Casper Kelly’s Buddy Turns a Kids’ Show Into a Dark, Existential Slasher
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Casper Kelly’s Buddy reimagines a 1999 kids’ show as a grotesque, existential horror-comedy, using the pastel world of Buddy to probe television’s grip on reality, growing up, and the exploitative nature of child actors, anchored by standout performances from Cristin Milioti and Delaney Quinn, with a Lynchian, mind-bending finale.
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