Plucked
In Gilded Age New York, a woman’s decision to divorce her volatile husband turns a high-stakes evening into a vicious battle of jealousy, betrayal, and revenge.
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Usher Morgan and Katie Vincent’s new film Plucked (2026) explores why some people hold on to the vestiges of nostalgia, tradition and the rigidity of gender roles… even if it kills them.
To Have and To Hold
Usher Morgan and Katie Vincent’s new film Plucked (2026) explores why some people hold on to the vestiges of nostalgia, tradition and the rigidity of gender roles… even if it kills them. There’s something awful and distracting about the idea of tradition. That ~thing that happens over and over until it becomes a standard in the way we live our lives. Something so cyclically constant that it nearly becomes a necessity. Take, for example, the notion of a white picket fence, 2 kids and a dog. Somewhere this image went from being the description of one type of home to the gold medal standard we should all thrive towards. Regardless of if we’re allergic to dogs… or to kids. We’re given our teenage years to rebel and once the time comes to start our lives, we lean back on old faithful to guide the way perpetuating this unending fairytale regardless of if it suits our lifestyle and interests. In another way, “tradition” could be identically identified as “insanity”. Both indicate the same mental state; the difference is that within insanity, one is disappointed by the lack of a different result, and in tradition, when the results do change, one is driven insane.
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