“Go-Go Fever” Review

Director, and fellow Santa Barbara High School alumni, Casey Stouffer and Producer Stephen Roederer came out with this quirky comedy short about a pastry chef named Carlos who gets fired from his restaurant job after being caught eating the food he works to prepare. After a few minutes of thinking about it, he decides to become a go-go dancer for a local night club, but the road to realize his dream is anything but easy.

With a colorful cast of characters, flashy editing, and Dare-to-be-Bold shots, the “Go-Go Fever’s” charm comes from those awkward moments of interaction between the main character and the situations he constantly finds himself in, and has to deal with, on his way to accomplishing his dream. Those same awkward situations will have your jaw dropping after being slapped with a silly stick that will leave you wondering, “what just happened?”

I got a moment to talk with both Casey Stouffer and Stephen Roederer about the film. Stouffer, a Santa Barbara native, confessed that her inspiration for the film was none other than her co-worker, Carlos, who just happens to have a very quirky personality. Although Roederer classifies this film as fiction, he says that “this is one of those cases where life imitates art. It’s based on a true story.” The entire short film was shot in Santa Barbara.

Show your support for these two local filmmakers and go watch the movie.

“Go-Go Fever” premieres at the Lobero Theater on Thursday February 2 at 2PM. Check out additional screening times at: http://sbiff.festivalgenius.com/2012/films/gogofever_caseystouffer_sbiff2012