She's posh, rich and randy. At least, that's how the cruel jibe goes. But is that fair? Tanya Gold goes in search of the modern chalet girl
I am in Méribel, a tiny resort in the French Alps. It is two streets filled with wooden houses, a one- Porsche town. I am looking for chalet girls and this is their natural home. I have never met a chalet girl and so, to me, they are semi- mythical creatures. Some people think they are literally a porn film, named Chalet Girls. Others think they are posh morons who go and work in the French Alps every year from December to April, where they burn toast and get chlamydia.
Or are chalet girls, who earn about €120 a week (plus tips, board, food and ski pass) exploited by their employers, even if there are five applicants for every job? This is the Marxist interpretation of the phenomenon.
I am in Méribel, a tiny resort in the French Alps. It is two streets filled with wooden houses, a one- Porsche town. I am looking for chalet girls and this is their natural home. I have never met a chalet girl and so, to me, they are semi- mythical creatures. Some people think they are literally a porn film, named Chalet Girls. Others think they are posh morons who go and work in the French Alps every year from December to April, where they burn toast and get chlamydia.
Or are chalet girls, who earn about €120 a week (plus tips, board, food and ski pass) exploited by their employers, even if there are five applicants for every job? This is the Marxist interpretation of the phenomenon.
- 3/9/2011
- by Tanya Gold
- The Guardian - Film News
Director: Thomas L. Phillips Writers: Thomas L. Phillips, Melanie Lynn Addington Starring: Lance E. Nichols,Candice Barley, T. Lynn Mikeska, Bo Keister, Elizabeth Connelly, Cindy Hogan, Johnny and Susan McPhail, Jennifer Pierce Mathus, Rob Myers, Blake Buck, Daniel Lee, Carlisle Forrester Jacob (Alex Walters) has been gone for a decade, but he has finally decided to return to his hometown. Some things have changed -- for one, he can no longer smoke in Patrick’s (Lance E. Nichols) restaurant because City Hall has taken to telling businesses what to do. (Ah, once again, smoking is used to represent individual freedom.) One thing has not changed, people have not forgotten what they believe Jacob did ten years ago; as Jacob explains, this is a place where “rumors are truths, accusations are facts.” Heck, even his own mother (Cindy Hogan) believes that he is guilty. Whatever horrible and unforgettable thing Jacob did ten years ago,...
- 2/7/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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