DVD review: Secret Diary of a Call Girl Season 2
Billie Piper (“Doctor Who”) reprises her role as London call girl Belle in the eight-episode Season 2 of “Secret Diary of a Call Girl.” Belle, aka Hannah in her nonworking life, finds herself falling for someone.
Hannah can’t bring herself to tell her new boyfriend what she does for a living, which makes for awkward excuses and uncomfortable conversations with her friend, Ben (Iddo Goldberg), who knows her secret.
Callum Blue, cast as Zod on “Smallville” for the upcoming Season 9, plays Alex, the unwitting boyfriend. Alex, a doctor who’s recently moved to London, meets Belle when she mistakes him for a client.
In season 2, Belle also becomes a mentor of sorts to Bambi (Ashley Madekwe), who wants to become an escort. Bambi’s inexperience leads her into plenty of scrapes, from which Belle must bail her out.
Piper is charming as Belle, who has the kind of smile that allows her to get exactly what she wants. While Belle probably should be criticized for her duplicitous nature and her tendency to use her friends, her charm lets her get away with it – and it may get by viewers, too.
Based on the real-life experiences of a London escort, “Secret Diary” is sexy but feels sanitized. Belle’s character makes her job appear better than the alternatives; she can’t function in an office job. So, it’s hard to argue that “Secret Diary” isn’t, on some level, glamorizing the profession.
- Matthew Price
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