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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.
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, manipulativeRead more
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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See lessAfter 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.
IOW: ?he becomes a pimp.My 1st reaction is that this is a clone of the "Walter White" scenario where the protagonist is a timid college professor instead of a timid high school teacher. ?And the illicit business is sex for sale?instead of cooking meth.I dunno.Walter White knew his chemistry. ?But whRead more
IOW: ?he becomes a pimp.
My 1st reaction is that this is a clone of the “Walter White” scenario where the protagonist is a timid college professor instead of a timid high school teacher. ?And the illicit business is sex for sale?instead of cooking meth.
I dunno.
Walter White knew his chemistry. ?But what does the professor know about running a stable? ? Is it credible that the uncle would partner up with a “virgin”?
Why would an audience sympathize with a man who will be exploiting and oppressing women? ?How likely are they to buy into his rationalization that the desperate need justifies the utterly corrupt and illegal means?
I dunno.
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