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An Honest Day’s Work

by Zack London · Gossip Goblin

An ornate science-fiction chamber comedy turns a conversation about work, business and money into social satire.

Format
Short film
Genre
Science-fiction social satire
Year
2026
Runtime
3 min
Added
12 Oct 2026

Gossip Goblin’s October 11 release stages a discussion of business, jobs and money inside an extravagantly furnished science-fiction interior. An older man in an enormous green chair and a woman with a mechanical body turn an apparently domestic conversation into a question about economic power.

Why this film matters

The setting and the dialogue work against one another: sumptuous, old-fashioned privilege houses a dispute about a technologically altered economy. This is a compact example of speculative world-building serving a social joke, rather than asking the audience to admire machinery alone. The characters’ conversational reactions matter as much as the room’s ornament.

The original titled release and approximately three-minute complete player were checked, including sampled scenes and captions. This is not a full critical review. No relationship to the forthcoming feature Gods Don’t Give Gifts is asserted by the checked release, so it is treated as a separate short.

Watch and disclosures

The complete release is linked on the original Gossip Goblin X post. Availability may depend on X access. Its post does not supply a film-specific credit roll or making-of breakdown; the studio’s general human-authorship statement is not a substitute for those missing details.

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What the makers have disclosed. Credits may be partial.

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Release and credits

Gossip Goblin posted the titled video on October 11, 2026. Its complete X player runs approximately 2:59. The releasing studio is identifiable; the checked release does not provide film-specific individual credits, team size, tools, model versions, schedule or budget.

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