During the Television Critics Association press tour, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht announced that the premium cable network is heading behind-the-scenes of the world of pole dancing for a strip club drama entitled Pussy Valley from playwright Katori Hall (The Mountaintop).
“Pussy Valley is an intimate window to the unexplored southern strip club world, where the desires of pro-ballers and politicians collide with the dreams of five brave women. For these women, the line between performance and reality becomes blurred, as the drama of their outside lives threaten their onstage personas. On the quest for money, power, and respect, each woman must make a choice. For some it’s a step down, for others a step up, as the Pink Pony stage constantly shape-shifts between a platform for freedom and a gilded cage. In this world of smoke and mirrors, who will fall and who will fly?”
Asked about the provocative title and whether it might be changed to ensure newspapers can print it, Albrecht joked, “It’s a story about cats. You know, it happens to be the title of the source material which has certainly been printed out there. It’s a title that I think is the right title for the show and I don’t know that we’ll run into trouble, but I guess that remains to be seen.”
Via EW
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Originally published August 1, 2016. Updated November 30, 2022.
