Interesting time wasters.



From Flavorpill LA -- it's kinda like a real life Best In Show:



Judy Fiskin's hilarious and slightly damning video documentary 50 Ways to Set the Table chronicles the critical insights of the judges at the LA County Fair's annual -- and deadly serious -- table-setting competition. Kitschy and entertaining as stand-alone cinema (as evidenced by a recent Best in Festival Prize from the 2003 Berkeley Film & Video Festival), the work also forms a tidy allegory for the oft-suspect endeavor of fine art criticism, itself criticized for proffering value judgments based on arbitrary and insular criteria. All in good fun, of course.



Judy Fiskin | 50 Ways to Set the Table



While you're there, check out her other films. 'Specially the one with the cat. (How do you teach a cat to do that?)



Judy Fiskin | Other videos