Megan Stalter as COra in Cora Bora.
The SXSW film festival has kind of harnessed a reputation of being the “cool” festival. Taking place in Austin, Texas, a city that’s also earned its respected status in the entertainment industry, it includes comedy, music, and since 1994, film and television. While it showcases genres across the board, from its extensive and gritty late-night horror lineup to thought-provoking documentaries, SXSW has a special place in its heart for comedy.
But to a wider audience, Stalter is most known as Kayla, the dim-witted, self-centered, and unfiltered nepo baby secretary in the critically acclaimed HBO Max comedy series Hacks. Comedy nerds see Stalter’s supporting role in a mainstream show as “about time” where others probably view it as “who is she? She’s funny!” We see shades of Kayla in Stalter’s titular character in Cora Bora. She’s a woman who has potential, but doesn’t know how to exactly wield it.
While music is a significant portion of Cora’s identity and journey, her tricky love life is at the core of the story. She’s in an open relationship with Justine, played by Fresh and Something at Tiffany’s star Jojo T. Gibbs, who lives in Portland and has essentially moved on with a woman named Riley . Yes, it’s an open relationship, but, that qualifier’s potency is waning rapidly.
Perhaps the brightest light in the film is The Good Place's Manny Jacinto who plays Tom, an unassuming, overly considerate sweetheart of a stranger who Cora meets on her flight to Portland. Cora was boldly sitting in first class, in a seat and section of the plane that she did not belong in. The seat belonged to Tom, who felt bad telling Cora there was a mix-up. Her brazen, cavalier, and chaotic attitude is the delightful polar opposite of his, making them an instant match made in heaven.
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