“Matinée” Idyll: Fucking For The Sake Of Art

Mariah might have just needed to get laid. For her art. And, because the best theatre holds a mirror to ourselves, we might need to do the same. That is what Jennifer Lyon Bell's "Matinée" meant to me, anyway.

Bell, an American expat living in Amsterdam, would have been right at home with the ancient (1970s) pornographers like Gerard Damiano and Jackie Treehorn. Her "Matinée" is a high-concept and beautifully shot interlude about feelings and the artist's process.

Mariah (the beautiful and bright-eyed Alicia Whitsover) is an actress in a funk. Why? Because, the innocent thing, she believes her bad reviews. But she decides that at that afternoon's 2 o'clock matinée she will finally do something to create real chemistry between herself and her scene partner, the dreamy Scots actor Daniel (Steven McAlistair).

Yes, the two of them fuck onstage, but it is the leadup and execution that make "Matinée" more than a porn scene. When Mariah says "Fuck," for example, you know that it's coming from her instrument.

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