“This year’s Special Events section is heavy with television-centric picks and out-of-the-box offerings, but as our own Liz Shannon Miller previously noted, YouTube filmmaker Jessie Kahnweiler’s “The Skinny” is the most truly independent of the bunch. The dark comedy was crowdfunded before being picked up by Refinery29 and Wifey.TV, original programming upstarts in an increasingly varied landscape. Kahnweiler’s humor is unique, biting and damn funny, and that she managed to wrangle Illeana Douglas to co-star in the project is just a further testament to the potential power of her new series”
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