'The Deuce': 'What Big Ideas' continues to expose the double standards on the streets of New York
We are halfway into the second season of 'The Deuce' and things are already starting to fall apart for our friends in the business. The downfall has already begun and the shift in power has everyone reeling in pain. This makes the men in the deuce pretty vulnerable and petty and they lash out at the women. Unpredictable, huh? The last episode, 'Seven - Fifty' revolved a lot around the power play and how in spite of women doing well, they didn't really have a say. Every time these female characters try to rise in the ranks, they are pushed down.
After Lori (Emily Meade) comes back from Los Angeles' AFAA Erotica Awards with Harvey (David Krumholtz) and Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal) in the last episode, she is brutally snubbed by CC who is clearly insecure of her success. He throws her award on the wall and forces her to return to the streets. She feels successful and powerful at LA away from CC but you can clearly spot the daddy issues she had confessed about in the last season - she comes back home to seek his approval.
