Indie Spotlight: For ‘The Cleanists’, Tidying Up Is Serious Business

The Aussies are cooking up some quality web content, and the latest hit from Down Under is The Cleanists, a web series about a mismatched group of professional cleaners.

The Cleanists is written and directed by Tristam Baumber, who, despite his country of origin, seems most inspired by American sitcoms. In an interview with Splitsider, Baumber references Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Larry Sanders Show and Seinfeld.

The series that The Cleanists most resembles, however, is The Office. The four leads are basically Dwight, Michael, Jim, and Pam in yellow t-shirts, and the show derives its humor from the power struggles between them. The series also employs the same documentary-style camerawork, which is pulled off exceptionally well, resulting in a comedy that looks and sounds great.

By the second episode, multiple plots twist out of each house visit, with ten installments representing the series’ complete run.