This is the second vertical AI BL drama I've sat through, and honestly I went in knowing better. I had it on while I was doing cardio at the gym, and what struck me was just how much the plot echoed the last one I watched. Same step brother romance angle, same mystery girlfriend showing up near the end, same extra guy pining after one of the leads. Genuinely the only thing going for it was the runtime, the whole thing wrapped up in forty five minutes flat. The setup kicks off with Finn moving schools because his mom just married into money. He finds out his new step brother Aiden goes to the same place, and he's warned to keep his distance from him. Their first run in at school is rocky, just like you'd expect, but there's this odd pull between them neither can shake off. Finn keeps telling himself not to read into it because Aiden's straight and openly homophobic. Things shift when some kids start bullying Finn and the student council president, Ryan, steps in to ...
We meet a cuddle expert, who talk sabot how he wasn't also aware of this service but now he gets clients who like this but the guy also emphasized on the importance of consent. We do overlook how little touch we get every day. And how it can be emotionally taxing as well trying to look for someone to be intimate with -- so hiring someone just makes a lot of sense. There is another guy who talks about how he provides mostly BDSM massage services and how he gets repeated clients and there is something there that he fulfills desires of his clients and he must be doing something ok that begets repeat customers. An interesting take is given by Raj on how he treats his disabled customers and how everyone has the right to feel pleasured and loved. He also talks about how he told his mother and family about what he does for work and how they have all been eventually very supportive of what he does.
As much as these subjects make sense, the logical side of my brain still thinks that these are somehow justifications for doing the job that you are doing. I mean, at one point we do say that no work is small or big, but then at the same point, why are we making documentaries where people have to justify what they are doing? There was not even larger motive where we could go maybe more deep into the history of sex work or even legalizing it; but it was simply lets talk to these 4 subjects, hears their point of view on why they do what they do and thats is. The makers themselves do not give any opinion whatsoever. Sure, it was interesting to watch something new, but personally I didn't get to hear or learn anything new (besides getting paid to be cuddled) that I did not know before. (3/10)
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