![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead of sitting its protagonist down with Russell and Rhys on the set of “The Americans,” the movie puts Michael (a sweet if simpering Jim Parsons) in the middle of an on-camera with an unnamed actor on an unnamed show. That same moment is revisited in Michael Showalter’s “Spoiler Alert” - a weirdly generic seriocomic weepy that betrays the fact it wasn’t scripted by Ausiello himself at almost every turn - but it’s abbreviated beyond any discernible point and stripped of the details that made it scar on the page. ![]() While (very proud about being) friends with the talent, Ausiello recognizes how unhelpful it would be to share his private distress with the public figures sitting across from him, and the specificity of that tension allows the entire scene to ring true. Once upon a time, TV was where he would turn when everything else was too painful on the other side of the looking glass, he finds himself pretending to care about the fantasy world so he can return to his pain. Powerful beyond the obvious reasons, the scene also inverts the sacred pact Ausiello made with television as a child, when he was a closeted young outsider who found warmth and comfort in the suds of his favorite soaps. Where to Watch This Week’s New Movies, from ‘The Starling Girl’ to ‘BlackBerry’ ![]()
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