Christine(SandyMcLeod),abrightandunassumingyoungwoman,takesajobsellingticketsatapornotheaternearTimesSquare.Insteadofdistancingherselffromthedarkanderoticnatureofthismilieu,Christinesoondevelopsanobsessionthatbeginstoconsumeherlife.Thecharacter’sreactionunexpectedlyflipsnormalgenderroles;directorGordondaringlytwistsfeministideologybyshowingawomanwhofindsself-expressionthroughaninterestinpornography.VarietybecomesevenmoreprovocativewhenitdramatizesthechangesthatoccurinChristine’srelationshipswithbothMark(WillPatton),herboyfriend,andLouie,adangerous-lookingpatronofthetheater.