The Super Narcoleptic Girl is going to save the day...so long as she can keep her eyes open. Sarah Albritton and Catherine Povinelli are the creators and stars of a web series about chronic sleepiness, friendship, pop culture, and the power of dance.
Albritton, who has narcolepsy herself, portrays Super Narcoleptic Girl's heroine Keelyn, who possesses the power to compel people to dance. Throughout the series, Keelyn battles for recognition, while Albritton and Povinelli make sure to provide a complex on-screen description of narcolepsy.
“Representation really matters. When you’re growing up and you see someone on television like you, that changes how you feel about things,” Albritton told Chicago's Columbia Chronicle. “Seeing [narcolepsy] portrayed realistically and seeing somebody go through some of the situations that you experience, you don’t feel as alone. You feel like, ‘Oh, they get me, they understand me.’”
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Albritton, who has narcolepsy herself, portrays Super Narcoleptic Girl's heroine Keelyn, who possesses the power to compel people to dance. Throughout the series, Keelyn battles for recognition, while Albritton and Povinelli make sure to provide a complex on-screen description of narcolepsy.
“Representation really matters. When you’re growing up and you see someone on television like you, that changes how you feel about things,” Albritton told Chicago's Columbia Chronicle. “Seeing [narcolepsy] portrayed realistically and seeing somebody go through some of the situations that you experience, you don’t feel as alone. You feel like, ‘Oh, they get me, they understand me.’”
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- 3/9/2018
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
James Van Der Beek had already been acting for several years when the movie that would change everything for him was released. “‘Being John Malkovich,’ to me, was the reason to be famous; to get to do something like that,” he told IndieWire. “I remember watching what John Malkovich did in that, I thought, ‘That is the coolest fucking thing I’ve ever seen a famous person do.'”
So when Van Der Beek started working on the new Viceland series “What Would Diplo Do?” with Spike Jonze (who directed the 1999 modern classic), “to be able to pitch him this whole idea and get his take on it was a dream.”
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So when Van Der Beek started working on the new Viceland series “What Would Diplo Do?” with Spike Jonze (who directed the 1999 modern classic), “to be able to pitch him this whole idea and get his take on it was a dream.”
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