The Call-Girl & The Goat

A Spanish TV channel, Antena 3, is emitting a series called '70€ - Secret diary of a call girl'. It's a strange mixture of sociology, prostitution and dramatic story telling. Perhaps more realistic than dramatic in the way the stories are presented, imitating the style of a documentary without it being one.

I said strange, because within the pattern of usual development of story lines, it's done to resemble reality show, with actors definitely trying not to act, but say and perform their action in a matter of fact way, at times integrating (as if) with the audiences. Out of a blue a character on the screen would suddenly look squarely at the camera, or at the audience, inviting you to participate or reflect your opinion. Or they would talk to you, at you, instead of talking to each other.

At the end of each episode a voice off-screen launches some monologue of morality, perhaps to tone down a bit such a lot of goings on in a fairly high class cat house (thus the 700 € in the title) This part is apparently done by the Women's Institution) about the strength of women, and the weakness of men.

Taking away such pretentiousness and artificiality, the series are well made, but some characters are not quite believable. Like the handsome, charming, sensitive and very lovable primp, who seemed to truly love all his 'girls' and takes great care of them. Or the client who had just had a bitter experience with his wife's infidelity, ending in divorce and hating all women, went to drown his frustration and sorrow in the cat house, but almost immediately fell in love with one of them, (opportunity to show some near violent sexual scenes). All characters had a past, to explain and justify why and how they got to where they are and what they do.

The one last night showed one of the girls, the most unstable one, who went out with her boyfriend. He, with good criterion, says: " You are like a 'puta cabra'." (Puta - prostitute, Cabra - goat) In Spanish a goat is often used to describe someone quite crazy, mad, like 'March hare' in English.

The girl answered: "And which part of me you like more, the prostitute or the goat?"

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