Poser Review: Unfocused Satire Still Feels Sharp, Fresh & A Little Scary
What perennially online person in this day and age hasn't thought, at least once, of starting a podcast, regardless of whether they actually have something to say? Enter Lennon Gates (Sylvie Mix), who may actually have some thoughts worth putting on the record at the beginning of Poser. But, as the film unfolds, increasingly complicated layers are revealed, both about Poser's protagonist and the irony-laden malaise that permeates the local scene through which she moves like a ghost. However, some of these layers may be missed. Poser is an unfocused but piercing send-up of the youthful search for identity, taking aim at podcasts, indie music culture, female friendships, and obsession. While it ultimately reveals everything too late, the film still feels fresh and, unlike plenty of what is released today (on podcasts and in theaters), actually does have something to say.
Lennon Gates lives in Columbus, Ohio and something seems amiss with her at the start of the film. Spurred by her interest in the local music scene, Lennon starts a podcast where she attends underground shows and interviews local artists. Through this endeavor, Lennon meets Bobbi Kitten, playing a version of herself as the lead singer of the band Damn the Witch Siren. The pair strike up a friendship, with Lennon increasingly fascinated by Bobbi's uninhibited nature and inspired to make her own music. What begins as an innocent enough project slowly becomes something that threatens to unravel Lennon's entire life.
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As a character, Lennon is an enigma and while this certainly seems to be on purpose, it doesn't give the audience much to latch onto in the first thirty or so
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