Shaye Saint John: The Triggers Compilation

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Product Description Hello again... this series definitely walks the fine line between madness and genius. Dizzying in its detachment to reality and flashing with the bright colors of childhood, Shaye & Kiki is impossible to describe. Midget? A cross-dressing contortionist? Yikes, I don Review What on Earth is Shaye St. John After perusing the DVD last night, I'm still not completely sure I can answer that question properly. This DVD contains thirty-one Triggers in total. Most are quite horrifying despite the absence of any supernatural elements (aside from Kiki s powers), monsters, violence, blood or gore. While not horror material in the traditional sense, the live action/stop motion animation and puppeteering in these clips is intentionally disturbing and quite successful at getting under your skin. When Shaye freaks out because she s in the washroom and Kiki is smashing itself into the window repeatedly, it s pretty creepy, even if you don t really know why any of it is happening or how, for that matter. It s all very strange and I don t understand this material. I m not entirely sure if it's some sort of evil genius. I will say this though, it held my attention and I had no problem getting through the material in one sitting. This was just weird. Really, really weird. My mind is still reeling... I don t get it. But I want more. --Ian Jane, DVD TalkMost of the time spent watching "Shaye and Kiki," the first DVD release from Indican Pictures will leave most scratching their heads and reaching for a drink. Had someone misinformed me that this film was a three-way collaboration between aliens, John Waters, and a homeless guy in South Central, I would have accepted that premise immediately without need or want of an explanation. Saint John, who co-wrote "Shaye and Kiki" with Fournier, is a mask wearing quadriplegic, and stars as the central character (Shaye). Rounding out her overall creepy appearance, Shaye has creepy wooden extremities that basically function as set pieces, clumsily allowing her to do things like shave her legs, surf the Internet, and slap fellow characters. A brief sampling: Shaye feeds a stray cat Cheerios; Shaye attempts to enhance the appearance of her nine-year-old friend Kiki (a doll with a charred face that appears several times in the film, often decapitated) with makeup; Shaye distresses because Kiki auditions for a movie and must take her "bottoms off" to get the role; Shaye does a public service announcement about fireworks where her friend, Sandy, catches fire; and so on. What is not in dispute is that the creators audaciously blur the line between actual filmmaking and experimentation...there are hints of self-parody and satire but is the "Shaye" from the movie really Saint John's alter ego, a mocking caricature of someone else, or even an out of work gas station attendant on a harrowing acid trip? Over the arc of 30 brief encounters, Saint John reveals herself as a casually amusing, yet obviously unhinged, pre-Madonna; a more intelligent yet equally self-absorbed (and, of course, limbless) Anna Nichole Smith. --Donnie Saxton, Beyond HollywoodA fine line between madness and genius here, dizzying in its detachment to reality and flashing with the bright colors of childhood. Impossible to describe. --Candy for Bad Children.com