In the premiere episode, Mitch starts his job at the Rose City Coffeehouse, where the pay is meager, the humiliation plentiful, and the customers are always wrong.
Featuring:
- Tavis Sarmento (paranoid customer)
- Chris A. Bolton (jerk in suit)
"Wage Slaves" Episode 1 from Chris A. Bolton on Vimeo.
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Well done!! cant wait for the rest!
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I thought is was very well done, and had me cracking up. Good timing, and great cast!
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it! In case you didn’t know, Episode 2 is also live now — you can watch it right here!
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:28 pm
very well done! acting was very good and production professional. really appreciate your providing this as sharing art so all have access is building strong community.
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Caught you on Chan 8, had to check it out. Awesome first episode. Laughed alot. Now I’m off to watch the rest!
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Hey! I’m from Portland, and you have made our people proud!
July 24th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
When does Tom get his own spin-off series?
July 24th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Thanks to everyone for the great responses! We hope you’ll keep watching.
Guy, I would love to bring Tom back for Season 2, but I’ll have to do some finagling to get Tavis Sarmento up from L.A. As for his own series — maybe “Crazy Tom, P.I.”? (The client, the case, and the culprit can all be figments of his paranoid imagination.)
I’ll try to talk Tavis into producing his own show…
July 26th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
A hoot! Well done, and when I’m away from Portland for long stretches, I’ll be watching this to temper any homesickness.
Every good cup of coffee must have a taste of anger!
July 27th, 2009 at 6:28 am
“I am a writer.” Great.
It would have been more realistic in a real coffee shop.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:19 am
An actual coffee shop would have been great, Way Cool. But I recommend checking out the Rocking Frog Cafe (http://rockingfrogcafe.com/) on SE Belmont, and Acme Coffee on SE 41st & Hawthorne for examples of houses turned into great coffee shops. In a lot of ways I think I prefer them to the “real” ones.
July 28th, 2009 at 11:29 am
This is awesome. Living in Portland it really does capture the feel. You do need a coffee shop set though, the house isn’t pulling the feel enough for me.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Honestly, the “shot” was a latte. It was also horribly executed. Good coffee isn’t that hard to find in Portland, and it would probably make sense to to more field research before filming.
July 29th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
I should note, ano, that it wasn’t Mitch’s “official” shot. He’s still in training and clearly has a lot to learn about technique before he is anointed a true Barista.
But yes, it was a latte, which goes to show either:
A) Mitch can’t take directions well.
B) the process of making a latte is a bit more cinematic than just pulling a single shot.
C) the director wasn’t paying attention to the script. (Typical Hollywood!)
Or all of the above.