{"id":15549,"date":"2023-04-05T09:21:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=15549"},"modified":"2023-04-05T12:43:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T17:43:42","slug":"texas-am-to-welcome-jenny-slate-to-campus-for-april-20-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/05\/texas-am-to-welcome-jenny-slate-to-campus-for-april-20-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&M To Welcome Jenny Slate To Campus For April 20 Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
MSC Aggie Cinema<\/a> and the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts<\/a> welcome Jenny Slate to Texas A&M University on Thursday, April 20 for a screening of the Oscar-nominated animated film, \u201cMarcel the Shell With Shoes On<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The stop-motion film, based off the 2010 original series of the same name, focuses on Marcel and his adventures as he seeks to find fellow survivors and long-lost family members after his community of shells is ravaged by a mysterious tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slate, co-writer, producer and voice of Marcel, will take part in a moderated discussion after the screening. Moderated by Patrick Sullivan<\/a>, lecturer and program director of the film studies minor in the Texas A&M School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts, the discussion will focus on Slate\u2019s experiences in her comedy, writing and professional roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MSC Aggie Cinema member Connor Martin \u201926 encourages members of the campus and local community to attend to hear one-on-one from an industry insider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is a rare opportunity for those interested in film, social media work or any type of digital communications,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is an in-person discussion with a professional within the entertainment industry who can provide valuable advice for those pursuing a career in arts and entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Committee member Aniket Mohapatra said MSC Aggie Cinema chose to screen this film because Slate has created an experience about those looking and longing for community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis film is hilarious, creative and so heartwarming,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2019It really drives home the importance of belonging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slate\u2019s breakout role came by way of her leading performance in Obvious Child<\/em>, for which she won the Critics\u2019 Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. She was featured in Dan Kwan\u2019s 2022 Academy Award winning film, Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/em> for A24, opposite Michelle Yeoh. Her additional feature credits include Sofia Coppola\u2019s On the Rocks<\/em>, Ruben Fleischer\u2019s Venom<\/em>, Marc Webb\u2019s Gifted<\/em> and Drew Pearce\u2019s Hotel Artemis<\/em>. She is also well known for voicing characters on popular films and television shows, including The Great North<\/em>, Bob\u2019s Burgers<\/em>, The Secret Life of Pets<\/em>, Adventure Time<\/em>, Despicable Me<\/em>, The Lego Batman Movie<\/em>, Zootopia<\/em> and The Lorax<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The screening begins at 6 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium; doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase from the MSC Box Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For information about MSC Aggie Cinema or its 24\/7 streaming site, follow on Instagram<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MSC Aggie Cinema and the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts welcome Jenny Slate to Texas A&M University on Thursday, April 20 for a screening of the Oscar-nominated animated film, \u201cMarcel the Shell With Shoes On.\u201d The …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":15552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,144,90],"tags":[199,200,201],"class_list":["post-15549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-performance-and-visual-studies","category-visualization","tag-jenny-slate","tag-marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on","tag-msc-aggie-cinema"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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