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Cucks

Cucks is about three ultra-progressive best friends who agree it’s time for privileged, straight white men like themselves to listen — and they’re not afraid to tell you about it. In their effort to be on the right side of history, the Cucks end up on the wrong side of everybody.

  • Jared Lapidus
    Director
    Maya and Marty (NBC), The Who Was Show (Netflix), Ghost Story Club (truTV)
  • David Ebert
    Writer
    Ghost Story Club (truTV), It's Bruno (Netflix), Guy Code (MTV)
  • Davram Stiefler
    Writer
    Undecided: The Movie (Netflix), The Good Liars
  • Drew Freed
    Writer
    Hockey Cops (UCB)
  • Davram Stiefler
    Producer
    Undecided: The Movie (Netflix)
  • Drew Freed
    Producer
  • David Ebert
    Producer
    Ghost Story Club (truTV), Apple (Street Star)
  • Jared Lapidus
    Producer
  • David Ebert
    Key Cast
    "Dave"
    Master of None (Netflix), Little Boxes (Netflix), Ghost Story Club (truTV), Guy Code (MTV)
  • Davram Stiefler
    Key Cast
    "Davram"
    Undecided: The Movie (Netflix), Wolf Of Wall Street, Lezbomb
  • Drew Freed
    Key Cast
    "Drew"
    Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
  • Carrie McCrossen
    Key Cast
    "Polly"
    Divorce (HBO), For Maya
  • Shawtane Bowen
    Key Cast
  • Jonas Baranka
    Key Cast
  • Christina Galston
    Key Cast
  • Jared Lapidus
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 4 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 5, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Sony F55 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Jared Lapidus

Jared Lapidus is a director, writer, and editor. After studying film at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he's gone on to direct content for networks, studios, and lots of cool ad agencies. Recently, Jared directed nearly half the first season of the Netflix comedy series, The Who Was? Show, along with season one of truTV's late-night comedy tentpole, Ghost Story Club, and a full season of sketches for the upcoming VH1 comedy series Grown & Sexy. Before that, he directed on Lorne Michaels' primetime NBC variety show, Maya & Marty, along with an original series for NBC's SeeSo, as well as half-hour pilots for SuperDeluxe, Abso Lutely, E!, and MTV. Jared also makes up one half of the sketch comedy group Reverse Cowboys. Find more of his work at www.TheJayLap.com.

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Director Statement

Everyone has that friend who is super progressive, liberal, woke, outspoken, courageous, active, and a complete dick. Cucks is born out of our fear that we are that friend.

After the last election, all of the networks and production studios were like "Please don't bring us anything that is overly socially conscious."
And we were like, "What about characters that are ONLY socially conscious?"
And they were like, "That's the opposite of what we asked for."
And we were like, "Yeah, but what if the opposite of what you ask for is actually what you really want?"
And they were like, "Please leave."
So we grabbed our tiny complimentary water bottles, walked out with our heads held a little too high, and made this film.