The ex-girlfriend of a lawyer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.

Quasi, a morose and mute handyman who is seemingly abused and teased by everyone he encounters. His single asset is a 9 inch tongue.

About the day after a young hustler named CC has died of AIDS. Like him, his pals Casino, Rio and girlfriend Rita, pregnant with his child, are all street prostitutes caught up in high-risk sex and drug-taking in West Hollywood.

A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.