We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, Explained

Written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair reflects upon the collective Millennial and Gen-Z experience growing up with largely unmonitored access to the internet. The 2021 Sundance nominee features only three actors, starring Anna Cobb in her debut role as Casey, an evidently neglected teenager living somewhere in what appears to be the northeastern United States. In her attic bedroom, Casey is participating in an online role-playing horror game, a trend made popular by YouTube creepypastas, among others. Part of the appeal of Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, or MMORPGs, is that they always draw a mix of equally engaged skeptics and believers.