In the Wake TV Producers Shayna and Julia discuss Out for Delivery, a darkly comedic film that finds absurdist humor in the most unexpected place: a woman's final hours. The film follows Joanna (Deanna Rooney), who has chosen assisted death after receiving a terminal diagnosis—only to have her plans derailed by the mundane frustrations of modern life, including a delivery service that can't seem to get the package containing her crucial pill to the right address on time.

Dark Comedy Meets Existential Frustration: Out for Delivery mines humor from the collision between life's most profound moment and the irritating incompetence of everyday systems. As Joanna navigates customer service hell, tracking notifications, and delivery delays while trying to die with dignity, the film asks: What does it say about our world when even death can't escape bureaucratic absurdity? It's a premise that's simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking—forcing audiences to laugh at the systems that fail us, even in our most vulnerable moments.

Why This Matters: The film's dark humor opens space for conversations about end-of-life autonomy, the medicalization of death, and how capitalism commodifies even our final acts. By centering a woman's agency in choosing her own death while satirizing the systems meant to serve her, Out for Deliverychallenges audiences to think critically about dignity, choice, and the ways modern life strips both away—even when time is running out.

Watch the full conversation as Shayna and Julia explore the film's bold tonal balance, its commentary on autonomy and systems failure, and why dark comedies about death deserve space in cinema.

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