The Walker Smith Experiment
When a mysterious biohazard seals off a Manhattan hotel, its eccentric guests - from teens and politicians to pop stars and a time-displaced Benjamin Franklin - become unwitting participants in a surr…
The Walker Smith Experiment
When a mysterious biohazard seals off a Manhattan hotel, its eccentric guests - from teens and politicians to pop stars and a time-displaced Benjamin Franklin - become unwitting participants in a surreal sociological experiment. The Walker Smith Experiment is a kaleidoscopic satire that unfolds within the walls of an aging New York hotel placed under indefinite lock down by an unnamed "President." As a "shelter-in-place" order descends, the guests must grapple with the absurdity of their confinement, each spiraling into existential debates, personal revelations, spiritual awakenings, or complete delusion. Among them: two siblings gaming through the apocalypse, a Southern congressman cozying up to corruption, pop stars chasing reinvention, and paranoid lovers building a Faraday cage to avoid "mind control." and two bickering hit men waiting to find out who in the hotel are next on their list. Meanwhile, Benjamin Franklin - inexplicably time-traveled into the 21st century - serves as a mute witness to the tragic comedy of modern America. Blending deadpan humor with social critique and magical realism, this chamber piece explores what happens when society pauses-but no one inside does.
The Walker Smith Experiment
Comedy
Film Details
When a mysterious biohazard seals off a Manhattan hotel, its eccentric guests - from teens and politicians to pop stars and a time-displaced Benjamin Franklin - become unwitting participants in a surreal sociological experiment. The Walker Smith Experiment is a kaleidoscopic satire that unfolds within the walls of an aging New York hotel placed under indefinite lock down by an unnamed "President." As a "shelter-in-place" order descends, the guests must grapple with the absurdity of their confinement, each spiraling into existential debates, personal revelations, spiritual awakenings, or complete delusion. Among them: two siblings gaming through the apocalypse, a Southern congressman cozying up to corruption, pop stars chasing reinvention, and paranoid lovers building a Faraday cage to avoid "mind control." and two bickering hit men waiting to find out who in the hotel are next on their list.
Meanwhile, Benjamin Franklin - inexplicably time-traveled into the 21st century - serves as a mute witness to the tragic comedy of modern America. Blending deadpan humor with social critique and magical realism, this chamber piece explores what happens when society pauses-but no one inside does..