There are two widely touted images of prostitutes in the West: the romantic image – tart with a heart, adventuress, and so forth; this is the one so beloved of American cops 'n hooker films. Then there is the feminist image of poor, persecuted, "oppressed" women exploited by both ruthless pimps and johns. Both these images are false; at the "higher" end, ie those who don't walk the streets, one finds independent-minded women who have made conscious decisions to engage in the albeit seedy end of the marketplace. Then there are the streetwalkers, who have likewise made conscious decisions, but who have not even the illusion of class.There is nothing romantic about whores, however they are dressed up, and many a "john" who has been turned over by one will tell you they are perpetrators as much as victims. However it is dressed up, prostitution is a voluntary act, but for many of the girls who ply their trade in the Thai capital, the word voluntary does not have quite the same connotations as for the ho's of the US or the streetwalkers of Britain.In this low budget documentary, Jordan Clark paints a vivid portrait of a Bangkok bar girl known as Pla. Due to an unpleasant incident during her childhood, she had a deformed right hand, which says Clark, combined with her lack of formal education, left her with two choices: making a living by begging, or selling her body. For most of her short life she managed to avoid both, but many others are either not so fortunate or have less character.This film asks more questions than it answers, and although most Western "sex tourists" treat their liaisons well – and a few treat them exceptionally well – decent young girls everywhere deserve a better future than that of the dregs of red light districts worldwide.

It's always interesting to meet people just passing through Thailand doing a documentary. Their conclusions are almost always wrong and their evidence is almost always suspect at best.As one who has lived and worked in Thailand I can tell you that any documentary that does not include a LONG HARDlook at the role of the Police, the Politicians, and the King is leaving out the primary motivation for Thai prostitution in the first place.Without the Top-Down Hierarchy in Thailand essentially Stealing the money via the Banking systems (the same way it is now being done in the US)Thai people would be some of the richest in the world.So any slice of life documentary like this one, fails completely because Thailand is like an onion (or an Ogre), it has many layers, and some of those layers can't be exposed without brining tears to your eyes...

Having been taking photos and videos of the places I travel to (not least Thailand and Bangkok which is one of my favorite cities on earth) I can assure you that anyone who is capable of holding a camera in a hand and can speak and is not an alien from Mars can make a similar 'documentary' about pretty much anything and 'prove' any point or hypothesis. Having observed the sex scene of Thailand (and other countries) from a close-up myself I can express nothing but a sad smile looking at this 'documentary' which is nothing about even a fair attempt to depict the scene and the industry that has taken so many women (men as well) in Thailand. I would suggest the authors of this 'documentary' to get into some books (or Wikipedia at the very least) and have some read about Thai culture and history before putting 'farangs' anywhere near the center of the issue. I could write a lot more but I guess it's just not worth it. My recommendation to those willing to watch this: don't bother. Better buy a ticket to Bangkok and see the amazing city and amazing country for yourself. And there i no need to be afraid to get to the places where those girls are doing their business. They won't bite. Perhaps they could even tell you their own story.All in all this is a piece of an amateurish documentary film-making which perhaps could not get it any worse.

The problem with white boys in the red-light district in any city is that it is dangerous to these girls in more than one way. The really sad thing about this film (although all intentions was good but so naive) was that the girl of course was perceived as "hanging" out with a rich white guy who paid for her services, as girls do in the red light zone. This behavior spells MONEY in that neighborhood. And this guy Jordan Clark is so naive that he doesn't recognize the violence that is there. I get a feeling that he is somewhat superstitious in his way of looking at the world and this environment in particular. Probably religious in some way, because this is so typical with these people trying to impose there moral standards and be morally upset as they've done in Africa and elsewhere. (Spells disaster, just as much prostitution as anywhere else) So what happens after this well meaning young man has left? Well, the pimps controlling her and her neighborhood gets right to it. They "know" of course that a girl like that doing a film and all certainly got more money stashed away for herself from this deal with the tourist guy. So they get right to it, to get their share and that killed her of course. She's just another expendable commodity in that environment and nobody will ever ask for her. Make no mistake, those guys don't care one bit…. And there are 1000's more where she came from. So all in all; this film actually tells you more about the western world and its way of dealing with things than exposes the red-light district called Bangkok. I think this guy should just stay at home in his own environment where he probably is less harmful. The real criminals in this episode are of course the Police in Thailand who protects these Pimps and make a good living out of it through corruption/protection and of course in the end the Politicians and the KING who is generally seen as some sort of God.WAKE UP TO REALITY !/Z