Poll of the Day > Help me find a short film, please.

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When i watched it, i was at college so would have been 13-16 years ago, although it could be older than that.

I believe it was British made, but the main male actor was American.

From what i can remember, it was about a single, white, middle-aged woman who would turn into black man (literally) when she became too stressed. However, the woman was racist so when she turned into the black man, it was how she percieved black men which was very stereotypical, and i think his mannerisms might have been based on Samuel L. Jackson but might be remembering that wrong. He would then turn back into the woman after having sex with someone.

I can't remember anyone who was in it, but i do know i have seen the black male actor in something since, i just can't remember what or when.

If no one knows then perhaps some tips on what i could google in order to find it, as i don't know where to start with that.

Thanks.
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was it a snickers commercial
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No, it was definitely a short film.
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This sounds interesting. Hopefully someone else has the answer.
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Well i tried googling "film where white woman turns into black man" and the best i got was a 70s film called Watermelon Man, which seems mildly similar in theme but is mostly definitely not the film i was thinking of.

I'm bad at google pls help
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pretty sure it was a snickers commercial
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Unless snicker commercials generally last 30+ minutes, I'm definitely sure it wasn't.
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But commercials ARE short films. Just really, really short.
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Is it Agathe Clery?
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Far-Queue posted...

Is it Agathe Clery?

Oh, hell no. Had to google that one but no, it wasn't black face, it was an actual seperate person played by an actual black man.

Blaqthourne posted...

But commercials ARE short films. Just really, really short.

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I just tried pretty hard to find it but didn't turn up much. :/
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seems like searching could turn up some r rated results
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Pus_N_Pecans posted...

I just tried pretty hard to find it but didn't turn up much. :/

I just didn't realise how many things there were with similar premises.
I'm going to change tact, see if i can find the actor instead.
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Darth_CiD posted...

No, it was definitely a short film.

sounds like a snickers commercial
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helly posted...

Darth_CiD posted...

No, it was definitely a short film.

sounds like a snickers commercial

Maybe, find it on youtube and I'll let you know if it's the one.
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I think I've found it. Terrible sleuthing mechanics but it kind of worked.

Knowing the guy was in something I've seen in the past 10 years other than the film and finding him that way was actually easier than it sounds, considering i cut the cord 4 years ago and even before that only ever watched notable programming.

So, first off, i search for notable British TV programmes from the last 10 years. This led me to a list on IMDB of the most notable British programmes since 2000. I could instantly rule out anything i hadn't seen which was actually quite a lot of the list, then i scanned the cast lists of the ones i did see to see if i recognised anyone.

This actually led me to a deadend as i didn't find him that way and i though it was the end of that, but then i remembered that the only other type of programming i used to watch back then was comedy panel shows. I loved them for some reason and would watch at least 5 on the regular, so it occured to me that if it was one of those i saw him on, the man i was looking for was a comedian, not a full time actor.

With that in mind, i just searched the word "comedian" and the first result was The Comedy Store list of comedians in the UK, displayed alphabetically. The trudge started again as i looked through the list but i only had to make it to "H", Reginald D. Hunter, I'm 90% certain this is the guy I'm looking for.

A quick look up on IMDB shows that he was in a film from 2005 called Blackout, playing a character called Lucius X. Unfortunately, there is no screenshots, synopsis or clips for it so i don't know if this is definitely it, and blackout it such a general term that googling turns up pages and pages of notable power outages. Googling "blackout film" also displays different movies with the same title.

I'm sick of looking now though, and actually have to do some work, but all i need to do now is find some sort of evidence that Blackout (2005) is indeed the film i was looking for.
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Alright, so I'm almost positive you're right since there's also a character named Lucienne Porter in the cast list. I dug a little deeper and found out it's an episode of this British show called Comedy Lab and it's the 5th episode of the 7th season. I haven't found where to watch it yet, but I might do a little more research once I get back from work later tonight if you haven't already found it.
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Ah yes, Comedy Lab. I never made that connection as from what i remembered it was supposed to be a drama. Makes more sense that a comedian was in it now.
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Good news and bad news, i remembered Comedy Lab being a channel 4 show, so a quick look on 4od and i found the series there, unfortunately that particular episode was not in the list.

We're getting there though.
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Best i can find for an episode description is

The episode "Blackout" from the show "Comedy Lab" stars Katherine Jakeways as Lucienne Porter. Watch the episode to see what sort of problems Lucienne deals with in her daily life. Katherine provides a solid performance and good comedic timing. This is a great episode for fans of the "Comedy Lab."

Tells us nothing
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