The Five Freshest Bloods of ABC’s ‘Fresh Blood’
24 comedy web series landed on the web this week, from emerging Australian talent. And some of them are excellent.
#4. The Record
Bittersweet and scabrous, The Record follows various dysfunctional couples (all played by the superb Steen Raskopolous and Veronica Milsom) as they attempt to set a new, unlikely world record, i.e. oldest person, fastest star jumper, longest kiss.
Shot like some weird combination of Wes Anderson and vintage Jeunet & Caro, they’re as much acutely observed short films as they are sketches, although it definitely qualifies in that regard as well. Gentle comic ruminations with a razor sharp core, and just really delightful to watch.