'The Deuce' season 2 episode 5 review: The power and the price of saying NO
"Nothing that I have belongs to me"
HBO's 'The Deuce' last season told us a story about the birthplace of porn - money exchanging hands, how hookers ended up doing movies and the mobs went from gambling to adult films. This season has been a different story so far. The industry's arc is now at its peak, and after the latest episode, it definitely looks like it's coming down. But in both the seasons of this porn saga, one thing has remained consistent - the exploitation of women.
They are made to believe that they have a life much better than "women out there" like the streets are their cushion and their pimps their protectors - their golden cages. The mutiny has been going on for a while internally - in such secret that these women often don't even let themselves hear it. With Episode 5, the hill is finally ready to explode.