It’s clear that Matafeo is a rare talent. A writer and actor who has married—excuse the romance pun—physical comedy and stellar quips. Each episode practically zooms along, aided by physical gags and nuclear dialogue from its two leads. Jessie is prideful and a bit delusional at times. After fucking some guy on his houseboat, she skips down a promenade to the sweet tunes of “Return of the Mack.
, sick of anything that even reminds her of the incredibly famous man blowing up her cell phone. Tom, meanwhile, is delightfully affable. Neither are particularly good people. They lie to each other and manipulate the people around them. At one point, Tom stuffs Jessie in the shower of his hotel room at a movie premiere afterwondering if the two were going to sleep together again.
It also feels dishonest to not mention that Jessie, unlike Tom’s fictional co-star, is neither white nor impossibly thin. But unlike other romance media of late, both Matafeo and her cinematographers never dwell on this unspoken understanding. There are no scenes where Jessie mocks herself in the mirror.
. But she moves right along, boasting in a later scene about the many sexual conquests she’s had that month, texting both Tom and a Soundcloud DJ she keeps on retainer for the dry months.
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