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3	''Radio/ThisAmericanLife'' episode "Fear of Sleep," featuring a story from Mike Birbiglia, spawned this 2012 feature film written and directed by Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass.
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5	IMDB summary: A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
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8	!!''Sleepwalk With Me'' provides examples of:
9	* AllWomenAreLustful: Matt lampshades how he & Amy's first time was like the an 80s teen drama, except with her in the pushy guy role and him as Creator/MollyRingwald.
10	** Also the girl who works at Hooters, as Matt finds out.
11	* AuthorAvatar: Despite the name change, the main character is clearly Mike Birbiglia.
12	* AwfulWeddedLife: Matt's uneasiness about marriage provides the material for his first good joke (although it doesn't bode well for his relationship with his girlfriend).
13	-->"I don't want to get married until I'm absolutely certain nothing else good can happen in my life."
14	* CursedWithAwesome: Sleepwalking and a shaky relationship with his girlfriend are clearly bad things for Matt, but they become the material that fuels the success of his standup career. At first it's funny, but by the end of the film, it's clear that the sleepwalking is indeed a curse.
15	* DriverFacesPassenger: Mike Birbiglia narrates most of the movie to the camera (which seems to be pointed at him from the passenger side corner of the windshield) while he drives around. He rarely looks at the road.
16	* NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning: begins with one of his older stand-up routines, asking people to turn them off then relating the story of someone answering their phone in a theater next to him with, "Who dis?"
17	-->"Not only was he willing to talk to someone on the phone, he was willing to talk to ''anyone'' on the phone."
18	* MuseAbuse: In-story, Matt bases his successful stand-up routine on saying things about his girlfriend and their impending marriage that he would certainly not want her to hear. Questionable in real life, since it's mentioned that he's at least discussed the things in the movie with the real life Amy, who we can only assume was okay with it.
19	* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Played with. The narrator breaks into the story to remind you that "you're on my side", then candidly admits to cheating on his girlfriend in a way that makes it clear he isn't proud of it.
20	* {{Sleepwalking}}: Of course. Portrayed realistically, since Mike Birbiglia has this problem in real life.

Context Film / SleepwalkWithMe