Stuck in a nightmarish cycle of failing to check everything off her never ending to-do list, and juggling situationships with noncommittal Los Angeles lovers, Violet must overcome her desire for distraction before her overbearing mother comes to town.
Director’s Vision for ‘Fix The Faucet’
I was driving down Los Feliz Boulevard last summer when one of my hubcaps flew off my tire. As it went spinning into the intersection, a woman pulled up next to me to announce, “Hey, your hubcap flew off!” Like I could have missed it.
Between my acting career, producing projects, and my day job, my to-do list grows a mile long before I can blink in the morning. So I take the logical approach: I ignore it until I’m drowning in overdue payments and trash in my car.
Violet, facing a visit from her mom, has to check every item off her to-do list if she wants to maintain the appearance of “having her shit together.” Number one offender: fix the faucet that has been dripping for exactly two months and 17 days.
How do we cope with a world that never stops moving and asking things of us? How do we bring ourselves to face our fears and our chores? How do we accept that we are now adults and have to clean up our own messes? And how do we handle our nosy neighbor whose opinion NOBODY asked for?
We all need a reminder that perfection is unattainable — and that being a little messy is perfectly normal. Many of us, like Violet, are still figuring it out.
