That and maybe cashing in on the 50 Shades of Grey hype(?).Given that it's Starz, I suspect the motivation for making this show is mostly tits
Given that it's Starz, I suspect the motivation for making this show is mostly tits
The Hollywood Reporter said:Keough's outstanding performance makes the whole thing work, make no mistake. But Kerrigan, Seimetz and Meizler weave a visually evocative backdrop, using only natural light, location-based shooting and a color scheme that allows for the intimacy of the writing to come out and help shape things.
Time said:The Girlfriend Experience intuitively grasps the manner in which constantly available information can transform lives. If it resembles any movie genres, it's the paranoid eavesdropping thrillers of the 1970s, like Klute and The Conversation.
Given that it's Starz, I suspect the motivation for making this show is mostly tits
The viewers feelings toward Christine and her behavior are likely to remain unresolvedbut Kerrigan and Seimetzs refusal to psychologically and morally pin her down is exactly what makes The Girlfriend Experience, in its pungently moody and disturbing way, ultimately difficult to shake off.
Grade: B+
Did you have reservations at all about the level of nudity and sex you would need to portray?
No, because before reading it I was aware of what the subject matter was, and it was on Starz and those networks allow lots of crazy sex. So I knew what I was about to read. I was definitely apprehensive about knowing whether or not I would be able to fully understand her because thats not something I can relate to at all.
Did playing this role change your perspective on sex work and GFEs, whatever preconceptions you had prior to this?
Yeah. No one really knows the world of sex work where people are doing it because they want to. What you hear is girls who are forced into being sex slaves and prostitution and street workers and things that are very not this story. I wasnt even aware of this world. It just opened my eyes to a completely different world of sex work. There are girls who are doing this, girls we spoke with who did it because they liked it. And a lot of them were retired and still saying, I dont regret it, I loved my job. It wasnt something they were saying under pressure, they were being very honest with us. So I would just say that my education on different types of sex work has grown.
Their series takes so many surprisingly dark, enigmatically ambiguous twists and turns, that, by the end of the first season, it really doesnt resemble anything else Ive seen on television. The episodes are only 30 minutes long, an oddly brief format for a drama. Each one offers only the slenderest window onto Christines experience, a blinkered perspective that reflects her compartmentalized existence. Characters drift in and out of her life, and its never clear if theyll resurface or if their grievances and desires will come to bear on her fate. The many disappearances are unsettling, but they also echo the instability and uncertainty of working on the wrong side of the law.
- Flavorwire: On The Girlfriend Experience, Sex is Business.Without giving anything away, I'll only say that the series builds to a finale that plays very much like a reach-the-summit triumph, even as it simultaneously emphasises, via its vision of pleasure as a purely solitary pursuit, that it's lonely on top.
But The Girlfriend Experience doesnt tell; it only suggests. In the end, the viewer is left wondering what will become of Christine. Her apartments may keep getting bigger and nicer as she finds more and more success as an escort, but it still looks like a pretty depressing life to me. What it looks like to Christine is less clear. But maybe thats none of our business.
- New York Times: Review: The Girlfriend Experience, a Window Into Upscale Transactional Sex.Like the services Christine is offering, The Girlfriend Experience definitely has its pleasures, but theyre more ephemeral than enduring.
- Rolling Stone: Sex, Lies and Capitalism 101: Inside 'The Girlfriend Experience'.If youre looking for judgment or celebration of Christines trade, good luck. The series is overtly valueless maybe its about valuelessness, not only in sex work. Its admirable, ambitious and hard to love. But then, love is not what The Girlfriend Experience is selling.
"We weren't going to comment on the sex industry, [and say] whether it's good or bad," he says. "We also wanted the audience to really participate in a way that they have to make up their own minds about the decisions that she makes." When asked if that non-choice was a choice in itself, he shakes his head. "I think Amy and I are both very non-judgmental people," he says. "I think we have tremendous respect for the character, and that's reflected in the work. At least I hope so."
No clue, they are calling it a limited series though but things could change.For some reason I was totally ignoring this show even though I liked the movie. Wasn't expecting the reviews to be so good... guess I now have yet another show to add to the pile...
Is this meant to be just a one-and-done miniseries or are they looking at as a show to be renewed for more seasons?
Is this meant to be just a one-and-done miniseries or are they looking at as a show to be renewed for more seasons?
"It is an anthology. When we do Season 2, it will be another woman." - Amy Seimetz, director
Thanks for this. Slipped passed me.It's an anthology series so each season will have a different cast and story.
It's Lisa Marie Presley's daughter, huh.
Gotta be honest... might give this a chance purely because of the potential of super hot sex scenes. I'm a guy... lol. Maybe I'll end up actually liking the story and characters.
You can now star fappin'.Wait so this is actually good? Well I know what I'm watching tonight
*unsips pants*
Uh this is just how I get comfortable guys
Looking forward to this. A similar show recently aired in the Netherlands, Diary of a call girl. Pretty good show that showed the human side of a escort girl.
Secret Diary of a Call Girl? I imagine not. What is the Dutch title?
Only complaint is how little T&A&D there have been.
Thanks for posting, they also posted part II.I thought this one was interesting as well
- Vulture: How Accurate Is The Girlfriend Experience Premiere?
The new season will feature all-new characters and split its time between Washington D.C. and New Mexico, but itll still focus on the murky world of high-priced call girls and their rich clientele.
Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) will star in the D.C. storyline as Erica Myles, the lesbian finance director of a Republican super PAC who gets entangled with a prostitute played by Billions alum Louisa Krause. Season 2s other storyline will follow call girl Bria Jones (Carmen Ejogo) as she flees a dangerous client and hides out in New Mexico, but finds she cant easily escape the risky life shes built for herself.
The Girlfriend Experiences second season is set to run 14 episodes, and showrunners Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz will divvy up the storylines, with Kerrigan handling the D.C. scenes and Seimetz the New Mexico ones. Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh returns as executive producer.