Loving Jezebel
A Film written and directed by Kwyn Bader
Theodorous can't help himself: he's compulsively attracted to women already involved with other men. As the film opens, he's about to bail out the back window of his apartment, fleeing from the enraged husband of his lover. From there the film goes back in time as Theo describes his unrequited love in kindergarten for Nikki Noodleman, who preferred the company of another pint-size stud. In writer-director Kwyn Bader's lively, uncynical comedy, Theodorous never succumbs to earnest self-analysis but knows he must change his wanton ways if he's to have any hope of keeping his sanity. Bader has loaded his pithy script with great dialogue and some wonderfully wry observations by Theodorous about true love. And Hill Harper negotiates Theo's comic turns with as much aplomb as he does the dramatic moments (of which there are many); Nicole Ari Parker is terrific as Frances, Theodorous's first true adult lover, a sort of kooky, repressed dominatrix; and Sandrine Holt is touching as Mona, the aggressive, needy West Indian friend who fantasizes about returning to Trinidad with Theodorous in tow. It's nice to see a film that has an interracial cast for no other reason than that it takes place in multicultural New York. The film was produced by David Lancaster and also stars David Moscow, Laurel Holloman, Phylicia Rashad, and Elisa Donovan (Kwyn's cousin). The music supervisor is Barry Cole.
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