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as a “deeply feminist film, one where men are given less screen time than the cameoing Cardi B and Lizzo”. Suddenly we saw thatmight be more than just a fun movie; now, it looked like just a very good film really. A very good film driven by a super-contemporary message of female empowerment.
For some viewers, the way in which this female empowerment eventually manifests might feel problematic.follows Jennifer Lopez’s Ramona and Constance Wu’s Destiny – who’s initially Ramona’s stripping protégé, but soon becomes her best friend and literal partner-in-crime – as the pair hatch a scam to fleece offensively wealthy Wall Street types.
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the Manhattan strip club where they work is struggling to attract customers. Destiny has a baby daughter to feed and Ramona has taken a retail job to make ends meet, so they pivot to what Ramona calls “marketing”: picking up rich men at upscale bars and taking them to the strip club in exchange for a cut of whatever they spend on drinks.
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