Callie's holding down a job as a radio traffic reporter in New York when she meets Sara. Although both women are 'straight", as they get to know each other an unspoken attraction pulls them towards each other, and finally they kiss.
One innocent kiss while walking through the West Village late one evening.
A kiss that sets off a savage gay-bashing.
But even as Stop Kiss confronts the reality of physical violence, Diana Son's imaginative, moving, and surprising comedy takes her characters and audiences to unexpected places. It places a brutal attack at the centre that serves both an indictment of hatred, and also a moving study of the perils inherent in living life fully.
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