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Lapsis spins sci-fi satire from the gig economy, as a cable guy’s quick-cash dream turns to nightmare – ABC News
In Lapsis, a middle-aged man swaps his dead-end job for the promise of quick cash and a better view, laying fibre optic cable in the American wilds. Of course,…
Dreams of escaping the rat race get a witty, sci-fi spin in Lapsis, a film righteously attuned to the creeping horror felt by those trapped in the gig economy, and gallantly carried by its unexpected blue-collar hero Ray Tincelli (newcomer Dean Imperial).
Hailing from Queens, Ray is an out-of-touch, middle-aged everyman in the mould of Louis CK or George Costanza, whose scuzzy appearance slicked back hair, aviators, a white singlet revealing a gold chain and a swathe of chest hair is described by…
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