Simultaneously, Kalmenson peels back the layers to show the often unfunny world of comedy clubs, places run by egomaniacs with the power to make or break a career. The three are a fascinating microcosm of human nature, proficiently presided over by Kalmenson. Comic meets girl. Comic pursues girl. Comic dates girl.
Girl stops thinking comic is funny and their relationship turns into no laughing matter.
Screenwriter-director Bill Kalmenson, a former comic himself, believably conveys the comic's life and angst. The suffering here, professionally and romantically, seems entirely realistic. Moloney, for her part, is appealing and believable as a political activist with a sense of humor and romance. Timothy Busfield has a decent, supporting comic role, but his contribution to the film could have been pushed further into dark comedy.