It's Zoomer's against the world as a group of young people attempt to carve out a role for themselves within the American cultural landscape.

SYNOPSIS:

ZOOMER’S REVENGE – A SITCOM PROPOSAL

(“Broad City” meets “Silicon Valley” meets “Sunny In Philly”)

Never before in human history has a generation been inundated by celebrity culture the way the Zoomers have. It has twisted and distorted their worldview in a manner that is hard for previous generations to comprehend.

For many Zoomers, celebrity is the last remaining vestige of the American Dream. It offers a chance for regular people to elevate their lives. It’s a transformative agent much like the Gold Rush was in past times. But celebrity is different from the Gold Rush in that celebrity isn’t dependent on just luck.

Celebrity seems to be the result of closely guarded insider secret strategies. Aspirants all believe that there’s a code that can be cracked to give them access to those secret strategies.

Cracking that code will consume the characters, pushing them forward in the belief that they’re always right of the verge of making a breakthrough. This will provide the narrative drive for the series.

Within the celebrity-obsessed environment that is modern-day America, no-one embodies that obsession more than the central character of this series – Kassidy.

KASSIDY:

Kassidy’s celebrity dreams have been fueled by the advice of every adult in her life, who all exhorted her to believe in herself and follow her dreams. That's exactly what she does, to the point of dysfunction.

Kassidy is a product of both American celebrity culture and American aspirational culture, and it’s the combination of these two influences that drive her comedically dysfunctional behavior.

Kassidy’s behavior at times can seem kooky, but everything she does is backed up by an industry of motivational gurus, all urging their followers to push ever harder in support of their career goals. She buys into this no-holds-barred approach as the only way of succeeding in an ultra-competitive world. Some of the show will revolve around the question of how far is too far for Kassidy to go in the pursuit of her dreams.

At the shared workspace Kassidy gets involved at the development stage with a reality show about the making of a reality show, and this provides her with full license to pursue any crazy notion she might have as a possible idea for the show. Much of her personal life becomes potential fodder for the show.

SHARYN:

Kassidy's friend Sharyn is also an aspiring actress with even fewer prospects than Kassidy and less of an ability to believe in her chances in the “celebrification” lottery. Although she shares Kassidy's desperate ambition, she vacillates between enabling her, and trying to keep her from going over the edge.

Her relationship with Kassidy is one of Kassidy trying to pull her into the various hyper-enthusiasms that Kassidy has decided are essential to their future success, and Sharyn trying, usually unsuccessfully, to keep the both of them on an even keel.

This dysfunctional co-dependent relationship leads Sharyn into unfortunate situations such as when she allows Kassidy to convince her to enter a “Buttsercise” model competition in order to use the experience as material for a show proposal.

THE OTHER CHARACTERS:

The characters are all supportive of each other while at the same time believing he or she is the only one who has a completely un-distorted view of themselves and the world they live in.

The characters all share a fascination with both social media and reality television due to their potential to “celebrify” ordinary people.

All the characters believe they’re the masters of the cultural influences in their lives, when in reality they’re the victims of them.

TONE:

The aspirational feel of the show is combined with a sense that “celebrification” is a lottery, and a crooked one that can be cheated if only someone can uncover the secrets of the game’s insiders. This belief drives the perpetual optimism of the characters.