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The Girlfriend Experience - 4/19/2016 7:08:19 PM

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Is anyone watching THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE on STARZ? If so, what are your impressions.

I've never seen such a combination of sex, coldness, distance, and materialism.

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RE: The Girlfriend Experience - 4/20/2016 1:44:07 AM

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy

Is anyone watching THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE on STARZ? If so, what are your impressions.

I've never seen such a combination of sex, coldness, distance, and materialism.

I don't get Starz, so no, but I watched a pseudo-docudrama on Hulu Plus by Steven Soderbergh entitled "The Girlfriend Experience." Lotta lonely, angst-ridden married cheaters desperate to have a sounding board, some semblance of a sympathetic ear or "therapeutic" touch. I wouldn't characterize it as needing to make an emotional connection because they don't see the escort as being a *real* person (other than one client toward the end who seemed to care).

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RE: The Girlfriend Experience - 4/20/2016 5:51:26 AM

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I honestly tried to watch it but I ended up so bored after the first few minutes I left.

In some ways, it reminded me of "Diary of a Call Girl" which I think was on Showtime 3 or so years ago. I also found that one to be boring and unimaginative, especially in its writing.
My impression was that the producers figured if they created a series based on prostitutes, it just had to sell, regardless of the quality of the acting and the script.

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RE: The Girlfriend Experience - 4/20/2016 11:05:43 AM

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy

Is anyone watching THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE on STARZ? If so, what are your impressions.

I've never seen such a combination of sex, coldness, distance, and materialism.

I watched it.

I think part of the issue for me is that the character never really connects with the audience and you really get a sense of disgust from her towards other characters...but not towards the act itself. The act itself comes across as "I'm okay with almost anything, but I don't enjoy it" (Except for the guy she picks up in the bar) It's like having sex is the same clipping her toe nails.

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RE: The Girlfriend Experience - 4/24/2016 7:36:58 AM

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I think part of the issue for me is that the character never really connects with the audience and you really get a sense of disgust from her towards other characters...but not towards the act itself. The act itself comes across as "I'm okay with almost anything, but I don't enjoy it" (Except for the guy she picks up in the bar) It's like having sex is the same clipping her toe nails.

It's never really clear why she so throws herself into being an escort. According to the mother (and to some degree the sister) she's selfish and enjoys being the center of attention. Also, it's easy, big money -- about maybe 10K a week. I suppose we can conclude its the excitement, autonomy and money that drives her.

The real cost of the work isn't so much dealing with the men and performing sex acts as it is being cut off from regular society. She loses her family, job, and doesn't have any friends. Making her own decision and being her own boss, though, are more important to her. The only people who don't seem to let her down are the clients who know the boundaries. They are the ones who most accept her for who she is and deliver what she wants; everyone else rubs her the wrong way -- by wanting what she can't offer or by making personal judgments about way of life.

Everything was so un-glamorously - glamorous.

In the end, although disgraced, she was more honest and moral than the establishment types in the law firm who pretended to be ethical and moral while being uniformly selfish. One also felt she was a better person than her wine-guzzling mother who offered no support, understanding, or counsel.

Life is never easy for the non-conformist. Part of this is society and its mores, and part of it is the questionable judgment that goes into defying norms meant to protect people from bad behaviors and choices.

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RE: The Girlfriend Experience - 4/26/2016 10:52:53 PM

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I watched it...meh, I'll have to catch another episode or two before I have an opinion.

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