prostitution theme
There is a character who sells sex for money in order to make a living.
53 total · 1 choice · 10 major · 42 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (1975) | choice | Jeanne sold sex to provide for herself and her son after she became a widow. |
| columbo1971e8x03 | major | The sex therapist Dr. Joan Allenby had published a best-selling book, entitled "The Courtesan Complex", in which she advanced the theory that being a high-class prostitute is one of the most common sexual fantasies among women. Joan herself masqueraded as a sexually aggressive, glamorous prostitute named "Lisa". |
| ic1976e11 | major | Scilla, the Sicilian, was Rome's most renowned prostitute. She was humbled by Messalina, Rome's most promiscuous woman, in a tournament of sex. |
| movie: Cimmaron (1931) | major | Yancey was just about the only person in town to openly take the side of and defend the well-known prostitute Dixie Lee. |
| movie: Frankenhooker (1990) | major | Prostitution was amply feature: We saw the lives various prostitutes who were working under a pimp who was supplying them with crack. Jeff had numerous interactions with prostitutes. Elizabeth became the undead prostitute Frankenhooker. |
| movie: Idiocracy (2006) | major | The story repeatedly makes light of the main character Rita being a sex worker. |
| movie: Nights of Cabiria (1957) | major | The story concerned a prostitute and her activities. |
| movie: Pretty Woman (1990) | major | The story explores Vivian and her roommate Kit's lives as street prostitutes in Los Angeles. |
| movie: Taxi Driver (1976) | major | Iris was a child prostitute who Travis decided to save, despite the former's reluctance to be saved. The story ends with Travis killing Iris' pimp. |
| movie: Unforgiven (1992) | major | The story follows the closely-knit prostitutes of frontier town brothel as they seek to avenge one of their own getting permanently disfigured by a patron. The viewer is shown a window into their lives, including the dangers they faced on the job, their low status in society as exemplified by the sheriff writing them off as property of the brothel owner, their using of deodorant powered before sex to presumably suppress the stench that came from not taking regular baths, etc. |