The director clearly has a fixation with sex work and sex workers, and both he and the cast have made it a point to use their platform to honor and claim their “ally”ship with “the sex worker community” throughout the awards season run, culminating in last night.
All I know is behind the scenes this the kind of thing (see below) talented actresses have to deal with, and those not “artistically” on board especially at the beginning of their careers, do not get baptized into the system and risk losing their anointing.
Ruth Wilson left The Affair because of ‘too many sex scenes’
People seem to be judging the film in the context of comments made at awards shows. Seen on its own, the film is vivid portrait of a time, place and milieux. The first act shows these women plying their trade because to not show it would be dishonest. It does not glorify the nature of the work. The story is initiated by the title character deluding herself into thinking one of her customers actually cares about her. Either that or she sees a sham marriage as a way out. The result is tragic.