Sex, Lies and Videotape

Roles

• Graham
• Cynthia

About this piece

Graham meets Cynthia for the first time and gets her to talk about her first sexual experience

Summary

John (Peter Gallagher) and Ann (Andie MacDowell) are married but have a troubled relationship, due to Ann's frigidity. John is also cheating on Ann with her free-spirited sister Cynthia (Laura San Giacomo). Things start to change when Graham (James Spader), John's college friend, moves into town and stays at their place for a few days. Ann and Graham get to know each other and talk about their problems. Ann tells him about her indifference to sex and Graham confesses that he is impotent. Some time later Ann visits Graham at his house and notices stacks of videotapes with women's names on them. When Graham confesses that those are videotapes of women that he has interviewed regarding their sexual lives, Ann is shocked and leaves. When she tells her sister about Graham, Cynthia is intrigued and decides to visit Graham. This scene starts with Cynthia entering Graham's apartment. He is surprised by the visit but the two soon get comfortable with each other. Graham tells her what made Ann so "spooked" and Cynthia, intrigued agrees to get interviewed by Graham about her sex life...

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