Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Secret Diary of a Call Girl


:::Can we say hooker-chic? Not since Julia Roberts' prostitute-with-a-heart-of-gold has such a professionably questionable character been so likable! Per usual, those unoriginal TV execs hopped the pond and brought over the British hit "Secret Diary of a Call Girl," based on the popular diary of Belle de Jour, who worked as said call girl. I'm not sure if it's been remade or if Showtime is just showing the actual British version, but it seems unchanged. Set in London, it stars Billie Piper as the title character, living a double life as both Hannah and Belle. Honest, witty, and fun, it maintains the edge that Americans usually take out of the British television that they rip off.

:::True to form, I became interested in the show when I realized the star, Billie Piper, is former late-'90s pop singer "Billie." I mean c'mon, who doesn't love late-'90s pop!?!?

Here's a taste: remebmer this little ditty???


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