San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2009

Michael Dunn, professional actor of stage and screen, does not need heavy make-up or CGI to enhance his image as Igor, the assistant to Dr. Frankenstein. No, he has a hunchback, and in this stop-motion animated mockumentary of a week in the life of this starving actor, we discover a man who maintains his dignity even though he has played Igor over twenty times. As he says himself, “If life gives you a hunchback, you might as well make lemonade ‘cause you’re not going to make a living as an actor.” Sad but true wisdom for us all and for all actors who have been unfairly typecast. Long live truth teller hunchback, Michael Dunn!