
342 Grant Avenue |
The Triton Hotel
on Grant Avenue at Bush Street is one of many locations including the Airtouch
Building (One California Street), BART, and Mission District sidewalks
that appear in Josh Kornbluth's
Haiku Tunnel. Adapted from his successful
monologue developed with the great San Francisco dramaturge David Ford,
Haiku Tunnel is Kornbluth's take on his years as a secretary in the Bay
Area legal field. Working for the fictional firm of Schyler and Mitchell
(S&M), Kornbluth copes with the trials and travails of life as a temp.
Though the film doesn't have much to say, most working people will find
its details very, very funny. S&M is reportedly a stand-in for Pillsbury,
Madison & Sutro (PMS), a firm for which Kornbluth temped before launching
his stage show. Plot centers around Josh's attempt to finish "17 very important
letters" for boss man Bob. The 2001 film is directed by Josh Kornbluth
and his brother, Jacob Kornbluth and features many talented locals including
Brian Thorstenson and Joshua Raoul Brody.
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