e by burning photos of her and Lynn. Talk about carrying a torch. The viewer also learn that Lynn(s marriage, according to Lynn, is strictly a working rather than sexual one, that for the same 15 years, Lynn has been barely suppressing her own torch for Sheila. The TV show offer is Lynn(s way of apologizing and offering conciliation. Let me help you on your way to the top, my friend.
Sheila could easily forgive and forget and get to work with Lynn and Bill, but she finds it impossible to face her feelings. The aforementioned stand-up act in the first reel is a foreshadowing of these emotional blind spots. On the surface, Sheila is a walking joke machine, the free and easy leader of her group of lesbian friends, especially at a local lesbian nightclub, and free and easy with her long-time live-in lover, Julie Rosen (Kate Twa). But, when it comes to the serious emotional complications engendered by Lynn reentering her life, Sheila(s response is to tell Julie and her agent and everyone e
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