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What better way to prepare for the fast-approaching weekend than by indulging in the some of the Internet’s most well-done web content? Take advantage of your lunch break and treat yourself to Afternoon Delight, Decider’s carefully curated picks of the best short-form content available on the world wide web. This week we’re spotlighting K.I.T., a cringingly funny short film from writer-actress Michelle Morgan (Girl Most Likely, It Happened in L.A.).
What if we actually meant it when we told people to “keep in touch”? Well, that’s exactly what Morgan explores in K.I.T., a short film she wrote, directed, and stars in. Morgan plays Michelle, a well-intentioned, neurotic yuppie who springs into action when she finds out her favorite grocery store cashier, CJ, is quitting her job. In an attempt to make the “keep in touch” sentiment she expressed to her true, she begins to arrange outings. While Michelle may have the best intentions at heart, her obsession with being honest and connecting with CJ begins to affect her day-to-day life and her relationship with her boyfriend.
With every attempt to connect with CJ, Michelle seems to dig herself further into a hole of awkwardness – and it’s great comedy. By the time the truth behind Michelle’s motivations come out and she spills her guts to CJ, it’s almost hard to watch (but in the best way possible). Morgan effortlessly embodies Michelle’s self-involved neuroses, making her both likable and embarrassing in equal measure.
It’s exciting to watch this multi-hyphenate knock so much out of the park in one fell swoop; the directing is sharp, the writing is genuinely funny, and her performance is totally compelling. Morgan has since written Girl Most Likely, starring Kristen Wiig, and recently wrote, directed, and starred in It Happened in L.A., which boasts a star-studded cast. K.I.T. was made released 2013, and it’s pretty exciting to see how much promise Morgan demonstrated early on in her career. It’s rare that you find something so perfectly compact and clever and that’s what K.I.T. is – and exactly what a short film should be.
