In an 18-minute short, Herold
brings us into the sad life of
Grimp (played by Kevin Kolack)
as he attempts to make a sale,
avoids his ex-wife hounding him
for alimony, and tries to recon-
cile how his life turned out
this way.
Beautifully shot in black and
white and featuring a great cast,
the film follows Grimp as he
passes a guy attempting to hang
himself (Robert Casiello) whose
life is turned around once he re-
alizes there are people far worse
off than him - notably umbrella
salesmen. We watch Grimp’s
hopes fall as he sees a pair of
girls (played by Ronelle Thomas
and Claudia de Candia) order
umbrellas online right in front of
him. After pushing his umbrella
cart up a steep hill, he finds a
woman interested in buying an
umbrella (a character named
Betsy May Morgan, played by
Sabrina Gennarino from The
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Walking Dead) only to be turned
down when he doesn’t have an
umbrella in her favorite color.
“What the fuck is wrong with
me Betsy?” Grimp asks his
disappointed customer. “I am
a fuckin’ door to door umbrella
salesman, Betsy. I don’t know
where it all went wrong for me.
I really don’t. I had such hopes
and dreams. I had a chance
to play bass in a reggae cover
band.”
The inspiration behind the film
came after Herold drove a friend
and his wife to the airport. The
plan was to drop them off and
bring their car back. When they
opened the trunk to get their
luggage, several umbrellas
caught his attention.
“I looked in the trunk and he’s
got like ten umbrellas in there!”
said Herold. “I’m like dude,
what’s with the umbrellas? What
are you an umbrella salesman or
something?”
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