They've got a name for girls like me.

digital video using appropriated material, 2007 (in progress)

Study #2

The Doris Day film is about Julie, a flight attendant on the run

from her homicidal, Eastern European, piano-playing

husband. This murderous maestro sneaks onto her flight,

shoots the pilot dead, mortally wounds the co-pilot, then offs

himself. With the co-pilot barely conscious, who will fly the

plane? With some help from her friends down at ground

control, Julie safely lands the aircraft and saves the day.

Before the co-pilot passes out, there is a section where he

gives her instructions on how to fly the plane. He groans,

moans, and offers guidance, saying things like, "Ah yes, Julie,

that's good, right there, yes, down there, ahhhh..."

It sounds quite lewd.

At a screening of these studies, I showed this scene twice,

once with the sound only, so all the audience heard was the

moaning, groaning, and the whir of the airplane. I then showed

the same scene again, but with the image included. The

audience laughed and laughed.

It was a cheap shot, but I took it