The New York Times reports:
...a bluntly pornographic Showtime reality series about male prostitutes who cater exclusively to women...
Showtime deserves some credit for creative casting. The producers of “Gigolo” somehow found camera-ready clients like Rodney and Allure, a middle-aged couple who pay Jimmy to have sex with Allure while Rodney, and the audience, watch. “It’s my birthday,” Allure explains. All sorts of clients submit quite eagerly to decidedly explicit and unromantic depictions of sexual intercourse
Brace, the oldest in the group, sports spiky, bleached blond hair and a Boehner-orange tan. He has already seen the expiration date in the mirror and is trying to find investors to help market the anti-aging product line he calls Ageless Nutraceuticals. He is a sad case, but so is Steve, a failed model who has a 5-year-old son and claims he sells himself to cover his child support. “I would do anything for my son,” he says with a sickly smile. “Anything, and anyone.” Jimmy, Nick and Vin appear a little healthier, but even their efforts to make it all seem like a Las Vegas lark seems forced, whether it’s meeting for cocktails in a bar or boutique hopping. Viewers are supposed to invest in their camaraderie, but there isn’t much chemistry or even joie de vivre in the group.
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