What do you do when you have a young man under the covers in your bed pretending to perform cunnilingus on a young woman?

“I’ll slice tomatoes for the sandwiches and leave you alone to do this,” I said. I was talking to the young man, Kyle McGruther, and the young woman, Damia Torhagen, as well as to the (young, also) videographer, Joe Koech.

What happened is He Wishes She Wouldn’t Read in Bed.

As with writing novels and stories, I found that screenwriting, producing, and directing–even just for a 60-second video–took me into deep sexual waters. (That’s just who I am, I suppose.) At the last minute as a director, I got an amateur voyeur’s cold feet.

I had told my actors what I wanted–basically their interpretation of Ray and Debra Barone of the old Everybody Loves Raymond TV show. My actors knew what to do.  I decided they didn’t need me micro-directing.  Both McGruther and Torhagen have extensive acting credentials. Videographer Koech is a Georgetown grad with a minor in film making (and most recently is the principal of  his own boutique clothing company, Local High).

I hope the 60-second production makes you laugh as much as it does me.