WUSS Young Americans

Wuss – noun (slang) A weak, cowardly or ineffectual person. Mitch is a substitute teacher, a Dungeons & Dragons playing mega-dork who still lives at home and is picked on by his sister, friends and even his students. Everybody’s perception of Mitch is that he is a wuss, and when some students take their ridicule too far, Mitch begins his transformation, although it’s not heroic by any means. Luckily for Mitch, when it comes time to take a stand, he finds the help he needs in the form of one of his female students. In WUSS, director Clay Li ford shows his inventiveness in telling a story you think you might know with unexpected twists. Featuring great performances by Nate Rubin and newcomer Alicia Anthony, WUSS asks how far we must go to get people to see who we really are, or for that matter to recognize it ourselves.