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Micro Queers: Dawn of the Deaf (2016)

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Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8854 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This month on Micro Queers, we're headed to London 1 hour before The Pulse with Rob Savage's Dawn of the Deaf (2016). We discuss the exquisite technical elements (be sure to watch it with head phones!), the stunning 360 spinning subway scene, and get excited about feature version with an all deaf cast (it'll never happen though!) Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd, Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote Be sure to support the boys on Patreon!  Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good morning, afternoon or evening, and welcome to the bloody disgusting network.

0:10.6

The following show is just horrifying.

0:15.9

Beware. We're gonna carry on the sequel, because let's face it, baby, these days, you gotta have a sequel.

0:37.2

Yeah! Just face it, baby, these days, you gotta have a sequel.

0:37.9

Yeah!

0:48.0

And welcome back to Micro Queers.

0:51.4

It's your monthly Queer Horror Short Roundup, and I'm Joe.

0:56.7

And I'm Trace, and we are discussing Rob Savage's Dawn of the Deaf.

1:02.3

And that title is probably, honestly, when you finish this, Roy, it makes a lot of sense.

1:05.5

Yeah, it's a bit of a dead giveaway, isn't it?

1:09.7

It is, but oh, man, did I love this short?

1:19.9

Yeah, there's something to be said for very slickly well-funded shorts because they do tend to stand out in comparison to some of the other ones that we've covered.

1:25.8

But maybe before we talk about how technically great this short is, we'll just quickly cover the premise.

1:27.9

So folks, if you have not watched Dawn of the Deaf, the premise is when a strange sound wipes out the hearing population. A small

1:34.5

group of deaf people must band together to survive. And spoilers, that is not what this short is

1:41.1

about. Yeah. This short is a proof of concept for what that premise is because this is one hour before

1:49.5

this catastrophic event more or less turns all hearing people into zombies.

1:55.1

And we're getting slice of like vignettes from four different deaf people leading up to the

2:00.6

catastrophe.

2:01.7

Yes.

2:02.2

I'm actually really angry that I read that plot synopsis, I'm sorry, that logline,

2:06.5

before I saw the short because it primed me to expect something.

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