I miss being in seminar.

Had I been in that one I would have explained why I think the director shot the protagonista walking around her apartment, then sitting to count her money in just a shirt with her nether parts exposed. It was to direct the gaze of the viewer lower, but not to objectify the character. So what was the point of this? Titillation? No. To make the viewer uncomfortable? Perhaps, but it's more than that. Think a bit. Which part of their bodies do prostitutes associate with their earnings? Caye went into prostitution for 2 very specific reasons. She is saving her earnings to get a boob job because she thinks guys are attracted to women with bigger breasts than hers. And she's not talking about the guys who are her clients. She wants romantic, happy ever after love with a man who will "come pick her up after work". It is for him that she plans to buy the breasts. Since they will not be shared freely with clients, they remain private and as such, they are kept covered up in all the shots we see of Caye. Meanwhile, her "privates" are anything but and the director's choice to make them so very public indicates that he does indeed understand at least a little something about the nature of prostitution and the prostitute herself. This also evokes the stereotypical refusal of the prostitute to kiss on the lips, something echoed in literature and film, such as (and I hate to admit that I've re-thought this movie) Pretty Woman. The kiss was also reserved for a lover, someone who elicited feelings. Prostitutes, in their work duties and while submitting to health inspections (say, of the Porfiriato or in Nevada) were able to turn off all feelings that might otherwise flow to and from the area below the waist. Their genitals function as tools of the trade. Perhaps because of their proximity to the heart, Caye's dream breasts belong more to the realm of love.



Sorry, but no, I can't go back and edit. My battery level is 8% and my computer's is only slightly higher.