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Weekend Movie Recommendation: Hustlers

October 4, 2019 by WendyB

If you’re looking for a movie to see this weekend, check out Hustlers. It’s based on the true story of ex-strippers who started drugging men and maxing out their credit cards. Definitely not behavior I encourage, but it made for a great film. Here’s the original, fascinating article by Jessica Pressler — maybe read it after you see the movie.

“THE HUSTLERS AT SCORES” by Jessica Pressler

You may have heard of this movie because of Jennifer Lopez’s spectacular first scene, which is a pole dance to Fiona Apple’s “Criminal.”  It has to be seen to be believed.  J. Lo is 50 — a year and a half younger than I am, but I didn’t have a body like this at any age! Check out her behind-the-scenes training video.

Lopez’s whole performance is on point though. Take it from MrB.

“If @JLo doesn’t get an Oscar, THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD” – MrB’s review of @HustlersMovie

— Wendy Brandes – #Nope Distributor 🆘 (@WendyBrandes) September 29, 2019

Since seeing the movie, I’ve been brooding about the fact that a fantastic J. Lo interview clip from 2006 had long ago disappeared from YouTube. I swear, I have never stopped thinking about J. Lo’s reaction when she was asked to “defend her outfit.” I’ve been like, “How can this iconic ‘Wear What You Want’ moment simply vanish from teh Interwebs?” Well, friends, I JUST FOUND THE CLIP on MTV’s website. Enjoy it, memorize it, fucking live it!

If you see (or have already seen) Hustlers, tell me what you think in the comments!

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  1. Rebecca says

    October 6, 2019 at 12:45 am

    I saw the movie and thought J-Lo’s pole dance scene was extremely sexy, and I’ve never ever even been remotely turned on by a woman before.

    • WendyB says

      October 6, 2019 at 10:26 pm

      How about when she strutted off the stage and said, “Doesn’t money make you horny?” 🙂

  2. Sheila (of Ephemera) says

    October 6, 2019 at 5:42 pm

    YES!!!! JLo, what a goddess! She is amazing – I love her. Thank you for this clip, Wendy! I really want to see Hustlers!

    • WendyB says

      October 6, 2019 at 10:25 pm

      You must!

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