Loud Murmurs

“Climb into my fur,” JLo’s character said, and Constance Wu’s character happily obliged. This was our favorite scene from the recent movie directed by Lorene Scafaria ——“Hustlers.” In addition to all wanting to climb into JLo’s fur and stay there till the new decade, we also want to take this opportunity to share our thoughts on the movie that features “triple threat” JLo and Constance Wu, the first Asian woman to be nominated for “Best Actress” in Golden Globes’ forty-five-year history (seriously). Some stuff we talked about: What we love about "Hustlers, why is 2019 the year of JLo? What does JLo mean to us growing up consuming American pop culture in China? Did the Hustlers do a good job portraying the sex work industry?Juan takes issue with the way the movie portrays sex workers’ finances and spending habits. We talk about what it means to be poor in American in our day and age. What is the difference between having a lot of money and having a lot of wealth? Our special interview segment with DAPHNE