Crashing (UK, 2016) - Perfect Heightening in a Silent Scene
We analyze a single sixty-second silent scene from Crashing (UK, 2016) and argue it contains a masterclass in heightening — and a complete portrait of the whole series.
EPISODE SUMMARY
Crashing (UK, 2016) is a six-part comedy series created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge — one of her first public-facing works before Fleabag changed everything. On The Arc (thearc.fm), we spend an episode on a single silent scene that runs less than sixty seconds, arguing it displays perfect heightening and paints a picture of the entire show. We also did a sketch making fun of ourselves for choosing a silent scene…
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