Lena Dunham Directs A NSFW Sexual Awakening Story In ‘Sharp Stick’
etcanada.comWARNING: THIS IS A NSFW TRAILER. Lena Dunham is reframing the narrative of female sexuality. The actress’s next directorial feature is “Sharp Stick”, a film about the sexual awakening of caregiver Sarah Jo, played by Kristine Froseth.
Sarah Jo begins a relationship with her married boss, played by Jon Bernthal. When he dumps her unceremoniously after his wife discovers the affair, Sarah Jo begins a journey of sexual exploration and healing in this hilarious yet empowering comedy.
Dunham, who also penned the script for the film, wanted to reinvent the story of female desire and destigmatize it. READ MORE: The First Look At Billy Eichner’s Groundbreaking Gay NSFW Rom-Com ‘Bros’ Is Here: ‘It’s Taken Way Too Long’ “It’s a joke as old as celluloid that the minute we spot a sexually active girl in a horror movie, we know she’s going to die in a bloody death,” Dunham said in a statement, via IndieWire. “She’s let someone touch her below the neck, and so she’s marked for murder.
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