There is No Anger Like That of a Woman

Eve is a sex worker and Adam has booked an hour of her time. He comes into her boudoir within a brothel and he is about the same age as she is, conventionally attractive, with a wealthy and charming air about him. Within the first five minutes of talking to him it’s clear that he’s trying to establish himself as “one of the good ones.” She is surprised that he is more interested in talking to her than having sex, and after a short time she feels comfortable and safe enough with him to lift the veil of subservience and to tell him what she really thinks about religion, systemic misogyny, and a culture held captive under capitalism. Adam oscillates between compassion and surprise by her astute intellect and informed opinions, and being defensive and dismissive. Sometimes he likes to be challenged, but other times he shows that even though he has told her more than once that he is safe and that he won’t hurt her he is more than capable of doing so.

Grace Delamere has written a really strong battle of wits between these two characters, both of whom are complex and contradictory, and the relationship too keeps moving from one that might have potential to one that Eve should cut her losses from, and back and forth again. The acting by Delamere and Liam Armstrong is excellent. You really get the sense that regardless of whether they are good together or good for one another, both Eve and Adam want to like each other, but there is much for them to judge and even despise at the same time. In both characters the actors do a great job of bringing out the nuances between this push and pull. Read more at the link!