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<\/a><\/p>\nAllan Nicholls meets unsuspecting guests as the Singapore Television Awards disguised as Larry David<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
A lonely expatriate in Singapore attends a party disguised as Larry David, the creator of Seinfeld.<\/i><\/p>\n
LONDON, UK, April 5, 2024 \/EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ — In \u2018Curb Your Expatriatism\u2019<\/a>, Allan Nicholls (BAFTA & WGA Nominee for Robert Altman’s \u2018A Wedding\u2019, \u2018Nashville\u2019, \u2018Popeye\u2019, ‘Slap Shot’, \u2018Hair\u2019 original Broadway cast) has been living in Singapore for four months and misses his life back in America. Allan is often told he looks like Larry David, star of the HBO series \u2018Curb Your Enthusiasm\u2019 and creator of \u2018Seinfeld\u2019. When he receives an invitation to the Singapore Television Awards, Nicholls decides to attend in disguise as David in an attempt to make new connections in this foreign city. <\/p>\n The experimental docufiction film was shot secretly using hidden cameras by director Matthew Bauer (real men named James Bond doc \u2018The Other Fellow\u2019 2022) <\/p>\n The film follows Nicholls\u2019 journey through the streets of Singapore and as he prepares his disguise before nervously attending the awards ceremony as his alter-ego. Will his plan work? Will he be recognized? And has anyone in Singapore even heard of Larry David, \u2018Curb Your Enthusiasm\u2019 or \u2018Seinfeld?\u2019 <\/p>\n In advance of this Sunday night\u2019s series finale of \u2018Enthusiasm\u2019 – ‘Expatriatism’ is now available on distributor Viddsee\u2019s website and YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n Throughout the past two decades, people have told Nicholls continually how much he looks like David. (Nicholls also says people have told him he looks like Sen. Bernie Sanders. David himself said on ‘Curb’ that people say he looks like Sanders.) \u201cI\u2019m a huge fan of both \u2018Curb\u2019 and \u2018Seinfeld\u2019 and wondered if there was some sort of film in this,\u201d his friend Bauer said. Bauer and Nicholls had met when Matt attended his class at NYU Film School.<\/p>\n Then Nicholls received an invitation to the Singapore Television Awards. Inspired by Sacha Baron Cohen\u2019s approach in the \u201cBorat\u201d films, Bauer asked Nicholls, \u201cWhat would happen if you were to attend as Larry David?\u201d Then they considered Nicholls\u2019 status at the time as a lonely expatriate in Singapore. In real life, he was desperately missing his wife and son across the Pacific Ocean, and from here the concept for the film was born.<\/p>\n Bauer and Nicholls didn\u2019t expect that no one on awards ceremony night would know who David is.<\/p>\n \u201cAt first this was disappointing, but actually ended up working best for the narrative of the whole film,\u201d Bauer said. \u201cOf course, the joke should be, \u2018This guy puts so much effort into being Larry but nobody knows who he is pretending to be.\u2019 It meant his plan had failed.\u201d<\/p>\n When Bauer approached Nicholls about the film, Nicholls originally \u201cresisted,\u201d he said. \u201cI was not convinced or certain if I should be claiming to be someone I am not,\u201d Nicholls said. \u201cThen Matt explained his idea of how the story would be told and it suddenly felt more like a form of compliment and I agreed.\u201d<\/p>\n Bauer wanted to take \u201can almost dark, serious take on this \u2013 going for something less comedy, more sad,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanted to tell the story of how and why this man acquired this new identity. And I like films with a \u2018twist,\u2019 so I wanted to tease the audience in the first half as to exactly what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n Because filmmaking is extremely limited in Singapore, Bauer had more issues filming the production\u2019s early parts in a shopping mall because he was often told there to stop. The ceremony was easier since a lot of media and cameras were around already, Bauer said. <\/p>\n \u201cThe reality is that it took me time to accept what I was doing as an actor in a film. At first, I wasn\u2019t thinking like an actor,\u201d Nicholls said. \u201cBut when I finally settled in and saw the cameras covering me from a distance in a truly \u2018cinema verite\u2019 style, I understood that I was in charge of my own reality – it was all fine.\u201d <\/p>\n Added Bauer: \u201cIt took Allan a while to get what I was trying to do here, but Allan has worked with everyone from Altman to Saturday Night Live and he came around to the meta-ness of the concept eventually. And he was very brave being thrust into such an odd scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n ### Matthew Bauer Curb Your Expatriatism | Presented by Viddsee<\/p>\n \n
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