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Emil P. Sorsky, Jr.
THE HIDEOUS ORANGE VASE
Based on a story by Emil P. Sofsky Jr. Timmy and his young friend have their football confiscated by the building Jamaican superintendent, Ralph. When Uncle Rich hears about it, he tells Timmy's dad, and they barge into Ralph's apartment, with Ralph's wife looking on in horror, taking a large orange vase in exchange for the football.
The boys have already broken into Ralph's storage, retrieving their ball, but they are too afraid to tell dad and Uncle Rich what really has happened. Ralph shows up with a white policeman, who believes dad, and walks away from the confrontation. Soon Ralph leaves the building, but Timmy is stuck, living with a dad who has developed a strange obsession with the orange vase.
Humorous but full of bit - Dad and Uncle Rich use all the old negative terms about African Americas, and think nothing of stealing something from a "coconut." Their hairstyles, clothes, and manners make them look like they are still living in the 1950s, but Timmy's contemporary haircut reveals that they are trapped in their own childhoods. Full of irony with a good script and nice film technique.
Description by Steve Fesenmaier, who is unable to contact the filmmakers, Sept. 12, 2005
