A Family Finds Entertainment

The video, shot in a frenetic, self-conscious style, features a disturbed boy who locks himself in his bathroom during a wild party while his friends have disassociated conversations.

Elsewhere in the house, his friends and family implore him to come out, among other disassociated conversations mostly about Skippy but interspersed with mood swings and disorienting visual effects.

Inside the house, Shin (also played by Trecartin) receives a cell phone call about Skippy's death and histrionically attempts to compose herself and impart the news to her friends.

[4][2] Dennis Cooper wrote that Trecartin achieved a simultaneous balance of sophistication and maniacal focus, based on expert editing and talent for avant-garde, complex narratives.

[2] Trecartin uploaded the video to YouTube two years after its creation, making him an early artist to use social media as a primary form of dissemination.