The Vault / Feature Film
The Data Queen vs. The LinkedIn Influence Vixens
The Hypnotic Hum of Toxic Positivity!
Earth is besieged by the Influence Vixens, hyper-polished sirens whose hypnotic hum of "Synergy!", "Grindset!" and "10 things a cup of coffee taught me about leadership" brainwashes entire tech companies. Engineers abandon their roadmaps to stand in circles chanting "Agree? Agree?" at the sky. Utterly unbothered, the Data Queen builds a shield of pure deterministic SQL and short-circuits their vanity signal for good.
Top Cast
La Production Technique
- Réalisateur
- Gonzague 'Tape-à-l'Œil' Archambault
- Directeur de la Photographie
- Gédéon 'Caméra-Épaule' Cloutier
- Bruitage (Sound FX)
- Onésime 'Micro-Sourd' Bilodeau
- Chef Électricien
- Thérèse 'Étincelle' Gauthier
- Accessoiriste
- Polycarpe 'Pas-de-Dictionnaire' Perreault
Incidents & Hazards
Rudy plays "The Blindly Nodding Commuter." Entranced by a talk on personal branding, he nods so hard he gets whiplash, trips on his unhemmed trousers and slides off a wet Montreal sidewalk into a puddle.
The nodding scene took 47 takes. By the last one, Rudy was nodding along to the catering announcements.
Notes from the Set
Director's Note“Rudy spent the afternoon repairing his pompadour with three cans of industrial hairspray. He missed the studio lunch.”
Trivia
- The Vixens wore plastic space tiaras that acted like lenses under stage lights, accidentally singeing a portion of the velvet background drapery.
- Rudy’s violent nodding was so intensely overacted that he dislocated his jaw during take four, requiring a local medic to reset it using a wooden spoon.
- The toxic glitter thrown by stage fans blinded the camera crew so severely that three full scenes were shot completely out of focus.
- The Data Queen's logic shield weapon was just a giant polished aluminum trash can lid decorated with SQL code written in black marker.
- The background extras chanting 'Agree? Agree?' were told they were auditioning for a local choir project to keep their volume levels optimized.