Can you believe I hadn’t watched Girl 6 before?
It’s true. I’d somehow managed to go all this time working phone sex and I hadn’t seen one of the most famous phone sex movies of all time. Girl 6 follows the career of a young actress in New York. She has trouble with relationships (her squeeze is a thief), with landing acting gigs and with money. To solve her problems, she takes a position working phone sex in a call center.
A major plot point is the difference between call center girls and at home girls.
Madonna has a role as the owner of a phone sex company (looking smoking hot, may I say), dispatching calls to working ladies to return, collect, at a later date. The line she’s running is a very explicit taboo line, and our eponymous Girl 6 doesn’t like that idea, so she goes to a call center. I’ve never worked in a call center, so I don’t know directly what that is like, but it kinda looked like fun.
Despite the fact that I liked the movie, there are some huge discrepancies between how phone sex is portrayed and the reality of phone sex.
In the movie, the heroine is repeatedly cautioned against ‘getting hooked’ on phone sex, as well as some vague recriminations against cumming with the callers. Let me put on my educator hat right here and fix that issue publicly. You can’t get hooked on phone sex. You can certainly try, and you can become psychologically dependent upon anything if you bend your brain enough, but in reality land? Yeah, no. As for there being something wrong with cumming with your callers, god I hope not! A nice healthy orgasm won’t hurt you any, and it won’t hurt your Mistress either.
That said, she did make some mistakes.
She worked too much. You can burn out on anything, and if you’re good at phone sex that means you’re putting a lot of mental and emotional energy into it. If you’re taking this as a career, then you’re going to want to be aware of your own needs and prioritize appropriately. Oh, and needless to say, the part where she tries to meet a caller? Let’s inject some real world facts here: Bob Regular could have been as much of a homicidal maniac as the nameless client at the end of the movie who scares her into moving to L.A.
All in all, I liked Girl 6.
I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone wanting a good idea of what working phone sex is like today, but it was entertaining and pretty. Plus, her wigs were awesome! And I’m totally in love with her version of Foxy Brown, Lovely Brown. You dig it?
I haven’t seen the movie either. The one I want to see is “My Normal” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSi5P-z64to If you have seen it or plan to see it, I’d like your commentary on specific things you liked or didn’t like about the movie.
I haven’t seen it, but I’ll add it to my list. 🙂 I love finding good movie rec’s.
Next week I’ll have a review up of Preaching to the Perverted. I saw it years ago, and it serendipitously came up in my Netflix que! I’ll take it as a sign.
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I just recently saw it myself! I’m so glad I get to do all my phone sex from my house so I can really feel sexy. I can’t imagine being in a call center.
I know when I get going, I would be sooo embarrassed to be in front of a whole room of people! I do the gestures, I’ll walk around and… yeah. Having my sex toys so handy leads to all sorts of exhibitionist behaviors! lol!!! I’d shock people, I think.
…which could be fun, except for that whole bit where they may not have agreed to be shocked like that thing.
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I never dreamed that you could actually do what you do in public like a “Call Center?” Like you said, if you put any emotion into it, that would be so embarrassing. Or else the girls just really don’t give a damn. But it sounds like an awesome movie, I will definitely check it out. Probably as close to the real thing as my Princess will allow me to get. 😉
BTW: I’m still reeling over the letter “R”. She has only mentioned it twice so far and it scares the hell out of me. Poor Peter would be devastated!
Well DARN! I got all excited because NETFLIX had Girl 6 when I searched it online but then I realized it was via DVD only, so I have to order that. But, they did offer some alternatives, one being “Fight Night”. Now, I am definitely not into all that fighting but I couldn’t help but wonder how they could portray a girl in the world of street fighting. I was in love with her ten minutes into the movie and they made it so real and believable. I just adore a girl who can kick ass and take manes later. But then, I’ve always believed girls can do anything they want. 😉
The next movie I’m planning to review is Preaching to the Perverted! I saw it a while ago, and I’m eager to watch it again, this time with my domme hat on.
I saw a kick ass girl fighting movie… crap, I can’t remember the title! augh. I hate when that happens. Ha! I went through my netflix watched list and found it. Chocolate, with JeeJa Yanin. Badass! Love that one. It’s on my definite recommend list. 😀 😀 😀
I’m a big Spike Lee fan and totally enjoyed Girl 6 — I actually liked the discrepancies with real life phone sex because hey, it’s a movie.
I LOVED Preaching to the Perverted…..wicked British humor, kink, very well done on some luscious sets & lighting.
OH have you seen Bound? I’m a Warchowski’ Brothers fan….and, can I just say, Gina Gershon? OMG !
Actually, Harper you have to watch that movie…..I just realized that YOU remind me of Gina Gershon. ~laughs~ Now I know part of the source of My girl-crush on you *kiss*.
Oh, Oh, Oh, Preaching to the Perverted is next up on my movie review list!!! LOVE IT. And, I got it from Netflix, and the disk has special features!!!!!!! Love me some behind the scenes peeks. hee.
And Bound? YUM. Gina Gershon is my special happy thought. Hell, Jennifer Tilly is also very yum. I just want to take care of her, and let Corky work on my car. mmm…
Sorry, where was I?
I’ve also got Sugar Sweet, which I’ll be reviewing soon, after I watch it like fifteen times! ~drool~
…you wanna be my mob moll? All dressed up and sexy, and I’ll come in from a hard day’s work and take care of you? shit, the hotness just melted my brain…
I can even be the Corky (Gina Gershon) part …. I love getting into gender play. I’ll wear sexy hot lingerie under a man-styled suit, hair slicked back …. you …. hmmmmm, maybe a strapon. *wink* OMG, my brain is now melting as well …. *reaches down to my panties* … oh wait, it isn’t my brain. LOL