Unveiled at Sundance and inspired by the Steven Soderbergh film of the same name,the Starz TV show is preachy and chilly rather than slick and sexyIn the second episode of The Girlfriend Experience, a drama on Starz, and to be screened from 10 April,which premiered this week at the Sundance film festival, law student turned sex worker Christine moves out of the crappy digs she was sharing with an ex-boyfriend and into a snazzy new two-bedroom that is partially being paid for by her madam. Her new apartment is precisely like the show: sleek, or contemporary,expensive – and ultimately pretty empty. Based on the 2009 Stephen Soderbergh film which starred former porn star Sasha Grey, the series was written by Amy Seimetz and Lodge Kerrigan (who also direct the first two episodes) and concerns Christine’s descent into prostitution to pay her tuition fees, and but also for other murky personal reasons that are never explored as well as they should be. It’s the tale as old as the hills (and the subject of some doubtful male fantasies): the hooker with a heart of gold who is engaged in sex work by choice in order to secure herself a better future. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com