POSE

Girl, don't date after her. She got the clap.

And ten-dollar blow jobs

are not gonna get you out that rat-infested apartment.

Watch and learn.

How much for a suck and fuck?

- I'm not a cop. - You're not a captain of industry either

or a partner at the law firm of Cash & Money.

Not in those bargain-basement Hush Puppies.

I manage a RadioShack.

Ha. You've got to sell a whole lot of tape recorders

to be able to afford a go-around with Miss Elektra, honey.

I've got $75

and a six-pack of beer.

Fine.

But you will be buying me a hot apple pie

at the Mickey D's drive-through when we're finished.

Don't get any ideas.

How you clean up like that every time you work the piers?

Don't matter if it's snowing

or 100 degrees, you come back with a stack.

Besides the fact that I'm the hottest bitch for 50 miles,

it's because they know that I don't belong out there.

They pay more because I am more.

One day, I'll have a walk-in closet

full of the finest fashions,

furs, minks, ermines

and jumpsuits that make me look like a walking disco ball.

And a real apartment with a doorman

to carry my things for me.

Dinner at the Four Seasons,

and the party at Studio 54 won't start until I arrive.

And a sugar daddy to pay for it all.

Miss Elektra depends on no one.

Dependence is weakness.

I'm going to make my own fortune.

I've got a mind for business.

Sounds like your dream is to be a white man.

- Shit. I can't find my keys. - What?

They must have fell out in that guy's truck after I...

- What's wrong with you, you dumb bitch? - What's the issue?

You can come by for your things tomorrow.

I can't go back to my mother's house

- looking like this! - Chill out, okay?

It is 5:00 in the morning. Your mother ain't waiting up for you.

You don't know Ms. Tasha Jackson!

Duane?

What are you wearing, boy?

It's Halston.

"It's Halston."

Who do you think you're talking to?

Come here.

You walk around like you're the man of the house, but...

the last time I checked,

my name is on the deed.

I'm the one paying the mortgage,

keeping a roof over your head.

This is my house,

and you have the audacity

to enter it wearing a dress?

We talked about this.

Yes, ma'am. We have.

What did I say?

Told me to stop wearing women's clothes.

I said

I do not want

a cross-dressing homosexual

in my home.

I'm not a homosexual.

What do you call a man

who wears dresses and makeup, huh?

I am not a cross-dresser or a man.

Excuse me?

I...

I am a woman.

Take it off.

No.

Take... it...

- ...off! - Stop! Stop it!

Stop!

Look at yourself.

Look!

No!

My name is Elektra!

Duane, get back down here.

Duane!

Duane, where you think you going?

Anywhere but here with you!

I don't accept humiliation and abuse in the streets,

and-and I certainly won't accept it from you anymore!

I'm leaving you!

I am your mother.

You may have birthed me,

but you refuse to see me.

You never understood me.

And I done waiting for that to happen!

I don't need your abuse anymore!

I'm leaving you! I'm done!

Fine.

But all this is mine.

The trunk is mine.

It's in my house.

It belongs to me.

But what's inside belongs to me.

The hell it does!

Please.

It's all I have!

- It's all you have! - It's all you have!

Get up!

Get up!

Get... out.

I said...

get... out!

No! No.

Get out... of my house.

Now you can wear whatever the blessed hell you want.

Mommy!

Wait.

This is who I am.

Farewell, Mother Dear.

The category is...

Live...

Work...

Pose!

Good morning, Anthony.

Quiet night?

Mistress Elektra.

Oh, how I miss you.

I can smell your pan...

Elektra, it's Monique.

I can't make my shift.

I caught something from my kid.

I'll let Chi Chi know when my fever breaks.

Hey. It's Lulu.

I know I've been MIA

since Angel abandoned me for sober living.

I'm just calling so you know I ain't dead in a ditch somewher.

Don't you and Blanca come looking for me.

Bye for now.

You've reached the end of your messages.

You okay?

I'm fine.

What is that?

You know my no-carbs rule.

Figured it'd help with morale.

Nothing cheers a girl up like a sprinkle doughnut.

What were last night's tallies?

We did well. $4,386.

- Up 18% from last week. - Good.

But we can do better.

This enterprise is the future.

Mark my words, sooner rather than later,

everyone will be using their phones to get their rocks off.

I didn't know we hired new phone operators.

- Elektra Jackson? - We need you to come with us.

For what? I've committed no crime.

- No, you know what you did. - We just have a few questions.

This must be just some simple misunderstanding.

Star 69 is legal.

All of my operators have their work permits.

Bring our paperwork.

Why don't you come in? We can discuss this

- over doughnuts and coffee. - We don't want your coffee.

Why don't you come with us to the station?

Are you familiar with the Mafia?

I saw Goodfellas.

Is that why I'm here?

- You think I'm in the mob? - Of course not.

But our mayor, Rudy Giuliani, used to be a U.S. attorney,

and he made it his mission to take down the Italian Mafia

in this city, and he did it.

- Good for him. - I'm telling you this

because I want you to know how fearless

and relentless he is about fighting crime.

When he wants to clean something up, he's a dog with a bone.

The mayor's trying to get the smut out of New York.

Peep shows, porno shops, the piers.

Come on, we're just trying to help you out here.

Just tell us how this all works,

any contacts that helped finance it,

high-end clients who we can make an example of.

Do you think this is my first time at the hoosegow?

The good cop/bad cap thing is gonna work on me?

Aha. I want to call my lawyer.

- That's fine. - And while he's on his way here,

we'll call up a judge

and get a warrant to search your bank records, your phone records

and your apartment.

Fine.

I've got things to say to you.

But I need to talk to my lawyer first.

If I'm gonna be spilling my beans,

I want the best deal I can get.

Pay phone's down the hall.

Hello?

- Thank God you answered. - What's wrong?

- Why are you whispering? - I am at the police precinct.

- I was apprehended at work. - What'd he book you for?

Nothing yet, but they're trying hard to find something.

I need a lawyer. I can only pay for one

if you go to my apartment and retrieve my trunk.