Now theyve added the story of a young woman who funds her education by providing sexual and emotional support to men willing to pay. Within this upper echelon of television the Starz network has investing a considerable part of their programming slate to cutting-edge programs with eclectic themes ranging from pirates to gladiators. Subject matter such as this that is so deeply interwoven with sex and nudity would have to fall within the purview of premium cable. Obviously, this is not the type of theme that could be translated over to traditional broadcast television or even one of the constantly expanding basic cable networks.
The movie received a lot of attention not only because of the subject matter but because the leading lady of the film was a young adult film star who had gained some notoriety on the talk show circuit discussing her experience as a sex worker. Rather than traditional prostitution transaction, she provided an emotional experience emulating an actual relationship. Soderberghs most recent projects, The Girlfriend Experience, was very young woman who worked as a high-end call for specialized in a specific niche in her profession. Steven Soderbergh is a filmmaker who has gained a well-earned reputation for refusing to be constrained by the accepted boundaries of his craft. Now, there is a greater freedom for creative minds to choose from a greater selection of platforms to present their stories to the public. Television was the little brother of film and just like a grade school kid trying to hang out with his high school age sibling, the social circle between movies and TV are mutually exclusive. At one time a film director such as Alfred Hitchcock was strongly chastised by the film community when the dead to endeavor to produce a television series. Directors, actors and even stories migrate between venues with greater ease than ever before. The current paradigm of entertainment no longer provides a strict division between movies and television.