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3''Afternoon Delight'' is a 2013 American ComedyDrama film written and directed by Joey Soloway. The film stars Creator/KathrynHahn, Creator/JunoTemple, Creator/JoshRadnor, and Creator/JaneLynch.
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5The story follows Rachel (Hahn),a quick-witted and lovable stay-at-home mother. Frustrated with the realities of preschool auctions, a lackluster sex life and career that's gone kaput, she visits a strip club to spice up her marriage and meets [=McKenna=] (Temple), a stripper she adopts as her live-in nanny.
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7!!Provides examples of:
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9* AllWomenAreLustful: Rachel and her friends are {{Squee}}ing when talking about Creator/MichaelFassbender's MaleFrontalNudity in ''Film/{{Shame}}''.
10* AmbiguouslyBi: Rachel does love her husband, but she seems to have an UnresolvedSexualTension towards [=McKenna=].
11* AndStarring: Creator/JaneLynch in the OBB.
12* BetaCouple: Bo and Stephanie.
13* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Rachel and [=McKenna=] will never likely be friends again, but both of them ended up happy, with Rachel and Jeff's marriage being refueled and [=McKenna=] starting to run her own strip club.]]
14* CelebCrush: One of Rachel's friends imagine Creator/MichaelFassbender while having sex with her husband.
15* CorruptionOfAMinor: Near the end, Rachel feels very uncomfortable that [=McKenna=] is taking care of young girls because of her background. This doesn't sit well with [=McKenna=], which then leads to a bigger problem.
16* DirtyOldMan: [=McKenna=]'s "regular customer". [[spoiler: The same one who "causes the rift" between her and Rachel]].
17* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Rachel and Stephanie compliments [=McKenna=] quite often, usually saying how hot she is.
18* FanDisservice: [=McKenna=]'s sex scenes are not that pretty...
19** The first one is not only with a DirtyOldMan, but [[spoiler: it's the same scene where Rachel is, in what she implies, violated]].
20** The second one is still with an older man, but that guy is somewhat of a MrFanservice in his own right. Still, [[spoiler: she had her period and her blood stains are seen on the bed sheet and on that guy's mouth]].
21* FriendToAllChildren: [=McKenna=] is really pleased when she's assigned to babysit Rachel and her friends' children. Unfortunately, Rachel had a change of heart...
22* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Jeff pays [=McKenna=] to give Rachel a lap dance at the beginning of the film. Later on, [=McKenna=] gave Rachel a very sensual massage that leads to an AlmostKiss of sorts.
23* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. Rachel apparently got pregnant in college and took care of it.
24* HappilyMarried: Double Subverted. Rachel and Jeff do have a normal life, but it's boring both of them out and they have some issues with their relationship. The film then shows how they both [[EarnYourHappyEnding have to earn their way]] to become a happily married couple.
25* HarmfulToMinors: Rachel and Jeff's kid starts crying hysterically when [[spoiler: the two of them fight and is visibly stressed after his parents' temporary break-up]].
26* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [=McKenna=] is perhaps a {{Deconstruction}} of this, as no matter how Rachel (and Jeff in an extent) tries to help her have a "better direction in life" and [=McKenna=] herself being at least willing to try, being a hooker/stripper is the only thing she knows as a means of supporting herself. By the time Rachel bitterly accepts the fact, things went FromBadToWorse.
27%%* LipstickLesbian: Dr. Lenore.
28* LousyLoversAreLosers: Rachel and Jeff have a normal marriage, other than their sex life has become stale and lackluster. While Jeff seems to have given up on it, Rachel tries to spice up their sex life by visiting a strip club with him, only to be disappointed when he [[GirlOnGirlIsHot gets a stripper to do a lap dance for her]].
29* MsFanservice: [=McKenna=], naturally. Being one ''is'' her job, in fact.
30* MyGirlIsASlut: [=McKenna=] casually called herself a "whore by profession" at the [[{{Pun}} climatic]] scene.
31* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Had Rachel stick with her original plan and took [=McKenna=] with her so she can take care of her and her friend's children, [[spoiler: [=McKenna=] wouldn't sleep with the husband of one of Rachel and Jeff's friends and break their family.]]
32* PinkMeansFeminine: [=McKenna=] regularly wears pink outfits.
33* RapeAsDrama: Implied and Invoked. [[spoiler: Rachel acts really violated after her thumb is sucked by the man [=McKenna=] is having sex with when he's hitting the big O.]]
34* ShoutOut: Rachel and her friends discussed Creator/MichaelFassbender and his [[Film/{{Shame}} infamous]] MaleFrontalNudity.
35* ShoutOutThemeNaming: The name of Creator/JaneLynch's character and her girlfriend are [[Creator/EllenDeGeneres Lenore]] and [[Creator/PortiaDeRossi Portia]].
36* TheShrink: Dr. Lenore combines Types II and II, as she did helped Rachel on finding her resolve, but having her set of own problems at the same time.

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