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{{Short description|2008 television film}}
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'''Confessions of a Go-Go Girl''' is a [[2008 in film|2008]] [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] [[made-for-television film]] starring [[Chelsea Hobbs]], directed by [[Grant Harvey]], based on a play by Jill Morley and written an co-executive produced by Lenore Kletter.
'''Confessions of a Go-Go Girl''' is a [[2008 in film|2008]] [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] [[made-for-television film]] starring [[Chelsea Hobbs]], directed by [[Grant Harvey]], based on a play by Jill Morley and written an co-executive produced by Lenore Kletter.

The film aired on [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] on August 16, 2008.<ref name="Marill2010">{{cite book |last=Marill |first=Alvin H. |date=2010 |title=Movies Made for Television: 2005–2009 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8XJ6UcCumYC&pg=PA20 |location=Lanham, Maryland |publisher=[[The Scarecrow Press]] |via=[[Google Books]] |page=20 |isbn=978-0-8108-7658-3 |accessdate=2023-03-21 }}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Jane McCoy (Hobbs), a recent college graduate, decides to scrap her plans for law school to pursue an acting career full-time, against her parents wishes. Struggling to make ends meet, she meets a confident and persuasive friend (Carter) at her part-time sales job in a clothes store, who shows her the way to make extra money [[Go-go dancing]]. What starts as just an "easy money" job, however, rapidly becomes an all-consuming activity.
Jane McCoy (Hobbs), a recent college graduate, decides to scrap her plans for law school to pursue an acting career full-time, against her parents' wishes. Struggling to make both ends meet, she meets a confident and persuasive friend (Carter) at her part-time sales job in a clothes store, who shows her the way to make extra money [[Go-go dancing]]. What starts as just an "easy money" job, however, rapidly becomes an all-consuming activity.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*Rod Heatheringston - Best Man
*Rod Heatheringston - Best Man
*Shannon Micol - Young Woman
*Shannon Micol - Young Woman

==Style==
''[[The Daily News (Batavia)|The Daily News]]''{{'}}s Michael Korb wrote, "''Confessions'' is a little more risque than traditional Lifetime fare -- considering that Hobbs and friends are dancing around in their underwear for a significant portion of the film".<ref name="Korb2008-08-14">{{cite news |last=Korb |first=Michael |date=2008-08-14 |title=Law-school hopeful gets down to her briefs as 'Go-Go Girl' |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/12295202777E92D0&f=basic |newspaper=[[The Daily News (Batavia)|The Daily News]] |agency=[[Zap2it]] |accessdate=2023-03-21 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230321073243/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/12295202777E92D0&f=basic |archivedate=2023-03-21 }}</ref> Brad Newsome agreed, stating in ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', "This is a little racier than the usual Hallmark fare."<ref name="Newsome2009-03-02">{{cite news |last=Newsome |first=Brad |date=2009-03-02 |title=Pay TV - Thursday 5 March |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/126AAB3F61C57E18&f=basic |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |accessdate=2023-03-21 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230321073545/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/126AAB3F61C57E18&f=basic |archivedate=2023-03-21 }}</ref> Robert Philpot said the film "continues [Lifetime's] August series of lurid-topic movies".<ref name="Philpot2008-08-16">{{cite news |last=Philpot |first=Robert |date=2008-08-16 |title=Think outside the stadium |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1229CDDE014A7D78&f=basic |newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |accessdate=2023-03-21 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230321074352/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1229CDDE014A7D78&f=basic |archivedate=2023-03-21 }}</ref>

==Reception==
Steve Pratt criticized the film in ''[[The Northern Echo]]'', writing, "No full frontals in ''Confessions Of A Go-Go Girl'' [...] a 2008 TV movie of numbing boredom – even in fast forward mode."<ref name="Pratt2013-06-03">{{cite news |last=Pratt |first=Steve |date=2013-06-03 |title=Pump action |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/10460082.pump-action/ |newspaper=[[The Northern Echo]] |accessdate=2023-03-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321072729/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/culture/10460082.pump-action/ |archivedate=2023-03-21 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:2008 drama films]]
[[Category:2008 drama films]]
[[Category:American drama films]]
[[Category:American drama television films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
[[Category:Lifetime (TV network) films]]
[[Category:Lifetime (TV network) films]]
[[Category:American films]]
[[Category:English-language drama films]]
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 19 February 2024

Confessions of a Go-Go Girl is a

made-for-television film starring Chelsea Hobbs, directed by Grant Harvey
, based on a play by Jill Morley and written an co-executive produced by Lenore Kletter.

The film aired on Lifetime on August 16, 2008.[1]

Plot

Jane McCoy (Hobbs), a recent college graduate, decides to scrap her plans for law school to pursue an acting career full-time, against her parents' wishes. Struggling to make both ends meet, she meets a confident and persuasive friend (Carter) at her part-time sales job in a clothes store, who shows her the way to make extra money Go-go dancing. What starts as just an "easy money" job, however, rapidly becomes an all-consuming activity.

Cast

  • Chelsea Hobbs - Jane McCoy
  • Sarah Carter - Angela Lucas
  • Corbin Bernsen - Nick Harvey
  • Rachel Hunter - Donna Mercer
  • Travis Milne - Eric Baldwin
  • Tygh Runyan - Kurt Powell
  • Karen Kruper - Grace McCoy
  • James D. Hopkin - Jim McCoy
  • Graeme Black - Jamie 'Junior' Mccoy
  • Judith Bucha - Anne Branson
  • James Kot - Roy
  • Stafford Lawrence - Ziggy
  • Khari Jones - Yuppie Manager
  • Shae Keebler - Elizabeth
  • Terry David Mulligan - Dr. Double D
  • Jennifer Rae Westley - Lily (as Jennifer Westley)
  • Scott McAdam - Groom
  • Rod Heatheringston - Best Man
  • Shannon Micol - Young Woman

Style

The Daily News's Michael Korb wrote, "Confessions is a little more risque than traditional Lifetime fare -- considering that Hobbs and friends are dancing around in their underwear for a significant portion of the film".[2] Brad Newsome agreed, stating in The Sydney Morning Herald, "This is a little racier than the usual Hallmark fare."[3] Robert Philpot said the film "continues [Lifetime's] August series of lurid-topic movies".[4]

Reception

Steve Pratt criticized the film in The Northern Echo, writing, "No full frontals in Confessions Of A Go-Go Girl [...] a 2008 TV movie of numbing boredom – even in fast forward mode."[5]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8108-7658-3. Retrieved 2023-03-21 – via Google Books
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  2. ^ Korb, Michael (2008-08-14). "Law-school hopeful gets down to her briefs as 'Go-Go Girl'". The Daily News. Zap2it. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  3. ^ Newsome, Brad (2009-03-02). "Pay TV - Thursday 5 March". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  4. ^ Philpot, Robert (2008-08-16). "Think outside the stadium". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  5. ^ Pratt, Steve (2013-06-03). "Pump action". The Northern Echo. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

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