![]() ![]() So we already cover it, and we're not covering it because it's a dialogue right now-if you're going to make a show about prostitution it's going to cover those aspects of rape and murder. Samantha: Whether it's 1763 or 2018, the way that women are treated globally is quite shocking. ![]() And then also, who would believe a harlot? It's a very complicated thing. When your life and livelihood and are on the line if you speak up, people are scared. It was very much a part of the conversation in season one, but one of our main themes this year is trying to get people together to speak out. Harlots is obviously a period piece, but will the #MeToo movement play in to this season at all? Since season one premiered, the conversation about sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood has really opened up. Ahead of the show's season premiere, Lesley, Samantha, and Jessica share a few secrets about the new episodes and get real about how long it takes to get in and out of those corsets. It also helps that the show's creators, writers, and directors are all women, so the show never titillates for no reason. While Harlots delves into a super-gritty period of history, the show never feels like a chore in the way that some costume dramas do, thanks in large part to the show's giant female cast-still a remarkable feature when a lot of "prestige" series focus on male leads. Season one largely focused on the rivalry between Lydia and Margaret, which intensified after Margaret found out that Lydia was procuring girls for a very underhanded group of men calling themselves the Spartans. Harlots has a huge cast of fantastic actors, but the main players are Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville), who runs an exclusive brothel for members of the upper classes, Margaret Wells (Samantha Morton), who runs a more working-class bawdy house, and Charlotte Wells (Jessica Brown Findlay), daughter of Margaret and former mistress who's recently taken a position in Lydia's house. ![]() If you haven't seen the first season of Harlots, here's a quick primer: The year is 1763, and according to the pilot's opening title card, one in five women are sex workers. In between all of those, though, please also make room for Harlots, Hulu's severely underrated period drama about 18th-century London prostitutes, which returns July 11. We're still living the good life in the Era of Peak TV, and this summer in particular is full of great television-between Pose, Sharp Objects, The Bold Type, Younger, GLOW, Orange Is the New Black (back on July 27), and Insecure (back on August 12), you could go all season without having to rewatch a single episode of, I don't know, Cheers. ![]()
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