Possibly in Michigan
Described as a “musical horror story” (Condit); as gay, anti-family, and anti-men (Pat Robertson); and interpreted as a lesbian film during the 1984 congressional debates on appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts (Straayer), Possibly in Michigan tells the tale of Sharon (Jill Sands) and Janice (Karen Skladany) as they are stalked by cannibal serial killer Arthur (Bill Blume). But while Arthur intends to make Sharon his seventh victim, Sharon and Janice ironically conspire to make Arthur their lunch. The video found new life in subreddits (eg r/Creepy) in 2015, and its haunting yet upbeat tunes became a meme on TikTok in 2019, as users lip-synched the perfume and poodle scenes in over 20,000 iterations. Both Possibly in Michigan and Condit’s earlier video piece, Beneath the Skin (1981), reference her relationship with a man who murdered a woman with whom he had been romantically involved at the same time that he was seeing Condit.