This week we start a new double feature centered around the lives of sex workers with two films that look past the sensational and gaudy tendencies that these stories tend to have and attempt to have a more empathetic and realist view. We begin with Lizzie Borden's slice-of-life drama Working Girls (1986).

We also discuss the new Ethan Coen/Tricia Cooke film Honey Don't as well as have a spoiler filled discussion, albeit brief, of the 1955 film Bad Day at Black Rock 20:42-26:26).

Chapters

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:03:03) What we've been watching

(00:28:53) Working Girls

(01:06:48) Final thoughts

(01:13:14) Next week

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NEXT WEEK: Anora (2024)

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