Like post-it notes you think to yourself, "I could have thought up that idea!" This is a documentary that, in premise, can't go wrong. And it does well, a bit slow at times, but does well.
I have only known one pimp in my life, and I asked him why a ho needs a pimp ta walk the track and turn tricks. Okay I didn't use those words, but they were repeated so many times during the film that I wanted to try them out. Anyways, he didn't answer the question. In these 87 minutes, I do get the answer I was looking for. You have to read a bit between the lines though. And you have to read around a corner, upside down, and a bit twisted by the time the pimps stopped talking and confusing things. I also got an answer to the reasons behind the ubiquitous 70's flash and gaudiness of the pimps' gear.
I thought that 87 minutes was a bit long. A couple times it felt like the same questions were being answered in the same way that they were last scene. If you are looking for some kind of soft porn, or a Jackie Brown style, black glamour, behind the scenes edutainment special, I'm sure it's out there somewhere. But this is an interesting education. That's all it wants to be. So if you don't feel like paying for the new release, I am sure that if you give it time it'll end up on the Discovery Channel. It'll be right along side Inside Finland's Knitting Circles, and Conversations With The Midwest Farmer Union. So watch for it!
I have only known one pimp in my life, and I asked him why a ho needs a pimp ta walk the track and turn tricks. Okay I didn't use those words, but they were repeated so many times during the film that I wanted to try them out. Anyways, he didn't answer the question. In these 87 minutes, I do get the answer I was looking for. You have to read a bit between the lines though. And you have to read around a corner, upside down, and a bit twisted by the time the pimps stopped talking and confusing things. I also got an answer to the reasons behind the ubiquitous 70's flash and gaudiness of the pimps' gear.
I thought that 87 minutes was a bit long. A couple times it felt like the same questions were being answered in the same way that they were last scene. If you are looking for some kind of soft porn, or a Jackie Brown style, black glamour, behind the scenes edutainment special, I'm sure it's out there somewhere. But this is an interesting education. That's all it wants to be. So if you don't feel like paying for the new release, I am sure that if you give it time it'll end up on the Discovery Channel. It'll be right along side Inside Finland's Knitting Circles, and Conversations With The Midwest Farmer Union. So watch for it!