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Hustler(s)

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Posted on September 18, 2019 at 09:08:18
Dingojazz
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 Female director takes this to a different place, with a focus on those who are usually in the exploited vs exploiter role. Starts out with the standard titillations and then goes to the dramatic elements;disempowered individuals seeking an out.
Yes they do harm, and yes they are punished (sort of). The story has an arc, and the visuals are there. Each will apply their own standards, but(IMO) the stars hold up pretty well indeed, if you don't require that actors be under 30.

Cheers
K.

 

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RE: Hustler(s), posted on September 22, 2019 at 01:02:10
beach cruiser
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 You easily got more out of this movie than myself. Good thing, because the only good thing I could wring out of my experience was a senior discount on the ticket.

The narrator jumping in and out made it seem like a couple of different movies jammed together, but I guess they had to get the story told somehow, because the other elements were too superficial to connect a story arc. At least to a guy like me.

It could be I can't handle a greek chorus to jump in and move the story along . Not that I am against tradition, but often a plot is constructed to get from a to b more seamlessly.

Thank goodness for variety in tastes. if it were only me, a bunch of good hard working people would have been despondent at the amount of failure for all that hard work, climbed into bottle and never came out.

 

Don't get me wrong..., posted on September 22, 2019 at 22:32:37
Dingojazz
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 this will not be confused with Dickens or Shakespeare (it's got Cardi B. fer chrissakes!).
The wife wanted to go, and I went, took the discount, and found it reasonably well directed and acted, and an engaging enough tale.
I wouldn't say my life was changed, and clearly not everyone's bag of popcorn.

Happy viewing & Cheers,

K.

 

I watched this through a lens of Toxic Masculinity . . ., posted on September 24, 2019 at 14:28:41
Billy Wonka
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 and naturally saw the objective part of the plot. I did not naturally see the "girly" part which was the main thrust of the film. Empowerment vs. Crime = No crime when women are being "empowered".

 

I was being critical , posted on September 27, 2019 at 02:49:26
beach cruiser
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 Perhaps i threw in a bit of over reaction in the interest of enjoyment.

Perhaps I was unable to overcome a slight bias I formed against tittie bars and whore houses back when I was a sailor.

Because of the money involved, in a third world country, it was always a fight to get past the sex industry and get to a normal experience. On the plus side, i did get a leopard that came up and leaned hard against my legs, the way animals do when they want help. It was Texas, and the strippers let him out for exercise, thinking the place was empty.

 

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