Phoebe Waller-Bridge had an amazing year. The British actress and playwright created and starred in not one but two TV shows—the groundbreaking sitcom Crashing and the brutally funny and tragic dark comedy Fleabag.
In Fleabag, in particular, her dialogue was unforgettable—filthy and feminist, Amy Schumer-like in its no-holds-barred honesty, but with a British bent that, for American audiences, made it feel even more exotically brilliant.All of which made her the perfect choice to narrate this new bleakly amusing holiday film from Anomaly London, which imagines the nightmarish scenario of a man who takes "The 12 Days of Christmas" literally—and actually buys all that crap for his girlfriend.
Have a look at the film here:
The concept is a bit one-note, and the piece could stand to be shorter. But it's worth it simply to hear Waller-Bridge's increasingly agitated—and obscene—narration. (The piece was written by Anomaly's Craig Ainsley, and directed by Ainsley and Ben White.)
"At Anomaly, if we find something interesting or funny or entertaining or bird-related, we just like to make it," executive creative director Oli Beale says. "And we have the people here needed to bring almost anything to life. Within reason. We're not going to, like, invent a new spaceship or something. But production wise, we can do the full shebang."
CREDITS
Written, Directed, Animated & Produced by Anomaly
Narrator - Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Writer - Craig Ainsley
Directors - Ben White & Craig Ainsley
Assistant head of family planning – Oli Beale
Producers – Mich Bradfield & Daisy Mellors
Animators - Ben White, Douglas Pledger & Tom Malins
Illustrator - Robert Hunter, Blink Art
Typographer - Kerry Roper
Sound Design - Mark Hellaby, 750MPH
Composer - Courage, BMG