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For those who want to have a direct idea of the level of the writer Leslye Headland, go to 9mn 50 seconds of the first episode, for a scene that becomes instantly mythical: The heroine Osha, is in space on the hull of her ship making repairs. Suddenly it catches fire, and she extinguishes the fire with a fire extinguisher...

For the latecomers who would have difficulty in capturing: There's a fire on the hull of the ship... in space !

So Osha uses a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Not stupid knowing that the foam coming out of a fire extinguisher acts by insulating the fire from the surrounding air, thus preventing the oxygen contained in the air from feeding the fire in question.

Practical knowing that there is no air in space, and that therefore the... fire... uuuhh... well here it is, Osha, thanks to its extinguisher therefore prevents the air that does not exist in space from feeding a fire that... took without air and will therefore be neutralized by preventing the air that does not exist to reach him knowing that it could not catch fire because... uuuhh... there is no air... But it is not stupid to provide a fire extinguisher in space to neutralize the air supply in case a fire takes without air, and uuuhh... well that's what...

So we are confident, the writer Leslye Headland has inevitably concocted great things for the following, as she immediately imposes at the beginning of the series, her intelligence and skills.

We feel direct that she's a light and that the rest will necessarily shine !!

Here is the rare short film (31 mn) of 1992, which inspired the film "Funny Man" of 1994.

All the more rare, that until now it was not even listed on the Imdb. What a pity a short of this quality !

I fixed that by creating a file on Imdb on June 9, 2024.

This short film is really excellent, the staging of Simon Sprackling is of high quality, made with a lot of imagination. There is a great visual research on framing, colors, editing... For the probably limited budget, some passages are really amazing in efficiency, especially at the end when the Funny Man goes into killing mode.

The characters are well exposed and very well defined.

The general interpretation is good, with often tasty dialogues !

I love the part where the mother asks her husband to roll him a joint, with him who decides to make himself one too, and their daughter who attends dismayed at this, goes away and says "You are pathetic !". And the father then asked his wife: "Tina, why do we have such precocious children ? I mean, where did we go wrong ?" Excellent !!

Two special mentions for the excellent Tim James in Funny Man, role that he will take again for the film; and also for Christian Burgess who plays the role of the father, really very very good (funny and very nuanced interpretation).

Very cute the exchange between him and his son while he phones ("Forever and ever and ever ?"). A tender moment among many other frankly funny... What a pity that this actor was replaced for the 1994 film (probably for scheduling reasons given his resume at this time) !

But rest assured, the film will not forget the scenes of bloody killings, and they are crazy, spectacular and really funny, believe me, just be patient !

To summarize, a short to discover urgently and to show to your friends, because it does not deserve its current status "forgotten".