When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-millions lottery, she quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show. Inspired by the immortal Oprah, she broadcasts her dirty laundry as both a form of exhibitionism and a platform to share her peculiar views on everything from nutrition to relationships.
Juxtaposed against a cloyingly cheerful color palette, the fame-hungry exploits in Shira Piven’s hysterical reality TV satire feel even more jarring in their sheer desperation. Manically chaotic yet wholly relatable, Kristen Wiig is exceptional as a lost woman on the verge of a nervous breakthrough.