So why not throw a leather corset in a bag and zip off to sunny old London, where an all-nighter involving some safe vanilla sex with a perfectly lovely young man would net me three grand, American? It seems pointless to argue that prostitution as an enjoyable alternate career choice is a myth, or at least the very rare exception. Meet Belle Billie Piper , a lovely and smart A-levels all around young woman who sells her body to strangers because she loves sex and money.
If either of those characters had been British. Or hookers. Still, there are problems that even Piper cannot overcome, and most of them involve tedium. We are left with nothing much to think about beyond the logistics: buttocks but no genitalia, bare breasts in some scenes but not others and, of course, the art of well-mimed fellatio.
Despite all those A-levels, she seems to have no outside interests not even shoes! Which is strange in itself; prostitution has never struck me as a profession for the idle. There are, many argue, great social benefits to prostitution, and I am sure some escorts feel they have a calling, are providing a necessary service. If only Belle were one of them. Either way, it would help if, somewhere between Hannah and Belle, an actual woman stopped miming fellatio and did something interesting for a minute or two.
Rating: TV-MA-SLD may be unsuitable for children under the age of 17, with advisories for sex, coarse language and suggestive dialogue. About Us. Brand Publishing. Times News Platforms. Real Estate. Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options. June 16, Times Television Critic. Mary McNamara. Follow Us. A Pulitzer Prize winner in and finalist for criticism in and , she has won various awards for criticism and feature writing.
