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There’s no way around it: TV
shows and movies these days
can’t ignore the presence of
smartphones and social media
in our lives. But the new web
series “Keep Me Posted,” which
premiered on Sept. 15, goes
beyond just including text messages and
Instagram in the background. Instead,
it really hones in on our phones’ everpresent
influence on our lives, through
the eyes of three twenty-something
friends in the city.
One of the producers of the threeepisode
series, Caitlin Morris, has
been an Astoria resident for more than
three years. She and her two producing
partners make up the nonprofit Pitch
Her Productions, which aims to promote
women in film.
Morris was initially drawn to the web
series because she had previously worked
with director, writer and executive producer
Hillary Nussbaum, and the subject matter of
the series sealed the deal.
“To me, there’s something about ‘Keep
Me Posted’ that’s undeniably relevant,
and the comedy is in the truth of what the
characters do and how the characters use
technology,” Morris said.
For example, in the first episode, one
character, a writer, goes to a coffee shop and
takes photo after photo of her coffee and
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notebook on a table, trying to get the perfect
shot for Instagram. “The Writing Life, Day 1.
#livingthedream #amwriting,” she posts,
before even sitting down to do any work.
Another character has just moved in
with her fiancé, and it’s not going so
smoothly. But when her friend texts her
to ask how it’s been, she responds with a
bunch of heart emojis.
At the packed premiere screening of
the web series in Manhattan on Sept. 12,
the audience really responded to these
relatable moments.
“I found that during the screening, it was
really interesting that most of the biggest
laughs were from these circumstantial
things that would happen, like a character
would either respond in a certain way
or post something that totally belied
how they were emotionally dealing with
something, and people really respond to
that because we all do that,” Morris said.
“That is part of our culture now.”
The fact that women played key roles in
front of and behind the camera aligned
perfectly with the mission of Pitch Her
Productions.
“There are three female leads, which
was an immediate draw, but then there
are three female leads who are dealing
with life — not sitcom life in the sense that
it’s all happy and shiny, but real kind of
like gritty, unfortunate realities of growing
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By KATRINA MEDOFF
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