Silver Lake, Star of the Silver (and TV) Screen
Life, Architecture and Reluctant Adulthood in "Afternoon Delight" and "You're The Worst"
In “Afternoon Delight” (2013), Kathryn Hahn plays Rachel, the first of her trademark portrayals of bored, affluent women in Los Angeles. Marriage, motherhood and an enviable house—the real life home of Argentinian architect Gustavo Gubel—are not enough to fill her inner void, so Rachel takes her husband Jeff and another couple to a strip club. Jeff is the intended beneficiary of this adventure, but it’s Rachel whose head is turned, when a young woman named McKenna gives her a lap dance. Rachel is compelled to befriend her, and soon McKenna is moving in to be the children’s nanny. Complications ensue.
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