Seis de Mayo: Shame and redemption

The first thing one thinks when confronted with Wicked’s new Latina Hollywood Hookers is, “Well Duh. You think there’s Latina hookers in Glendale? It would be a step up to have Latina hookers in Glendale.”

On that subject: Irvine Robbins R.I.P., whose first ice cream store was in Glendale. Mourn ya ’til I join ya (pours Friendly’s Fribble on grave).

After the triumph of Cinco de Mayo we are faced with harsh realities: some Latinas turn to prostitution. Luckily the “hookers” of the title are not streetwalkers but classy call girls with phone numbers, credit at a florist, and their own couches.

Demi Delia is the head of this escort agency but, striving to stay close to her roots, also sees select clients. One is Ben English.

In the first scene, English and Delia offer a valuable service to consumers, providing an example of the small talk and protocol characteristic of a session with an escort: he places the money on the table, she pretends to have missed him since the last time, and then they get down to it.

The only inaccuracy was that they kissed each other. That Wicked requires condoms made for more authenticity. If a hooker does not require a condom, you should run (unless you are only there to strangle her, in which case you should reconsider and go to Baskin Robbins).

The second scene is even more authentic in its awkwardness. Tommy Gunn forgets to pay Sienna West until she prompts him with something legally innocuous, just in case he is a cop:

“Do you want to take care of business?”

Sienna West utters not one “Ay, Papi” throughout the scene, but she does imply she is a Latina by asking, “So do you like to fuck Latinas?”

Daisy is a massage therapist in the next scene, and Randy Spears tells her that her “money is over there.”

Nick Manning plays a serial whoremonger in his scene with Cassandra Cruz. She asks if he has seen women from the agency before.

“All of them,” he says. “And none of them can keep up with me.”

Finally, Alex Sanders and Dick Delaware sign on for Maya Gates. “You know it will cost you a little more?” asks Delia in the phone interview.

I found this scene the most verdad of all of them. The conversation was stilted and Cruz knew very little English. In fact, it was less like a porn scene and more like a hard-hitting HBO documentary, with poignant human drama everywhere you looked.

One bit of dialogue I would have liked to see was:

“You sure you’re not a cop?”
“You sure you’re not Armenian?”

Wicked has done a great public service in releasing this prostitute primer. Still, I can’t help thinking that if these women had been white, they would have been called “escorts.”

Previously: Hookers And Blow
See also: Wicked

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