Me and Mrs. Jones

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Oakland-based director Edward La Borde, Jr. and screenwriter Allen White put the trappings of modern love, lust, and romance to the test in their urban comedy, Me and Mrs. Jones. Starving artist Tracy (Brian White) gets more than he bargains for when he takes a job with San Francisco based online dating service, LoveNet. His boss, Mrs. Jones (Wandachristine), is a Draconian taskmaster who plays to win in both corporate finances and love. His coworkers are office staff slackers, confused militant subversives, and a cubicle mate who has figured out his own version of playing both sides against the middle. Against the backdrop of the online work environment, Tracy meets Desiree (Kim Fields), a lonely wedding planner, who dreams of being the girl who gets her chance to walk down the aisle. The disconnection from real relationships of trust and commitment is the center of satirizing Internet personal ads, white liberal guilt's infatuation with African-American culture, the generation gap, bisexual power politics, and honesty at the cost of integrity. Me and Mrs. Jones begs the question to those who preach more than they practice: What webs do we weave when first we practice to deceive? Reviewed by John Ignowski. Preceded by: Inside/Out (Jennifer Petrucelli, 8 min., USA) The exploration of one woman's struggle to deal with Bell's Palsy-a disease that has left half of her face paralyzed. A captivating look at how we are masked and unmasked. Preceded by: Blackmailing Santa (David Michael Maurer, 13 min., USA) A fresh comedy about an eight-year-old boy who tries to save his family from eviction by blackmailing Santa.