Racial Politics Sets Lemon Apart From the Rest

Isaac's bumbling often seems more tragic than not.by Kathy Fennessy"To all the black folks, I would like to say howdy." Magnolia Picture
Janicza Bravo’s Lemon is one in a long line of indie comedy-dramas about middle-aged white men with little to offer the world except disdain.What sets it apart are the racial politics, which stem from the marriage between writer/director Bravo, a woman of color, and the film's star, Brett Gelman, who is white. Gelman plays Isaac, a theater teacher who wea