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sit down with these girls and
option their play,' but they hadn't seen it
or read it or met us."
Eventually, the actresses sold the script
and completed more than 100 rewrites,
but decided to go independent when
their dating-hell flick turned into devel-
opment hell.
The filmmakers' perseverance paid
off when they sold Stein to Fox
Searchlight and won the audience
award for best feature at the 2001 Los
Angeles Film Festival. Observers corn-
pared them to Matt Damon and Ben
Affleck, who also jump-started their
acting career by writing a scrappy
independent film (1997's Good Will

Hunting).
Since then, the actresses have encoun-
tered criticism from people who charge
that Stein suggests sexuality is a choice.
"But we had no interest in a political
agenda," Westfeldt says. "We just want-
ed to show how diverse we all are."
That's why she thinks Stein would
have pleased her famously progressive
great-uncle, who welcomed gays at B'nai

Above left. Scott Cohen (Josh Meyers) plays
Jessica's former college boyfriend and cur-
rent boss.

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Above right: Wes t feldt, right, with Tovah
Feldshuh, playing Judy Stein, Jessica's
quintessential Jewish mother.

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Jeshurun and chastised the Conservative
movement for refusing to ordain homo-
sexuals.
"The movie is all about tolerance and
acceptance," Westfeldt says.
During a lighter moment, she notes
that viewers still assume she and
Juergensen are lesbians (they actually live
with their respective boyfriends in Los
Angeles).
"People ask us, and we say no," she
says, with a laugh. "But we're almost
embarrassed to admit we're not." ❑

Kissing Jessica Stein, rated R,
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Royal Oak's Main Art Theatre.
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