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Choices and Consequences
There are several instances where it becomes clear that in choosing prostitution, the women in the play face the dangerous consequences of their choice.
Suzy is beaten and locked out of her room by a customer early in the play. Later, she announces that she is moving into an apartment with her new pimp. Her friends are concerned that this man will treat her as badly as the previous one did.
Although April makes fun of her customers’ fetishes, she has been put at risk by freaky and dangerous customers. Wilson does not emphasize it,...
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