“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” is an exercise in acceptance. In terms of its message, David E. Kelley’s latest series — and the first to star his wife of 33 years, Michelle Pfeiffer — aims to help the audience believe a woman can embody two historically discordant roles at the same time: that of a good mother who’s also a sex worker.
But as we watch Margo (Elle Fanning) provide for her newborn baby by posting on OnlyFans — first as a satirical writer, then a performer, and, eventually, a green-skinned alien called The Hungry Ghost — we also need to accept we’re watching a story unfold. It’s a piece of fiction. It’s rooted in reality, but it’s a reality controlled by the whims of storytellers, and thus a relatively safe reality dictated, to a certain degree, by convenience. Margo isn’t going to sign up for OnlyFans on Monday…
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