After his daughter is diagnosed with a rare cancer, a timid college professor and his jailbird uncle start a prostitution service in order to pay for her experimental treatments.

The problem ?I see with ?your concept ? in terms of gay ?prostitution is that it's a young guy's trade. ? The most desirable "bun boys" and "rent boys" are just that, young men. ? Women have the "benefit" of a wider ?age spectrum, more years, into which to ply their trade. ?There is a market for 30+ women, ?MILF's and cougars. ?The market for ?30+ ?men ?is ?small, a niche market.

The story concept of straight middle-aged males servicing women -- as you noted, that's already been done (more than once)

The problem ?I see with ?your concept ? in terms of gay ?prostitution is that it's a young guy's trade. ? The most desirable "bun boys" and "rent boys" are just that, young men. ? Women have the "benefit" of a wider ?age spectrum, more years, into which to ply their trade. ?There is a market for 30+ women, ?MILF's and cougars. ?The market for ?30+ ?men ?is ?small, a niche market.

The story concept of straight middle-aged males servicing women -- as you noted, that's already been done (more than once)

Dyno:

My personal reaction to your concept may be unrepresentative in that it is conditioned by what I know from 1st hand observation about the real and really ugly world of prostitution when I worked for the LAPD in Hollywood. ?

I have to wonder if you comprehend how cruel and heartless, manipulative and deceitful your protagonist will have to become to run the stable ?-- that's what ?constitutes good "management" ?and "people" skills in that line of business. ?

Well, everyone has a shadow side to their character, so he could discover and tap into the dark side of himself just as Walter White did. ?That would be his character arc.

So, how likely is that to evince any empathy for the character from a movie audience? ?Or maybe you don't think it's necessary; perhaps you think the ?"voyeur" factor will be sufficient; that you can create a character and events that will be irresistible audience bait.?The obvious rebuttal is: "Yeah, but look at 'Breaking Bad' -- what a phenomenally successful series it was." ?

So, ?maybe, if the story is done right and gets outside the box of the usual Hollyweird stereotypes about prostitution, maybe there's a market. ?I guess you're about to find out.

For myself, I might be more positively disposed if the protagonist were, say, ?a single mother who, out of desperation, prostitutes herself to pay for her young daughter's exorbitantly expensive medical treatment. ?By day, she's a professor; by night a prostitute.

IOW: ?A protagonist who chooses to make herself the exploited victim -- instead of one who exploits others. ?I believe that it would be far easier for a movie audience to root for a professor turned prostitute than for a professor turned pimp.

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