A 5-minute blind date that goes from awkward to unhinged faster than you can say 'safe word.'
Acting
Stan Kirsch's escalating panic is perfectly calibrated.
Writing
Cox crams three acts of misunderstanding into five minutes.
Director
C. Jay Cox
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
C. Jay Cox later directed 'Latter Days' (2003), a full-length gay romance—this short is basically his origin story of chaotic queer storytelling.
Part of a wave of '90s queer shorts that snuck subversive content into mainstream-adjacent festival circuits before Will & Grace made gay characters 'safe.'
US
