Writer, Jim Vejvoda (HFF18)
By Ernest Kearney — Skin Jobs by Jim Vejvoda is a short indictment of the undercurrent of racism still in Hollywood. Vejvoda has drawn on his time as a journalist, covering the entertainment industry, to create a tight and timely tale of Kerri (Virginia Tran); a young Asian CGI artist who has been Skin Jobs by Jim Vejvoda is a short indictment of the undercurrent of racism still in Hollywood. Vejvoda has drawn on his time as a journalist, covering the entertainment industry, to create a tight and timely tale of Kerri (Virginia Tran); a young Asian CGI artist who has been, primarily, a “digital beautician.” Working for a major company, she regularly utilizes her expertise by making the elite of Hollywood look thinner or buffer.
But now she is seeking a larger assignment. She wants to work on a project where they plan to digitally alter a very white starlet to play the lead in a film based on
Performer, Virginia Tran (HFF18)
a graphic novel with very Asian heroine. In opposition to this is Kerri’s longtime friend Viv (Claire Fazzolari) “a geek with a soapbox,” who writes for an entertainment magazine and threatens to expose the attempt.
Vejvoda’s script is intelligent and rings true. Director Lee Costello has done fine work in shuffling his actresses about a stage that is a tad too small.
Tran skillfully conveys both the anguish and anger of her character making the audience appreciate the rock-and-hard-place in which many talented souls-of-color can find themselves when placed in the Hollywood of today.
For the intelligence of the script and raising an issue of whom few are aware, as well as Tran’s strong performance: a GOLD MEDAL.
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Skin Jobs
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