It constructs a sexy persona for the audience, then dances and dances until we don't realize how far in over our heads we are. The rest of Hustlers is exactly as boisterous, entertaining and self-aware as these early scenes promise.
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Movie Interviews Lonely In The Club: Constance Wu On 'Hustlers' And Her 'Unprecedented' Career She is, essentially, playing a character who knows she's Jennifer Lopez. Lopez's veteran dancer Ramona storms into the film with a fiery pole dance that brings the house down (actually performed by the actress), bathing in fists of cash thrown by unworthy men, expertly flipping the strip-club power dynamic, if only for a moment. Whatever "gaze" Hustlers has (male? Female? Male-through-female transitive property?) is trained squarely on her. But even at this stage, when JLo strides toward the camera with the look that could cut glass, it certainly feels like she's getting away with something. (The film is based on a New York magazine article.) For now they're still just strippers, one much better than the other. To be fair, the ladies aren't million-dollar scammers yet - that comes later, after the 2008 financial crash, when they team up to drug rich clients and max out their credit cards. As fun as most films about scams are, few of them are able to explain the mindset behind their scammers as eloquently as this single moment of us-versus-them feminine energy. It's a glittery gesture of sisterhood, bestowed by the biggest star in the world, working a profession long derided by larger society as immoral. In Hustlers, that moment comes when Jennifer Lopez, lounging on a New York roof in an elaborate white G-string, spreads her luscious fur coat and wraps Constance Wu's fresh-faced stripper inside with her.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the movie hustler must always take the young upstart under her wing. Watch out Wall Street! Constance Wu (left), Jennifer Lopez (right), and a powerhouse ensemble cast are coming for your wallets in Hustlers.
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