Harlots on Amazon/ Hulu

[cany10011]

Has anyone seen Harlots (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5761478/)? I’m late to the game, but just finished Season 1 on Amazon (bought the 1st season) and then happily subscribed to Hulu to watch Seasons 2 and 3. Currently on Season 2. Such a wonderful guilty pleasure describing the brothels and competition among the Cat Houses of London centered around Covent Garden and Soho. Wonderful acting by Lesley Mandville and Jessica Brown Findlay (who played the youngest daughter on Downton Abbey). I think they used Harris’ 1788 list as inspiration for the novel/tv series: http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42075/pg42075-images.html

 

Here is a review of the show: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/08/harlots-season-three-lesley-manville-liv-tyler

 

I wonder what scholars 200+ years from now would think about daddysreviews? Will they derive the same naughty pleasure / jouissance from reading about compensated encounters of lascivious activities with hot agreeable studs?

Edited February 3, 2020 by cany10011

[+ g56whiz]

I loved Harlots. A very guilty pleasure. I binge watched most of it. The acting, the sets and especially the costumes were magnificent. So magnificent I barely minded that they kept them on during sex.