The D Word

It's delightfully refreshing to head to a queer film festival and see something that finally parodies the overwrought nature of most lesbian film and television. Of course, it helped that the L-word has been my guilty pleasure (season one is required viewing to get all of the gems of jokes) since it hit the small screen. Writer/Executive Producer Dasha Snyder takes the characters we love to hate from the L-word and makes us hate them more. The characters we want to (but just can't quite) love finally become recognizable and delicious. Two hilarious comics take turns stealing the show. Marga Gomez as "Dot" revels in the narcissistic wretchedness of the L-word's "Bette" and Julie Goldman shines as "Drea" the kind of believable and charmingly disarming butch who, unlike the L-word's "Shane," doesn't need to wear make-up nor pout to charm the ladies. Dasha is destined to become our "Mel Brooks." I, for one, can't wait to see what next she brings...