Cross-Country!

And now I would like to unveil to you the world premiere of a first for Ron Mexico Productions: a 27-minute short film. I haven't been doing much in the way of sketches as of late and that's partly due to laziness, partly because I have been brain-meltingly busy with schoolwork, and partly because I had been putting a lot of work into this project.

What we have here is a fun little road trip comedy with kind of a Bill and Ted vibe. David who has only appeared in one other sketch plays the main role because I think he's one of the better actors I've worked with (that still isn't saying much) and he's very cooperative and willing to do what need to be done to make a scene funny. I cast myself as the best friend because the character is pretty much identical to how I am in real life. James makes his Ron Mexico Productions debut in a convincing performance as the Crazy Drifter, and Peters, Carter, and Shane reprise their roles in Smoke Stoppers. Regular viewers of my stuff will probably notice that two of my old sketches end up appearing in this film pretty much verbatim.

When I was writing this project I knew that a 27-minute short film broken up into four parts was pretty much guaranteed to get little to no attention from a Youtube audience, but that's not really what I was aiming for. I've specialized in extremely filthy dialog and situations that are funny in very small doses and I wanted to see if I could make something that sustains some semblance of comedic energy over a longer period of time. It also broadens my comedic horizons and gives me something that I can someday adapt into a television show or feature film. I'm not sure exactly how I'll use it in the future, but I do know that the response from people who have seen it has been overwhelmingly positive. I turned it in as my final project for a video production class and it managed to bump my overall grade from an F to a B-, which is a good sign. I'll offer my commentary on each of the four individual sections in later posts, but for now, here is the short film in its entirety. Enjoy!