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  Review by ANDREW STRACHAN ★★★★★ 1

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  POV: You're at a party and I attempt to explain why this short-film is a masterpiece and why you should totally check it out. To me, this micro-movie is about our desperation for blissful happiness and the self destructive ways we attempt to obtain it. Each member of the family is lost in their own obsessions may it be entertainment, appearance or drugs. They all want an escape, including Claire who dreams of a better life as Opal. Ironically, their harmful pursuits of escape are what drive Claire further into the attic where her own delusions lie, showing the continuous cycle of abuse. In the end it's shown that they all want the same escape that Claire does, but as…

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  Review by premoh ★★★★★

  This was such a treat for me. I wasn't aware that Jack Stauber was debuting a short film on Adult Swim until a couple days ago. A day later, I immediately made this listing for Opal when I saw nobody had made it yet. Jack Stauber has so much potential to really make it big and this proves that. Visceral, disturbing, unique, any of these really will work to accurately describe this. Jack's been absent for a good minute and the reason why was so worth it. Please go watch this when you get the chance. This may be the best, if not, one of Jack's best pieces. Truly his magnum opal- I mean opus.

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  Review by Jake Rosenberg ★★★★★ 6

  One of the best shorts I’ve ever seen. Classic Adult Swim vibes make for a horror musical hybrid that’s as beautiful as it is haunting. This shit absolutely owns. Watch it here

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  Review by chelsea mackerel! ★★★★★ 1

  This happened to my buddy Opal

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  Review by LunchEnjoyer ★★★½ 2

  this is about a bunch of weird people

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  Review by nick wibert

  this is so incredibly affecting and horrifying and beautiful, such a unique, meticulous, fully realized piece of art.  Jack stauber is 24 years old

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  Review by Jake Rosenberg ★★★★★

  Your troubles are miles away

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  Review by SweeneyTom ★★★★★ 1

  If you see me dancing to "Why Does It Sound So Easy To Breathe (On TV)", mind your business

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  Review by riles ★★★½

  sir, this is an opal's.

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  Review by Eden ★★★★½

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  Opal.

  It makes more sense the second time around.

  Personally, I think Claire and Opal are supposed to be somewhat similar, with the grandfather, mother, and father being the other members of the family.

  Each member of the family hasn’t different issues. The father is insecure, the mother can’t stand the family, and the grandpa is a smoker.

  They live opposite lives to that of the perfect suburban fantasy in a billboard

  But the thing is, that fantasy isn’t real.

  Opal takes a beautiful look at the American dream and strips it down in a surreal fashion; exposing commercialism, abuse, and drugs issues in the domestic world.

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  Review by TheCultureShocker/Aleister ★★★★★ 1

  Been listening to this on my bus rides to work while I start my first couple of AA meetings.

  It's been a trip, guys.

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  Review by Lucy 🏳‍🌈 ★★★★★

  An amazing short about abuse, trauma, and escapism that's projected through an uncomfortably nostalgic lens. Amazing songs, captivating animation, a fantastic sense of dark humor, yet never forgetting the true horror and deep importance of the story being told. Beautiful beautiful art that speaks to the mind and soul with startling emotional honesty and unquestionable style.