slapstick

Even a black-and-white, near-silent slapstick comedy about a 19th century trapper battling beavers.

And the “memoir” we’re invited to observe is a wounding one, rife with heartbreak and trauma — but also, as it turns out, raunchy humor and slapstick pratfalls, literate puns and winking sight gags.

When Baker dives into the repercussions, “Anora” slows down and transforms from a slapstick farce to a true character study, and it’s then when the film shines its brightest.

The show, which has something of the air of an extended indie film, is a spectrum of styles, from slapstick to straight drama, with person-on-the-street interviews introducing each episode.

“That meant … drama, jokes, tension and slapstick. I really didn’t model the clothes so much as perform them.”