{"id":18775,"date":"2012-02-09T10:40:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=18775"},"modified":"2012-02-09T10:42:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T18:42:51","slug":"whores-glory-michael-glawogger-2011-germany-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=18775","title":{"rendered":"Whore&#8217;s Glory (Michael Glawogger, 2011): Germany, Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?author=1634\">Tyler Rowland<\/a>.\u00a0 Viewed at Santa Barbara Film Festival 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The worlds oldest profession.<\/p>\n<p>Delivered here in all of the\u00a0<em>Whore&#8217;s Glory<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Delving into the lives of prostitutes from around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSOvy5ZjrCnTT1MWEPa9oi5NMhKzIyInffOtnx0rNf4K0uSbS6nKA\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bangkok, Thailand-<\/p>\n<p>A group of women stand on one side of the glass, men on the other.<\/p>\n<p>The safe confines indoor.<\/p>\n<p>Sensual reds.<\/p>\n<p>Wealthy men are there &#8220;buying a little happiness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Soothing blues.<\/p>\n<p>Near destitute women are in attendance because &#8220;a job is a job&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Returning customers remember the girls they like.<\/p>\n<p>What number would you like, sir?<\/p>\n<p>20, 38, and 280. \u00a0&#8220;Any more?&#8221; \u00a0Yes, 214.<\/p>\n<p>One, two, and three are not enough.<\/p>\n<p>Cash or credit sir?<\/p>\n<p>Put it on my account, my card is good for it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkdP_ieml9zcnroxE-1MYKgoRILmRpXqeFKu0nNVVX76ufPXwqtw\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"157\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Faridpur, Bangladesh-<\/p>\n<p>Brothels set this scene.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeping the walkway.<\/p>\n<p>A cleansing ritual<\/p>\n<p>A mother whores her child.<\/p>\n<p>A prostitute prays for daily customers to show.<\/p>\n<p>A man with one leg, an old man, a midget.<\/p>\n<p>Acts of the educated and uneducated alike.<\/p>\n<p>All venues to seek out women for hire.<\/p>\n<p>Here in &#8220;The City of Joy&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQIJsMgdg4j0AImZ2u7_-I9GiNbzQ0fRa5UwEOEuaeYB6D-HvnT\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pevnose, Mexico-<\/p>\n<p>Streets, sidewalks, and alleyways offer little protection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is your name?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No names, do you have money?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Balls like church bells&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It is Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Just another day.<\/p>\n<p>Music makes this culturally accepted behavior\u00a0seem \u00a0almost appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Sensual reds now seem evil<\/p>\n<p>Soothing blues now cold.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though much of the outside world looks down upon this lifestyle,<\/p>\n<p>what is the world doing to stop this?<\/p>\n<p>Spreading awareness helps to a small extent.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of disproval only encourages these behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by Tyler Rowland.\u00a0 Viewed at Santa Barbara Film Festival 2012. &nbsp; The worlds oldest profession. Delivered here in all of the\u00a0Whore&#8217;s Glory. Delving into the lives of prostitutes from around the globe. &nbsp; Bangkok, Thailand- A group of women stand on one side of the glass, men on the other. The safe confines indoor. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentary","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}