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, HBO's languid, sun-soaked cinema verité micro-comedy series, there's nothing more tranquil than its recurrent montages of Gen Z women gliding on their skateboards through the concrete hills and valleys of a Manhattan skate park. With funky synths bleating indie-pop in the background, this inclusive group of friendsland ollies or fall on their backsides. Mostly, they fly though the air like a breeze itself.
Created by director Crystal Moselle as an alternate-universe spinoff of her pleasant 2018 coming-of-age filmis cheerier than its predecessor and far less tangled in the pathos of growing up. Each character from the film returns, but their relationships to each other have been rewired. Camille , the film's protagonist, is no longer a Long Island teen rebelling against her mom, but a 20-something skater far more comfortable with the guys than she is with the girls.
The group's de facto leader is Kirt , a white, bro-y and effervescent lesbian burn-out who also serves as theof the group. She just wants everyone to be together and to have fun… and also has no problem "wilding out" on disrespectful dudes who refuse to share the skate park. Moran is a natural comedienne, a female Spicoli who animates every scene with just a shift in mien or an incredulous, "Yo…" She radiates bravado.
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