Leave uses puppetry to explore representations of Caucasian women and drunkenness in film and television. The stumbling woman, made famous in films and TV shows such as Fatal Attraction, Fleabag, Killing Eve, and Single Drunk Female, is introduced face down on the carpet at the end of the night, surrounded by bottles and beer cans. She appears as a part-human-part-puppet character trying to piece together the night before. Combining a series of poetic and directorial voiceovers, subtitles, and text messages, Leave explores the erotics of the relationship between puppeteer and puppet, showing the way the puppeteer supports and manipulates the puppet to ask questions about agency and intoxication within the body horror genre.
Created by: Cara Benedetto and Liang Luscombe
Featuring: Courtney Mackedanze and Stephanie Jacobson
Sound Design: Coco Klockner
Camera: Jon Hustead and Liang Luscombe
Colour Grading: Peter Hatzipavlis
Directed by: Liang Luscombe
Project Assistance: Cesar Echevarria
