Louis Theroux Documentary "Selling Sex"

**SteveB** · 13-01-20, 15:17

If you did a similar documentary of another activity, for example retail, and selectively interviewed a few unusual employees of Tesco, and selected a few dim and unconventional customers you could paint a picture of a visit to your local Tesco as a dismal and sad thing to do and the checkout operators as sad, exploited people all with a sad past that has driven them to be there.

**joggon** · 13-01-20, 15:18

Originally Posted by Barney Rubble

Was it not originally broadcast earlier last year and was criticised for the typical stereotype portrayal of sex workers and clients.

yes
i'd forgotten that !

**The Libertarian** · 13-01-20, 17:18

I actually met Victoria/Classy Filth at a couple of sex parties in Britain!
She's a pleasant person and good at what she does.
To see her individually seems to be quite expensive, reflecting that a lot of ladies jack up their prices after they hàve done some porn.
You can see snippets of her porn on the usual sites.

**TheKinkyMasseuse** · 14-01-20, 01:55

Originally Posted by MidlifeCrisis

I watched this and was disappointed. I'll be interested to hear what others think. It is available on BBC catchup.

My criticism is that he took too small a sample, and thus gave a skewed and largely rather sad view of things.

He met three escorts and two clients. Two of the three escorts had been abused as kids, and he was strongly implying that this was what had "driven them" to it. Both became a bit emotional under questioning. One of them had Asbergers, and had only just started escorting, while the other was trying to leave the work. The third was a rather eccentric mature woman who did it for pleasure, not for the money. There was no representative of the experienced professional who was content with their situation, or of what I would consider the "high end".

One of the two clients was wheelchair-bound, and the other was not very bright.

It would not have been hard to find an intelligent and beautiful lady who was confident and happy with her choices, to balance things a bit. I have met many.

There was a forth escort babyg (working 7 years) she is the friend/carer of the one with Aspergers and should have been in the show as well but they kept cutting her out. Theres been a storm about it on Twitter as they wrote an open letter to the BBC. I will find it and post the link here x

**Navi34** · 18-01-20, 02:11

I remember watching this. The girls on it were not like the girls on here. It was like the client just goes to her house and her husband leaves for the duration. There was no tour or renting an apartment. It was more like ladies doing it part time such as seeing 1 or 2 regular clients a day for when the kids are at school

**Marty9999** · 21-01-20, 23:05

It was crap

**RradyMan** · 22-01-20, 05:58

Originally Posted by Navi34

I remember watching this. The girls on it were not like the girls on here. It was like the client just goes to her house and her husband leaves for the duration. There was no tour or renting an apartment. It was more like ladies doing it part time such as seeing 1 or 2 regular clients a day for when the kids are at school

True
Most Escorts hide the face here and the sex worker life is a secret.
Escort on tour is very different to the doc
Well spotted

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