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House Comes with a Bird

House Comes with a Bird

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House Comes with a Bird

2022

0h 15m

6.2(9 votes)

Drama

Overview

It’s quintessentially late afternoon Californian sun. The eponymous house gently hosts a number of clipped social encounters. Each of these denotes dynamics of power in race, gender and class. While it’s the macaw that seems ostensibly and literally caged, Bravo’s drama of manners suggests that every single one of us may not be quite as uncaged as we assume.

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Miu Miu

Prettybird

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6 featured cast members

Starring

Kelsey Lu

Kelsey Lu

Jean

Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne

Penn

Pedro Pascal

Pedro Pascal

Nico

Katherine Waterston

Katherine Waterston

Ruth

Poorna Jagannathan

Poorna Jagannathan

Langley

Sam Fragoso

Voice Over

Creative team

Directed by: Janicza Bravo
Written by: Janicza Bravo

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