Ben Kawaller’s This Isn’t Me: CINEQUEST/SXSW REVIEWS: comedy pilot finds the funny and brightness in the small jokes while navigating darker situations
Those could be dark moments but in director Adrian Rojas Elliott’s hands it plays as sweet and sensitive. The show entirely dodges drafty conversations or harrowing gender harassment, focusing on a day in Fred’s life. Whether the subjects therein should be treated so seriously are beyond my purview, but it feels exciting to see these characters interact and rebound off each other without all the sobbing and scolding.