The film is rather haunting. While many describe it as light hearted, casual, or even amusing, I found it deeply sad. There’s something quietly devastating in how numb Joe has become to the life he’s living.
You can tell how desensitised he is—not just through the way he mechanically undresses, again and again, without hesitation or emotion, but also through his conversations. When he speaks to other hustlers, he talks about his work like it’s nothing, as if selling your body is just another errand or chore everyone does (it’s not). There’s no judgement or reflection—just blank routine.
Making a living by objectifying your body, letting strangers use you, being touched and taken by men who see you as nothing more than meat—it all starts to blur into something hollow. His nudity isn’t erotic; it’s functional. It’s all he has. There’s no shame, but also no intimacy. Just survival.
Flesh isn’t sexy. It’s a slow, sad unraveling of what happens when the body becomes currency and the soul disappears quietly in the background.
The film is rather haunting. While many describe it as light hearted, casual, or even amusing, I found it deeply sad. There’s something quietly devastating in how numb Joe has become to the life he’s living.
You can tell how desensitised he is—not just through the way he mechanically undresses, again and again, without hesitation or emotion, but also through his conversations. When he speaks to other hustlers, he talks about his work like it’s nothing, as if selling your body is just another errand or chore everyone does (it’s not). There’s no judgement or reflection—just blank routine.
Making a living by objectifying your body, letting strangers use you, being touched and taken by men who see you as nothing more than meat—it all starts to blur into something hollow. His nudity isn’t erotic; it’s functional. It’s all he has. There’s no shame, but also no intimacy. Just survival.
Flesh isn’t sexy. It’s a slow, sad unraveling of what happens when the body becomes currency and the soul disappears quietly in the background.
