Noir, As God Intended It, Lives in 'P-Valley' (Eps 1-4)

P-Valley (a.k.a Pussy Valley) premiered July 12th on the Starz with a whisper campaign already in progress. What many thought would be -at best- a higher class episodic version of the Player's Club was instead, a vividly nuanced world built on the Mississippi Delta region's nightlife and strip clubs wrapped in a crime-novel-worthy mystery. 
P-Valley is far more than just a look beyond the pole and into the dressing room. It's the slow burning - gorgeously lit - journey of women on a hustle to fund (or save) their own lives.  This show has LEVELS. Just as soon as one twists unravels there's a turn to keep it unpredictable. 
When Film Noir and Strip Culture Collide...
Creator and Showrunner Katori Hall (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) assembled an all-women team of directors and writers to develop her stage play into a dynamic neon-drenched drama. P-Valley pours the moral ambiguity and cynicism of sex work into a gritty film noir mold. The end result is a intricate plot-driven by the titi