{"id":151574,"date":"2020-07-09T15:41:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/07\/09\/p-valley-review-strip-club-drama-is-one-of-the-years-best-new-shows\/"},"modified":"2020-07-09T15:41:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:41:05","slug":"p-valley-review-strip-club-drama-is-one-of-the-years-best-new-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=151574","title":{"rendered":"P-Valley review \u2013 strip club drama is one of the year&#039;s best new shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the play by Katori Hall, this blisteringly entertaining new series shows the world of stripping through black female and queer charactersP-Valley, the stingingly fresh if unfortunately named Starz series by playwright Katori Hall about a strip club in the Mississippi Delta, frequently strips the pole dance of its sheen. (The show\u2019s name is short for Pussy Valley, Hall\u2019s 2015 play on which it\u2019s based). In the middle of a routine, the show cuts the beat \u2013 you hear only the heavy breathing of Mercedes (Brandee Evans), as she holds a plank feet off the ground, the squeaky strain of the pole as she launches her red stilettos around, around and down the stage. The club is awash in dollar bills and cheers, packed with men, but the camera\u2019s focus remains on Mercedes\u2019s work \u2013 the finesse of pole-dancing as athletic feat, her body a beacon of training and talent, rather than sex appeal. This is her job, her art, and she\u2019s incredible at it. Related: Ju-On: Origins review \u2013 Netflix&#8217;s gory but scare-free Grudge TV show Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2020\/jul\/09\/p-valley-review-strip-club-drama\" target=\"_blank\">P-Valley review \u2013 strip club drama is one of the year&#039;s best new shows<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the play by Katori Hall, this blisteringly entertaining new series shows the world of stripping through black female and queer charactersP-Valley, the stingingly fresh if unfortunately named Starz series by playwright Katori Hall about a strip club in the Mississippi Delta, frequently strips the pole dance of its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}