Strippers, Jewish Guilt, and Loneliness Collide in Jill Soloways New Feature Film

Published: Aug. 19, 2013, 4 a.m.

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Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) is a highly educated stay-at-home mom living in an airy modern home in the affluent L.A. neighborhood of Silver Lake. She volunteers for fundraisers at the JCC. She goes to wine-and-chats with the ladies. She works out and sees her therapist regularly. But she\\u2019s bored, she can\\u2019t get it up for her husband, and she\\u2019s starting to freak out. Enter McKenna (Juno Temple), a stripper who gives her a lap dance and whom Rachel then decides to \\u201csave,\\u201d by inviting her to move into her home.

This is the premise of Jill Soloway\\u2019s debut feature film Afternoon Delight, which is partly a comedy but also an affecting look at what...


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