Happy Endings? (2009)

An intriguing exploration of the Asian massage parlor industry in Providence, RI, where a 25 year-old loophole has made the exchange of sex for money legal - as long as it happens behind closed doors. As the documentary follows a recent Korean immigrant, "Heather", working to operate her spa, the city's mayor fights to change the law that allows her business a legal existence. The film includes interviews with Korean women who work in spas, clients who frequent the spas, politicians from 1980 and today, police, local news footage, radio call-in shows and "voiced" reviews from inter-net escort review boards.

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Happy Endings?

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David Cicilline
David Cicilline
as Self
Steven Brown
Steven Brown
as Self
Joanne Giannini
Joanne Giannini
as Self
Donna M. Hughes
Donna M. Hughes
as Self
Michael A. LoCicero
Michael A. LoCicero
as Monger (voice)
Rhoda Perry
Rhoda Perry
as Self
Dennis Roberts
Dennis Roberts
as Self
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Tara Hurley
Tara Hurley
Writer
Tara Hurley
Tara Hurley
Director
Tara Hurley
Tara Hurley
Producer
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