It is not very often that I critique -- or even watch television these days, except for the continuing Trump saga on all the news channels. But...
There are beginning to be a range of television shows that are attempting to give audiences what purports to be the "female experience side" about a lot of things. Both "Girl Friend Experience" and "SMILF" are shows that dwell upon the female side of sexuality -- in GFE two stories are currently being "followed" that depict prostitutes who are in control of their incomes (earned through prostitution) while the rest of their lives are a mess: love, relationships (such as they are), human understanding (which in the show is shown as brutal rather than loving), and all other types of human experiences. Of course sex and nudity are a strong part of this show.
SMILF is a lighter though in its way more intense story about a young unmarried woman and her toddler/baby boy --- and her natural desires, human day-to-day worries, and everything else that can go wrong. Her baby's dad in in the picture, along with her Mom/babysitter, her Dad (out of it most of the time), and of course her cute young man. In each episode (the show has just started) the angst of being a single, young parent are viscerally present).
Now "The Deuce" is different -- it is more challenging in its scope: Times Square in the 1960's, the birth of the NYC porn industry, street bars/gamey prostitution, and a historical video document of a slice of recent history.
I would recommend all three shows -- de gustibus.
And continue to "resist, resist, resist!"
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