Who's the Caboose?
This mockumentary about the 120 days of pilot season (when actors maniacally
audition for new sit-coms), from Worcester locals Sam Seder and Charles Fisher,
doesn't have to be so Jewish but it is. Once struggling comedians Susan and Max
land in LA followed by an intrusive documentary film crew, all the agents are
Jews, non-actors are referred to as "gentiles," everybody's got a new name, and
Susan (played with potty-mouthed schizo glee by Sarah Silverman) gets a hard
time for her "Ashkenazy" demeanor, her "ape arms," and her "Jewy" look.
Caboose is loaded with funny bits, but it's no satiric masterpiece.
Fortunately, when things start running out of steam, Andy Dick's greasy
loose-cannon manager (named Jason Reemer) and H. Jon Benjamin's slippery and
spineless über-schmoozer agent take it to the next level of
ridiculousness. At the Coolidge Corner, November 14 at 9:30 p.m.
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