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Sandro doesn't cheat on Claudia with a prostitute...

posted 18 years ago by Cubachik
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...but with Goria Perkins, writer, who we've seen in an earlier scene. I suppose some people make that assumption on other threads here because he tosses money at her as a "souvenir" that she requests from him, but she is unmistakably the same woman that is seen earlier surrounded by men and hustled away into an awaiting car. What a fascinating film; saw it for the first time today on IFC, have wanted to see it for a long time. I wonder - do the folks that have written in other threads that call her a prostitute do so only because of the tossed money? They don't recognize her?

[–] dudemanthegreat 18 years ago

Actually, the man that Sandro walks with immedietely after her introduction tells of how men will spend money to spend time with her.

Sounds quite a bit like prostitution when you think of it like that, right?

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[–] elocin73-1 18 years ago

I recognized her of course (so does Sandro) and I also remember the man in the town telling Sandro that the woman drew a price of 50K lire. So she did come across to me as a woman who sold herself for money....or a prostitute.

[–] repete66211 16 years ago

Ms. Perkins did claim to be a writer earlier in the movie, but if she receives compensation for performing sexual acts then she is a prostitute. The roles are not mutually exclusive. One can be both a writer and a prostitute.

[–] chester-copperpot-1 10 years ago

That reporter implies in so many words that she's a high class prositute and call girl. And it would be only natural for her to mingle in a luxury restort hotel, where clients of her type would be staying. There's also a fine line between being a prostitute and a "kept woman". Or a trophy wife, for that matter. Some things are expected by those that pay.