A deep and gritty realism multifaceted narrative take on the evolving of the porn industry on 42nd street and Times Square in New York.
I have looked at ALL the reviews and literally every single one below 6 stars is the same type of "critique":
1: Why is Maggie G. in the cast, she is not pretty
2: James Franco is bad he ruins it all
3: There is only sex and drugs and no plot
4: Nothing happens I stopped in episode 3
The only difference is just the formality of it, how was it formulated and smaller circumstances.
It seems silly to me, rating a show badly because they didn't cast someone sexy and like-able to play a prostitute on the streets of N.Y.
If you do not appreciate the shows aesthetics or the actors working on it then these reviews are probably helpful for you - But they are still very misleading and does NOT represent the show at all. The actual craftsmanship and writing on this show is amazing and is on par with the first season of True Detective, the Sopranos or the Wire. Maggie was cast exactly for that reason, that she is not chiseled by Michelangelo himself but has the realistic look to her.
