Gimme Truth! game show
March 3, 2007 at 10:01 p.m.
On a stage decorated with pink and yellow circular cutouts, some blank and others bearing the True/False letters—T and F—stands Johnny St. John in a polyester suit that looked like it came out of the seventies. John was the host of the second year game show that was introduced at last year’s festival.
The game show, held at The Blue Note on Sat., included several two-minute short films directed by locals that were previewed and then followed by three questions that attempted to uncover the truth behind the film. The questions came from three directors of this year’s festival: Marco Williams (Banished), Annie Sundberg (The Devil Came on Horseback) and Gary Burns (Radiant City).
The short films varied in content from a woman addicted to daylilies that she dried to get high (false) to the man who designed the image on Missouri’s quarter and had his image stolen by the U.S. mint (true) to a vegetarian German Shepherd that preferred eating salad over dog food (false).
Another highlight of the short films was about a girl who found pleasure in training her cat to use the toilet. She used several techniques such as placing the litter box next to the toilet, locking her cat in the bathroom as punishment for pooping behind the toilet and putting the cat’s food and water in the bathroom. The (true) film never revealed if the cat reached her goal.
The films were judged and prizes were awarded to the top three best films. First place winner was director, Hannah Robbins’ Vegetarian Shepherd. Robbins took home $250 dollars and several other prizes. Directors Williams, Sundberg and Burns took home original artwork from a local artist.
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