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Plot

Ann Coppel directed this Seattle-based low-budget dark comedy, adapted by executive producer-actor Ted Sod from his own AIDS-themed play Satan and Simon DeSoto. Junior-high art instructor Simon (Sod) gets a 1995 HIV-positive diagnosis. Simon panics, since he had a friend who had suffered from AIDS before choosing to commit suicide. Satan (William Salyers) appears and offers to rid Simon of HIV. In return, Simon is forced to become a racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic stand-up comic, while allowing his former lover Carl (Dan Savage) to die instead. Shown at the 1998 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Film Festival.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
84min.
Theatrical Release Date:
04/10/1998
DVD Release Date:
05/25/2004
Director(s):
Ann Coppel
Starring:
Ted Sod , Joanne Klein , William Salyers , Wade Madsen , Brian O'Hare
Themes:
Living With AIDS,Deal With the Devil
Tone:
Biting
Keywords:
HIV,deal-with-the-devil,homophobia,racism,suicide
Language:
English