How to Be a Cyber-Lovah

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How to Be a Cyber-Lovah
How to Be a Cyber-Lovah.jpg
Directed by Keir Serrie
Written byGarth Mueller
Keir Serrie
John Webb
Produced by Brian Hoodenpyle
Garth Mueller
Keir Serrie
John Webb
Starring Chad Benton
Patricia Aline
Victor Barreiro
Melissa Carter
Richard Fulcher
Ken Ng
Julie Eagleton
Alana Liles
Lisa Rosen
CinematographyBrian Hoodenpyle
Distributed by Atom Films [1]
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

How to Be a Cyber-Lovah is a 2001 comedic film directed and co-written by Keir Serrie and starring Chad Benton.

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Plot

A parody of 21st century infomercials hosted by Herb Zipper about the world of cybersex.

Critical reception

Film Threat called How to Be a Cyber-Lovah "Hilarious," and went on to say, "The fake infomercial is for Herb Zipper, the Hugh Hefner of cyberspace, who has mastered the art of getting the ladies to submit to him through their keyboards. This short looks very much like an infomercial and in its brief running length, completely trashes the whole idea of cyber-sex." [2]

Chicago Reader , "Keir Serrie’s mock infomercial How to Be a Cyber-Lovah (8 min.) is a vicious lampoon of on-line coupling (“We’re gods! I had sex with a cheerleader last night!” “Oh—that was me”)" [3]

The Guardian , "Director Keir Serrie's cruelly accurate spoof infomercial is packed with handy hints for putting yourself in the shop window ( "Deceptively attractive online photos can be classified as: a) full body transplant b) fountain of youth or c) lying out of your ass") and top tips about the one-click break-up." [4]

See also

References

  1. "How to Be a Cyber-Lovah". Atom Films. 2004. Archived from the original on January 28, 2005.
  2. Campos, Eric (July 17, 2002). "HOW TO BE A CYBER-LOVAH". Film Threat .
  3. Jones, J.R. (June 27, 2003). "Love Is Strange". Chicago Reader .
  4. Stables, Kate (May 1, 2004). "Cyber cinema: It's June - time for shorts". The Guardian .