to follow." They hoped to make it for around $3 million . Mike Birbiglia (center) in an episode of "Orange Is the New Black." The humor is further amplified by our acquaintance with the man onstage: Birbiglias persona and style are well established (from his many stage shows, movies, books, podcasts and interventions on This American Life), and most audience members are versed in his character bible, to borrow a term from fiction narrative. I think there's a lot of nuance there. These are the moments when everything seems to click, and people leap forward into their careers. He says Birbiglia is one of the sweetest people hes ever met and calls him a "story magician" and a "Tarantino-style, comedic storyteller" on account of the way Birbiglia jumps back and forth through time in his shows. Whats happened so far thats made you realize that? ), I had wanted to make films since I was in college, says Birbiglia, 34. I don't feel like that was part of the experience when I was pregnant. Because you're trying to acknowledge the reality and then match it with something comedic that is just as powerful. Jen: I was so day-to-day, and so I started to feel like being sort of maybe over connected to the child, because it felt like any day anything could happen. I think it allows the audience to experience true catharsis. And one of the things is that Jen felt like she thought the marriage might end in that period of time that first 13 months with a child and I didn't know that, but I could feel it. 2023 Paste Media Group. The 50 greatest TV and movie detectives of all time. His new solo show, Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & the Pool, directed by his regular collaborator Seth Barrish, is built along the same lines as his previous outings. Comedian Mike Birbiglia performs his one-man show The Old Man and the Pool at Steppenwolf Theatre through the end of the month and he describes it as a story that starts at my doctors office, for my annual checkup. Do. I write so much garbage, it's astonishing. Every kid who grew up with a video camera had it, even if it ranked in likelihood alongside becoming a major league baseball player and astronaut as possible professions. Birbiglia says knowing his parents accepted his career choice was his biggest break. Specifically, it hones in on their road to becoming parents. Adam Beckman, the cinematographer who worked on Showtimes This American Life TV series, and Geoffrey Richman, who edited the documentaries The Cove and Sicko, agreed to join the project. The story is kick-started by a checkup during which Birbiglia struggles to blow into a tube to test his breathing. He is an actor and writer, known for Sleepwalk with Me (2012), Mike Birbiglia: What I Should Have Said Was Nothing (2008), and Your Sister's Sister (2011). You realize if I build out that, and build out this, it becomes a story the audience likes.. Determined to reverse the diagnosis, Birbiglia started eating healthier and exercising. Later he joined St. Mark's School, Southborough and graduated from the college. "The comedy bits are not written," he jokes, a sly reference to the irritating, everyday moments that often fuel his observational humor. By Mike Birbiglia Behind the scenes of one of Birbiglia's virtual comedy shows. Youre just watching it going, We are not in good hands!, So Ive learned to be very particular about where I perform, which is why Im at the Steppenwolf for the next month., I generally shouldnt perform comedy where people are dressed up, is a good rule of thumb." We hadn't really figured things out. On how Mike didn't feel a connection to the baby when she was born, Mike: In the first 13 months, which is where the book mostly takes place, I felt like all of the things that I had thought, all the seven reasons I never wanted to have a child, I was right about it! Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend is a 2013 American stand-up comedy film directed by Seth Barrish, and written by Mike Birbiglia & his brother Joe Birbiglia. He is an actor and writer, known for Sleepwalk with Me (2012), Mike Birbiglia: What I Should Have Said Was Nothing (2008), and Your Sister's Sister (2011). Over his career hes refined this approach to storytelling in order to appropriately mix the funny and the saccharine, in the process becoming one of my favorite comedians. Its also perfectly paced, building magnificently to one of the best jokes Ive ever heard about being self destructive, one that I cant bring myself to spoil here. Plus, Mike's. Thats when he began chasing another quixotic career: stand-up comic. He becomes the sort of guy who maxes out his credit card in order to impress a girl but nonetheless struggles to be the best boyfriend. But the way that the lighting and the costumes come together, it paints the picture of being on a subway so that I dont have to say thats where I am. Its easy to imagine an alternative universe in which Birbiglias shows are horror movies. His brother Joe was with him backstage when a producer asked if he wanted cue cards. All that and Fred shares his Mike Birbiglia impression, his Ira Glass impression, and explains why . Ira and I are both not of the Hollywood mindset of, like, Lets keep developing Both of us are just very much doers. The victim: beloved comedian Jonathan Katz, who the brash young Birbiglia followed into the men's room in order to unprofessionally beg the Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist star for a job. 4. Are Woody Harrelson and McConaughey Brothers? NEXT: This American Life goes Hollywood when our program continues, We started to see some of the stories be converted into films six or seven years ago. But it definitely occurred to me like, oh, I guess this is a time period that people can get divorced, or something like that. Known for roles in films that he's directed, like "Sleepwalk With Me" and "Don't Think Twice," the funnyman has an extensive IMDb, which includes projects as. A hostile audience you can write off. There's literally no way to know. Do you ever look at your life and think, "Maybe I shouldnt make so many hard and fast rules?". And so the idea of holding her back at a certain point felt very selfish.". What are you in? And he goes, I am too. And I said, You cast me. Because then you end up going through everything youve been in. And I think that's part of us being in two different places in that time. He has that story about freebasing with cocaine and then lighting himself on fire. Its messy and sweaty and Im in the locker room ironing my pants, trying to do damage control on the situation. We were pretty good at it. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. The special mostly concerns itself with the idea of the right and wrong times to tell jokes. They all go in their own directions. One of the first jokes comic Mike Birbiglia ever told on stage was about remaining childless. Mike Birbiglia also had this dream though he has a lot more of those than he knows what to do with. His brother named Joe Birbiglia. Or bring back smoking, get these babies some cigarettes cause theyre so stressed out, he adds. Offers may be subject to change without notice. The Old Man and the Pool will head to Broadway in October after stops in Pittsburgh and Nashville. "Completely blank. And I was like, "See? Maria Bamford, Bob Dylan, Mitch Hedberg, Prince.The list is endless for Minnesota. It sounds like, for you, there's a really, really, really long tunnel, but then at the very end of it, a teeny little light.I think thats accurate. It's such an interestingly polarizing experience, that show. What I Should Have Said Was Nothing: Tales From My Secret Public Journal. And that's not just a father thing. Others (like Birbiglia, in my opinion) are well aware of the line, flirt with it in order to give comedy the bite it needs, but also avoids steering too far over the line and alienating an audience. But for literally 10 years, I didnt utter a word about that story to anyone in my life. ", Birbiglia wasn't really joking. Once again theres an overarching story of how Birbiglia was nearly killed in a car crash and how he tried to fight the case that claimed he had to pay for the repair of the car that hit him. They were not national headliners, but opening acts, making 500 bucks a week or 300, or whatever it is, Birbiglia says. In it, Birbiglia tells the overarching story of how he roasted director David ORussell at an awards ceremony where the director was being honored. On how having a baby changed Jen's relationship to her own body. Mike Birbiglia discusses great shows, comedy albums, movies, and more with some old friends. This is this person who I love and trust and who I'm going to spend the rest of my life with, and this is really what she wants to do, and I know she'd be a great mom. Mike discusses his first album, Two Drink Mike, with longtime friend JOHN MULANEY. It gave him a story to tell, and everyone knows thats the main ingredient for making a movie. Mike discusses his fifth album, Thank God For Jokes, with up-and-coming comedian JUDD APATOW. Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, and director Rob Marshall share the tale behind making their underwater musical with a groundbreaking Disney princess. "I was always performing by the seat of my pants.". Over the years, I managed to develop this comedy career, went from opening act to headliner at comedy clubs, to playing concert halls, and had an off-Broadway show with Sleepwalk With Me, Birbiglia recalls. He also cursed in front of the Muppets, so. At the time, I was opening for Mitch Hedberg, who I thought was the coolest comedian on earth. "I felt like [parenthood] was the kind of challenge that we were ready for," she says. Having finally adjusted to fatherhood, Birbiglia is coasting toward middle age when a routine physical exam sends him reeling. Running time: 1 hour 15 minutes. He was that one kid who was really excited about Google+ and is still sad about how that turned out. Yeah, I was full on. It also turned out to be one of the best times of his life, or at least a very fortunate one. Here he is largely concerned with his own mortality a troubling feeling at any time, but especially for a man who is just in his early 40s. Hes also stubborn to a fault and that leads to trouble. But the actuality of it created distance between us, for sure. Mike is a very sport loving person he keeps interest in American Football. It was. The comedian once again proves his virtuosity as a narrator, weaving a new harrowing tale in his latest Broadway show. Its sort of early days for him and you can tell. What he's doing is giving us the gift of sharing it in detail and taking something so sad and making it funny. I think you'd think it's pretty funny." His parents were watching from home. They were not funny the first 10 times I told them onstage because I was so deeply uncomfortable telling them. And theres an upside to that and downside of that. Pain wasnt funny, but everyone had it, and if you could get people to laugh at yours, it made theirs a little more bearable, too. That was the key the act. Sign up for our Eat. But comedians, even the most successful ones, will tell you that nobody is good when they start out. Once again, the descriptions of his health issues are graphic and groan-inducing: Birbiglias body is his greatest foe and keeps coming up with new ways to betray him. I've learned to over-communicate in my life. "I was like, 'No, I think it'll be OK,' " Birbiglia says. Yes, you need time, certainly from the embarrassing moment. James Rebhorn (Independence Day) and Carol Kane (Taxi, Scrooged) play his parents, while Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) co-stars as his long-suffering girlfriend, and Birbiglia recruited comics such as Marc Maron (host of the WTF podcast), John Lutz (30 Rock), and Kristen Schaal and Wyatt Cenac (both of The Daily Show) to make cameo appearances. When you take a comedy monologue that you've been working on for four years and then marry it with a set designed by Beowulf Boritt, a costume designed by Toni-Leslie James, projections by Hana Kim, and lighting by Aaron Copp, it becomes something that is outside of myself. 4. I like that you have such a wide taste in comedy. Hasan Minahj has known Mike Birbiglia since 2013 when they met at the Just for Laughs festival, and Birbiglia offered to let the young stand-up open for him at an upcoming performance in Davis, California (Minahjs hometown). Im not aspiring for a lot more. And truly, I dont think things have gotten necessarily better or worse since then. And his nationality is American. Below, Birbiglia dishes to Esquire about the tour, life with less pizza, and why Maria Bamford and Richard Pryor are the G.O.A.T.s of stand-up. Thats when the show becomes a play. His 2013 special, Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2013), was nominated for comedy special of the . "Its a health thing," he says, settling into his chair. Its about life and death." I will owe people forever for helping me make this, Birbiglia says. I don't know if this answers the question, but I think that there's something happening right now in comedy that's a very positive outcome after years and years of this very narrow scope of voicesjust tons of white menin comedy. He is also active in many other social networks like Twitter and Instagram. Mike Birbiglia ( / brbli /; born June 20, 1978) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, storyteller, director, producer and writer. It was a cancer research benefit. A lot of really skilled comedians do that. I always cry at the end of Broadcast News, but not because it's the outcome I wanted. One of Mike Birbiglia's simplest and best talents is his instinct for leaping from sprawling existential ideas to prosaic little experiences. I'll tell you a funny anecdote about this: I never saw Meet the Parents when it was in theaters because I thought it was a big studio comedy, and I was too good for that. I feel like whether you're raising a child or not, we're always making mistakes all the time, and we never know what they are until later. Team Coco features over 25 years of comedy sketches, celebrity interviews and stand-up comedy sets from CONAN on TBS and Late Night with Conan OBrien, as well as exclusive videos from podcasts like Conan OBrien Needs a Friend, Literally! Jen: I understand why Mike didn't [feel connected to the baby] but I kind of had the opposite, which is perhaps I was too connected to her. In writing the book, Jen and I ended up saying things to each other that we didn't say in that period of time. My comedy is, I amble in and start talking and slowly we realize the talking is part of something larger. List Price: $24. The one thing youre most reluctant to tell. which I think means "pizza" and also "yes." Her brother, Jason Stein, works for Ernst & Young.. Don't Miss: Mechelle McCain Wiki: Facts To Know About Mike Epps' Ex-Wife Jen's mother worked as a music publisher, representing artists like U2 . He has his own comedy specials on Netflix and he also shows up as an actor in other peoples projects, including Amy Schumers Trainwreck, Netflixs Orange Is the New Black and Showtimes Billions.. And I think to myself, why dont I cater my material to this specific event? The AirBnB he is staying in while he is in Los Angeles for a run of performances of his new show, The Old Man and the Pool, has been making a mysterious chirping sound. Really, I just love it because its exactly the kind of story I love to hear and tell. Birbiglia earned multiple awards, including a Drama Desk prize, for this one-man show about his procreation reservations. At one point, he woke up covered in glass after crashing through the window of his hotel room. I think the best artists and entertainers task themselves with giving people a respite from the darkness. But then he describes being at the hospital and having his bandages removed. This idea of like, sometimes parents bond with the child at birth, or before birth, or six months into the baby's life, or 12 months, or a year and a half, or whatever it is. Talking about his children he has a daughter with his spouse named Oona. Theres also just a lot of anti-kid sentiments in this show that Im looking forward to his daughter unpacking when she sees it years from now. I was at Whole Foods recently and this guy comes up to me and goes, Wait, what are you in? And I said, Im in the worst conversation of my life! with JB Smoove and Scam Goddess with Laci Mosley.How Mike Birbiglia Got His Brother A Job With Jonathan Katz | CONAN on TBS https://www.youtube.com/c/TeamCoco It was Mike Birbiglia, who had no business being at this event. What is tougher to deal with a hostile audience or one that gives no response at all? Now youre a married man with a kid who goes to the YMCA five days a week. So I was really doing most of the things at that point: diapers, baths, nighttime, everything. All the time. On Jen's fear that the marriage would end because of the emotional distance between her and Mike because of the baby. Mike discusses the Broadway musical Waitress with composer and star SARA BAREILLES. Swimming feels like the least demanding option, and theres a Y.M.C.A. And so I thought: I'm not going anywhere. I said, "No, I don't really watch movies like that; I like more independent films." Plus, Mike makes a special New York announcement about his show The New One. We also hear the sounds of troubled sleepers from a DVD put together by Doctors Carlos Schenck and Mark Mahowald of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center. The Old Man and the Pool picks up where Birbiglias 2018 .css-umdwtv{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:.0625rem;text-decoration-color:#FF3A30;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:inherit;-webkit-transition:background 0.4s;transition:background 0.4s;background:linear-gradient(#ffffff, #ffffff 50%, #d5dbe3 50%, #d5dbe3);-webkit-background-size:100% 200%;background-size:100% 200%;}.css-umdwtv:hover{color:#000000;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;-webkit-background-position:100% 100%;background-position:100% 100%;}Netflix special, The New One, leaves off. I heard someone say once, "If life is this dark, then comedy should be allowed to be this dark too." What you need to live your best life now. Mike Birbiglia knows what he's doing: At this point, his act is baked to golden perfection. Mike Birbiglia in his film Sleepwalk With Me. Once I became pregnant, I understood like, oh, I'm a woman. Mike Birbiglia discusses great shows, comedy albums, movies, and more with some old friends. Mike is also popular on Facebook and has thousands of fans following on it. Hes not dealing with his life, hes got this situation with his girlfriend, hes got a job hes not crazy about, and hes no good at, and then you have this really dramatic and super visual element, which would be the sleepwalking. While the character stumbles blindly through dark bedrooms, the film allows the audience to see the surreal fantasies playing out inside his head, such as winning something his brain calls the dustbuster olympics..
