{"id":37858,"date":"2022-09-04T03:01:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T07:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=37858"},"modified":"2022-09-08T13:41:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T17:41:10","slug":"streaming-sundays-p-valley-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/04\/streaming-sundays-p-valley-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Streaming Sundays: P-Valley (2020-)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/p-valley-1-e1662360773204.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37862 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/p-valley-1-e1662360773204.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/p-valley-1-e1662360773204.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/p-valley-1-e1662360773204-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/p-valley-1-e1662360773204-2x1.jpeg 2w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the fictional town of Chucalissa, MS, a young woman on the run finds refuge and a new identity in an erotic dance club called The Pynk. Created by show runner Katori Hall, P-Valley is now streaming on the Starz app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Down in the valley \/ Where the girls get naked.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you throwin&#8217; bands \/ Then you know she gon&#8217; shake it.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">P-Valley is truly one of its kind and that\u2019s not an exaggeration. One may try to compare it to other movies about exotic dancers like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Showgirls <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(1995) or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Player\u2019s Club<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (1998), but there is no comparison. The P-Valley series has an authenticity and style that fits the narrative to the T! There is nothing else like it on television and since the second season is out, now is the perfect time to catch up on both seasons!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a quick character breakdown &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>AUTUMN NIGHT\/HAILEY:<\/strong> Season one, Hailey (Elarica Johnson) comes to town under mysterious circumstances and takes on the stage name Autumn Night when she comes across The Pynk. After she impresses the staff and the audience on amateur night, the owner of the club &#8211; Uncle Clifford (a truly standout performance by Nicco Annan) &#8211; decides to give her a chance. From there, Hailey dances in the club while keeping her true identity a secret, but her past isn\u2019t concealed for long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>UNCLE CLIFFORD<\/strong>: Uncle Clifford is trying to keep his business at the top of mind, although he is getting distracted by an up and coming rap artist, Lil Murda (J. Alphonse Nicholson), who is frequenting the club. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>LIL MURDA<\/strong>: In an effort to push his latest single, Lil Murda comes to The Pynk to try and convince the club to play his music. Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford begin a secret love affair, all the while Lil\u2019 Murda is trying to get his \u201ccome up\u201d in the music industry without getting exposed for his sexuality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>MERCEDES:<\/strong>\u00a0Brandee Evans plays Mercedes, the queen bee of The Pynk. Mercedes is the top attraction at the club, but her aspirations of becoming a professional dance studio owner is closer to becoming a reality. As she makes plans for her retirement, drama inside and outside the club make it difficult for her to move on.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>MISS MISSISSIPPI\/KEYSHAWN:<\/strong> The next best dancer at The Pynk after Mercedes is Keyshawn (Shannon Thornton) aka Miss Mississippi. Compared to Mercedes more audacious, sultry pole gymnastics, Keyshawn\u2019s pole routines have a swan-like aura. When Keyshawn isn\u2019t at The Pynk being Mississippi, she is a married woman of two who is dealing with an abusive husband. After Mercedes refuses to dance to Lil\u2019 Murda\u2019s single, Miss Mississippi ends up dancing to his music instead. The collaboration ends up being a match-made in heaven making Lil\u2019 Murda a popular local artist and upping Miss Mississippi into local celebrity status, but Keyshawn\u2019s violent husband isn\u2019t too keen on his wife\u2019s newfound celebrity. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s not all of the characters, but the aforementioned have the most intriguing storylines.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Narratively, the series is very solid and serves all characters, but there are other aspects that are truly a rarity. For one, P-Valley highlights the level of skill it takes to be an exotic dancer. The pole-dance sequences are anxiety inducing because they tend to amplify the sound of the dancer\u2019s breathing as we watch her climb higher and higher until she makes her descent. The athleticism and the fearlessness that these women display make them sexy, whereas the outfits are an afterthought. We normally see exotic dancers from the male gaze. Either they are background or just something thrown in to make a scene &#8220;sexy.&#8221; The way director Katori Hall puts the emphasis on the empowerment of conquering the pole is not only beautiful, but necessary. The Pynk&#8217;s aesthetic feed into the performances.\u00a0 Nights at The Pynk are filled with neon colors and lively sounds while half concealed in darkness &#8211; which is a stark contrast to the city during the day. Chucalissa looks like a place where dreams go to die, but The Pynk provides fantasy and escapism. This is amplified by the music\/soundtrack for the nights the dancers take the stage. It creates an atmosphere for the show and works in tandem with Lil\u2019 Murda\u2019s storyline to stardom.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More serious than soapy. Daring story-telling without being too over the top. A charming and charismatic cast of multi-dimensional black men and black women, living in one of the impoverished states in the US. And yes, lots of exotic dancing. It is one of most exciting shows on television and a must watch, so get your ones ready!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In the fictional town of Chucalissa, MS, a young woman on the run finds refuge and a new identity in an erotic dance club called The Pynk. 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