![]() ![]() Not even the same planet.” She’s as right as rain: Say what you want about fetching Starbucks for the man, it’s a lot different than making it with Hannah’s first punter on the show, a fat, middle-aged ex-farmhand who looks like a sideburned refugee from Bob Hoskins’ gang in The Long Good Friday. I know this because I’ve been a temp and I’ve f-ed for money, and they are in no way similar. (All of which makes it a prickly subway read, and I’m including Amis in there - some crazies think he’s overrated.) It’s when Belle warns us never to use ”whoring” to describe any other profession but her own: ”Many of my friends will tell you how temping for a year or ending up in sales is the equivalent to prostitution. No, it’s not Belle de Jour‘s A-to-Z of English sex work, the graphic descriptions of fisting and anal, her sexually adventurous, understanding beau (yep, in the book she’s got one and he knows) or the exchange of Martin Amis references with a john. My favorite part of Belle de Jour: The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl, the best-selling, X-rated, ”happy hooker” memoir that is Call Girl‘s source material, didn’t make it into last night’s opener. And though we haven’t met your mom or pops yet, I bet they suspect something, too. I sense Ben has a hunch - he’s got to notice the bling in your pad. ”Belle” when you’re working), as much as anyone else. A very well paid, ultra hush-hush, has-a-lot-of-free-time-in-the-afternoons legal secretary. And we know why she does it: ”I love sex and I love money…I’m fundamentally lazy…what I really like is being my own boss.” But Hannah’s parents, sister, and best friend, Ben, have no clue how she rakes in the dough. We even know how she convinces clients she fancies them (lube). We know what she charges (a lot and up front). We know that she glides past hotel reception (”look like you know where you’re going”). We know how she turns up for an appointment (in a designer suit). This little tid-bit was enough to whet the appetite for the first full episode watch Secret Diary of a Call Girl every Monday at 10 PM on Showtime and turn back to IGN TV every week for the full review.Hannah - the high-priced prozzie in Secret Diary of a Call Girl who occupies the attractive and talented body of Doctor Who‘s Billie Piper - has no secrets…from us, at least. The two girls tittered on, going back and forth with stories and troubles until the 24th minute and then Piper let out a series of final questions about the sex and the scandal and then it ended with a photo shoot and the preview for the actual premiere of the third season. As for the cash, she made upwards of £300 per customer (nearly $600) for one go and over two grand for an all nighter. She said that she did nothing to glamorize or promote prostitution, that she only recorded some of her more comical moments and put them online to see if anyone else thought they were funny. "Why would you glamorize prostitution?" "Do you recommend this type of lifestyle?" "How much did you make?" And Magnanti answered them all with ease. Piper's questions were honest and fair and she didn't dance around the unpleasantries She asked all the questions begged of her over the past three years. They threw in a few clips from the show here and there, but most of the episode was focused on the two women having a nice chat on a couch in an average-looking hotel room. It was reminiscent of the series' opening where they reveal parts of Piper's body as she dresses for a night of "work." It wasn't a subtle parallel, but it made the interview feel a bit more glamorous than what it surely was. They showed glances of her body and inched over her face before they showed her whole frame. Magnanti's entrance was the most organized (edited) segment. Either way, Piper is an engaging performer and even a perfunctory interview made for good viewing. Her vulnerable state and unkempt appearance kept things light - whether this was intended or if it was all that the producers could throw together before Magnanti got eaten alive by the British tabloids is still yet to be seen. Piper was alone for the first five minutes and spoke earnestly about her nerves and previous interactions with Magnanti. The casual interview took place in the unnamed hotel featured in the first episode of the series. Then Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good" played over and the stage was set. It opened with Piper in a taxi, first with a dubbed voiceover and then the show's trademark aside where she directed her comments directly to the audience. ![]() Showtime and ITV did the best they could to wrangle the media storm into this 25-minute interview and the blunt and unrefined tape was interesting and refreshing. Magnanti hid behind 'Belle' for nearly six years before she was forced into the open, and her abrupt entrance into the limelight cast a bit of a shadow over the series. ![]()
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