What do you think Jessicas journey through countries like Thailand, Uganda and Morocco taught her about the way other cultures see women?
In every culture she stepped into, (she found that) everyone feels pressure to (obey) the rules and regulations forced on us–that low self-esteem is what draws any woman in any culture to feel pressure to conform. I think that’s what happens in Thailand, just as it happens in Hollywood and Uganda–it just manifests itself in a different way. And that’s what she absorbed. Why did you choose to shoot the final episode in Los Angeles? We because we felt, and Jessica felt, (that the final show should be in Los Angeles) because this is where she lives and this is where she feels pressure on a day-to-day basis. She felt that this would be a place for her to reflect on her final thoughts on the journey and it would be a place for her to translate everything she could have learned back into a society that we understand and all the pressures that we’re under. It’s actually a really emotional ending. She brings (someone she meets along her journey) back for a transformation because it particula
